@noble100
tim - it looks like you missed a few decades of Vandersteen innovation since your speaker shopping experience with now long discontinued model 4
yes Vandersteen has always been about frugal value many of the products ( which you can still buy in upgraded version today ) have risen less than inflation ( Model 1ci data available on a recent thread ) perhaps you have run a business and did better that inflation... I can say having run a $1b a year operation it can be tough and requires constant improvement
i would say including Dick Hardesty that Vandersteen entered the ranks of the very best of high end with the model 5
which includes a magical push pull aluminum cone driver with patented honeycomb bracing - lots of crappy non pustonic drivers might even out frequency response but out of phase junk is distortion.
the 7 which you seem to malign ( have ya heard it ? ) as Uber expensive is with exceptions of Magnepan probably the best value in SOTA speakers
count me as biased, I own a pair and the monoblocks
look at peer group prices at Munich show and perhaps learn that $62k might be good value
did you by any chance take time to understand the carbon fiber and constrained layer cabinet in the 9 sub ?
finally Vandersteen are ruthless about driving advanced features and technology down the line to improve Sound in less expensive models
i get you love swarm, you are happy
enjoy the music !!!!
tim - it looks like you missed a few decades of Vandersteen innovation since your speaker shopping experience with now long discontinued model 4
yes Vandersteen has always been about frugal value many of the products ( which you can still buy in upgraded version today ) have risen less than inflation ( Model 1ci data available on a recent thread ) perhaps you have run a business and did better that inflation... I can say having run a $1b a year operation it can be tough and requires constant improvement
i would say including Dick Hardesty that Vandersteen entered the ranks of the very best of high end with the model 5
which includes a magical push pull aluminum cone driver with patented honeycomb bracing - lots of crappy non pustonic drivers might even out frequency response but out of phase junk is distortion.
the 7 which you seem to malign ( have ya heard it ? ) as Uber expensive is with exceptions of Magnepan probably the best value in SOTA speakers
count me as biased, I own a pair and the monoblocks
look at peer group prices at Munich show and perhaps learn that $62k might be good value
did you by any chance take time to understand the carbon fiber and constrained layer cabinet in the 9 sub ?
finally Vandersteen are ruthless about driving advanced features and technology down the line to improve Sound in less expensive models
i get you love swarm, you are happy
enjoy the music !!!!