Here's one way of looking at it. I, like you, scored some great Vandersteen gear, 2ce Signatures with stands and high-end custom bi-wire cables. One midrange was burned a bit but got it rebuilt by Vandersteen for a fraction of my used purchase!
Later on, I scored a 2wq sub for a slightly less good deal, but still awesome. I needed the balanced crossovers. I contacted a dealer, got a slight discount even.
In the end I decided I wanted to actually give what is a small amount of cash to the dealers and to the company itself, compared with the original cost and all the enjoyment I've had from their products and top-rate service from Ray and Richard over the years. Until then, they'd never seen a dime from me.
Now I have better bass than I imagined possible.
Finally, though you won't ever recover your investment in the crossovers, you've improved the overall resale value of the speaker package with the variable crossovers and you've given over some cash on an admittedly high-margin product to this company. Win-win I'd say.
Enjoy!
Paul
Later on, I scored a 2wq sub for a slightly less good deal, but still awesome. I needed the balanced crossovers. I contacted a dealer, got a slight discount even.
In the end I decided I wanted to actually give what is a small amount of cash to the dealers and to the company itself, compared with the original cost and all the enjoyment I've had from their products and top-rate service from Ray and Richard over the years. Until then, they'd never seen a dime from me.
Now I have better bass than I imagined possible.
Finally, though you won't ever recover your investment in the crossovers, you've improved the overall resale value of the speaker package with the variable crossovers and you've given over some cash on an admittedly high-margin product to this company. Win-win I'd say.
Enjoy!
Paul