New Speakers up to $15k - The more I read the less I know!

I decided on the Quatro Wood CT after many a listening session. I really like 5A and 5A Carbon but I think for my 16’x16’ room, the ability to place the CT’s closer to the back wall was appealing. Finish is Mahogany Walnut.

I listened to Wilsons, B&W, Focal, Thiel, KEF and many others. The Vandys are near perfection to me. There are things I like about all the speakers I listened to but to me the Vandys have no strengths. They just disappear.

I was going to buy a set from Ultra Fidelis in Milwaukee. John and Bob there are simply great and I have spent lots of money in that place. That was the plan and then I saw a used set on Audiogon for a great price including XLR xovers.

I want to learn as much as possible so setting these up by myself will be a thrill to me. If I am not happy I’ll ask John at Ultra Fidelis to do a "master setup"

I have the RS meter and laser for measuring. I am building a spreadsheet and am laying out my room on cad... Overkill perhaps, however I don get the speakers until late next week so I have something to obsess about!

Wow, awesome. So you are the lucky one who got them.  There is another thead I'm on and they were all wondering if it was for real or not, the condition etc... Sounds like it was legit and that you are one lucky guy.  I paid Rutan to drive to CT to set mine up, but I can't move anything with the MS, lol.  Keep using this thread to keep us up on your set up.  

I concur with CTsooner.
 Congrats, enjoy and let us know how you fare.
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Wow, Amazing. That’s really all I need to say about these speakers.

They were delivered yesterday in excellent condition. High pass filters batteries are dated 2022 and have QA Wind balanced connections; I am running AQ Niagara and Water, nice match.

In the week it took to ship the speakers I studied the setup manual and created another thread here asking for help. I followed all the advise and did my homework and had all of the proper tools. The setup took a few hours and all I can say is I am extremely happy. These Quatro CT’s blow away my B&W 803S by a wide margin and I loved those speakers. Time to re-listen to my Vinyl!

Awesome to hear.  Just glad you got a pair of speaker that you love.  I feel the same way, but others like the B&W better.  That's the fun of audio and boards.  If you need advice on pairings of amps or sources in the future, ask away, lol.  I've heard most everything with them since I got them.  I really want Richards soon to be released mono blocks and a preamp for it.  Would be amazing.