Van L Speakerworks Quartet

Van is just now introducing a new speaker. I've heard a nearly finished prototype some weeks ago. It was quite nice. By all means, check out his shop and have a listen.

Van is a very nice person with tremendous knowledge. I just purchased a new pair of quartets which look beautiful and sound amazing. You will be hard pressed to find a speaker of this qualiy for this price. The imaging is amazing!!

Eric

I haven't been to his shop for a few years now, but I can tell you that John has been working hard on these for a long,long...long time. Based on the various incarnations of the Quartet that I have heard, I'm eager to stop in for a listen.

i've idled away several afternoons at his shop and have always been impressed with the quartet; i still own and use a smaller van l monitor from the mid 90s. i haven't heard a simultaneous a/b of the quartets with others, but i've heard enough of 'em to opine that they're on a par with the psb synchrony and paradigm signature s2 (two of my faves)--all share the same qualities of seamless driver integration and big soundstage. keep in mind that the quartets aren't really full-range--they propably extend down to 50hz or so--and depending on your tastes might use a sub.

I own a pair of recently manufactured QUARTETTES with all of the possible upgrades available. If you visit VanL SPEAKERWORKS, don't be put off by the somewhat disarrayed appearance of the place. John is a genius speaker designer, but somewhat of a disorderly shopkeeper. Be that as it may, his primary current speaker design outpreforms anything I've heard unless you go into the "stratophere" costing products. Even then, there is nothing that creates a soundstage like the QUARTETTES. Totally 3 dimensional. These are big monitor speakers. Approximately 25" in height. Beautiful cabinets but limited finishes. They need good stands. His patented "AMBIENCE RECOVERY CIRCUITRY" is the secret to the whole thing. For the price he is asking, there is absolutely NOTHING that even comes close; - - and I've been in the evolutionary audio business since the 50's.

Here is his e-mail "johnvanl@sbcglobal.net"