Interesting video with Richard Vandersteen talking about his subs

Jim, I lost your contact info.  Please resend. Thanks.  Yes, I'm a fan boy, but I also love other products as we all do. 

I just think he's nailed in IRT his overall approach.  He knows where the compromises probably sound best for the majority of listeners.  I know that so many very famous musicians, reviewers and producers have his speakers in their personal home systems and that really says a lot.  I never would buy because of that, but I'd surely audition because of it.  I went into a store af ew years back to purchase a new set of Proac's and wound up with Vandersteen's instead.  Thats' the POLAR opposite of when I went into a store in RI in teh 90's to get the 3's and walked out with Proac towers that I regretted from day one.  Kept them for a LONG time though. lol.

Ct. Was that the Proac Supertower? The one with two 7" woofers flanking a MB titanium dome tweeter? If so, I auditioned that one in my home a long time ago. Very hard loudspeaker to find love for. IMO
Best,
Tim

Tim, you nailed it.  It did a few things great. I HAD to use tubes that sounded like tubes, lmao.  I became good friends with the owner.  Irony is that he sold Vandy's, but didn't love them.  I wish I had been more up to date at that point, but I wasn't.  I almost wish I had gotten the later Spendors as they were very musical.  He also had the Apogee's.

This turn brings me back!  In the early 90’s I switched from Vandersteen 2C’s (which were the speakers that first brought me into the high end) to Proac Supertowers (I believe I was influenced by a review by Jack English...). Those speakers brought more information, which the 2C’s somewhat lacked, and they were challenging speakers to tame!  In fact, too challenging, as I ended up trading them out within a year for a more forgiving speaker.  Darker tubes, definitely were the only way to go!

jbrrp1,

The Proac Supertower wasn't actually a bad design. I just couldn't get past that hard, sterile, titanium dome MB tweeter.