Vandersteen Quatro CT

You need to be more clear about your feelings. Did you like them or not???? Kidding, of course.

I have a pair of old, original Quatros with the powered sub and I'm wondering if it's time to upgrade the speakers or just the DAC. I think with Quicksilver V4s, I"m in good shape amp wise. 

What speaker cables are you using?

Glad you're happy. 

Cajun, email me and let's talk off line. I'll answer any questions for you. I'm VERY familiar with each and every variant of Quatro he has sold (mine are obviously the newest and to my ear the best sounding). His little tweeks make a nice difference.  Just finished listening to some Charlie Parker and when he hits those high notes on his sax, most systems make me want to run for the hills or they are dynamic, but have no depth of the note.  I just closed my eyes and melted into the solo.

We can talk DAC's too as I have an Ayre QX5/20 and am VERY familiar with their Codex (a best buy IMHO).  Also there are a few of the Audioquest cables that I LOVE with VAndersteens. That's what Richard uses and has for years.  He builds them into his amp and speakers and is a co holder of the DBS patent if I recall correctly.

ctsooner@alumni.ou.edu  get in touch as soon as you can.

Ct. Have you had the chance to listen to anybody's Tekton speakers????
Tim

I am using ClearDay double shotgun speaker cables.....quite wonderful....better than most that I've tried.   He'll send you a try out set for free...  Take advantage of it.  I have Vandersteen 5A's, 

I believe so.  Are they really huge with a ton of arrayed drivers?  If so, I think they were in the price range of my Quatro's.  They sounded very exciting, but their tone didn't match the VAndersteen's.  I personally don't like any of the high number of driver speakers I've heard over the years.  That includes those Pipedreams and variants.  

I understand why folks like the Tekton's though.  Like horns, they excite and many will use them with the smaller tube amps, but I personally don't like what they do to vocals and a few other things. That's when you lose some of the magic of what the SET amps can do.  I do love the SET sound from mids on up.  That's why I love the Vandersteen amp as he uses and SET design on top and SS where he needs the power down lower in the range.

Just a totally different speaker than what I like, but there are a lot of big name speakers out there now that are tonally off, but exciting in some part or all of the range, but sell well.  That's why there are different speakers and there are always folks who love them.  All is good.