When attempting Vandersteen subwoofers Make sure your choice of an integrated has a Preamp out and a Main in for use of a High Pass filter or just use separate Preamp and power amp. In order to achieve this bi-amping resulting in an even better Transition for LRS,.7 and other speakers. One of the main advantages when hooking subs up at speaker level instead of line-level tube preamps are not driving into a less desirable low input impedance. The use of a high pass filter as in Vandersteen Sub 3 and prior model 2WQs use, in particular, allows the main speaker's modulation distortion to be lowered, heavy lifting of your main amplifier relieved dramatically Improving Clarity and transparency of the whole system.
The sub-three features 11 analog EQ pots clean up the in-room bass response and done without any DPS processor, The same analog system is also used in the more expensive Vandersteen Quatros, Five series, and Sevens and has now trickled down.
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