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Looking For Advice After Dumb Vandy Purchase

Good evening fellow enthusiasts. Looking for advice after just making a stupid purchasing error. I usually do good research before making any transaction but I fell in love hard and got burned.

Just paid for some used Vandersteen Quatro for a "decent" price but failed to notice the purchase dis not include the crossovers. I live in the boonies so dont have a dealer handy to maybe just make my gear work without the crossovers, and it seems now the cost of new ones are a staggering $1295.00. This was for sure not in my budget as I am needing a couple of other pieces to complete this puzzle. Worse yet...once I take delivery of the Quatros...I wont have a way to even give them the once over sound wise to make sure they sound fine. 

Any advice? I am bummed beyond all get out at this moment. 
troutki50
troutki50 OP
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And by "dumb vandy purchase" I mean me being the dumb one. :)
b_limo's avatar
b_limo
2,289 posts
 
You’re not dumb Brother.  Sounds like you got burned and taken advantage of.

Someone with knowledge of the quatros will chime in soon enough!

Were the crossovers removed from the speakers?  Or do they have external crossovers? Im ignorant to the quatros but this sounds confusing to me as well.  Maybe there was a misunderstanding and that you’ll be just fine.  Wait until delivery to really find out!


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bkeske
5,597 posts
 
I would contact Johnny Rutan at Audio Connection in New Jersey and see if he can help you out.

He also pops into the forums here as well, so he might see this. If not, I’m sure he would be glad to chat about your issue.
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tomic601
13,160 posts
 
Yes you must roll off bass via the external filter placed between the preamp and power amp!!! Running the mid bass unit in the Quattro without the filter will damage them! The Quattro and up in the Vandy line have an external filter that is adjustable for the input impedence of your amplifier to attain correct crossover frequency- Vandersteen is open and you can with consultation get some lower quality in line filters until you can get the M5HP. You can also modify or have modified with proper value components your power amp to effect the high pass function. Call factory !!!!
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