Vandersteen Quatro CT

I've owned various Vandys for the last 30 or so years.  Every pair reproduced music rather than "hifi".  RV has always gotten it, it's just that over the years he has refined his basic transducer concept to make his newer offerings all the more musically satisfying.

I've heard other speaker brands produce fine sounding "hifi" and enjoyed listening through them.  When I get home, it's just the music again. Kudos to Richard for understanding from the beginning but also for never resting on the laurels of his latest offerings.  Imagine what new Vandys might sound like in a decade!

I've had three different Vandersteen pairs in my main rig.  Started the hifi journey with a pair of 2ci's in the early 90's, then went to a pair of kit speakers (North Creek), then to a 5A's (which were the only Vandy's I could never get to sound right), to Legacy Focus SE (which were pretty great) and then to Quatro Wood's Sigs.  Have to say that the Quatro Woods are my favorite and I plan to keep throwing music at them for many years. 

Vandersteen is a prince in his treating of his customers.   I bought my Vandersteen 5A's in New Jersey (at Audio Connection..absolutely the best in retail audio...knows everything and is very fair)....moved to Arizona, and when Richard V. found out about it, he personally took charge and set up my speakers in my new home.   Just recently I thought I cooked 2 of my drivers...sent them to Vandersteen who returned them (one needed repair, one didn't).  Wonderful support and care.

Besides excellent sound quality, I finally took the Vandersteen plunge after all these years. A large part of my consideration for them was their excellent customer care and their longevity in the industry. We are all aware of buying what was thought to be great products only to have the manufacturer go belly up in 3 to 4 years. Any repair or advice disappears not to mention resale value goes down the toilet. Not to many manufacturers will have the "main man" on line when you have a problem or need service. That's what Richard Vandersteen does.....

@stringreen I bought my Treo CTs from John Rutan at Audio Connection as well. He can really talk audio and knows all about Vandersteen's line.  He correctly predicted that I would likely be unhappy with the speaker cables I had been using with my 3A Signatures.  It took me a while to come around to it but he was right. After upgrading to the silver Clear Day's I'm finally realizing all that the Treo CTs are capable of.