Vandersteen 4

The 4A is truly an excellent speaker and stands up well today with a good front end. They were a bit fiddly - triwired and biamped with a separate crossover (or two) and some people aren't into anything but plug and play, but they are definitely worth the trouble to set up well.

I run them in my main system with a good vinyl front end.

Think of the Vandie 5 as a better looking simpler to implement update of the 4 with a few more years of thought on Richard's part.

Does anyone know if the drivers are the same on the 4 as on the 5 ?
Sounds like this was their first atempt at the push/pull sub.
I wonder if its the same except requiring a seperate amp unlike the 5's built in ?

Though Richard Vandersteen's basic design parameters have remained consistent, a lot of time time elapsed between the discontinuation of the 4's and the implementation of the 5's and the Quatros.

Just got a pair of Vandersteen Model 4's. Removed the bottom and top end caps and replaced them with custom made caps made from ebony macassar wood.They now have a Sonus Faber look, well sort of. I have 2 ARC classic 120's on top and a updated (Sept.20,2011),Eagle7A on the bottom. Looking for speaker wire. I prefer Audioquest but...

Interesting in that I heard Vinh's (Hi Vinh) and there was also a local audiophile in my area that had a pair. It was my introduction into the hi-end. His were in a VERY large great room and I would expect that this would be a minimum requirement. He drove them with Perreaux monoblock amps from New Zealand. While I certainly can't give specifics as this was more than 25 years ago I can say that the bass these speakers produced were most impressive to me at the time. This impression lasted and was apparent with each successive time I heard his system. I'm sure the size and irregular shape of his room helped. Shortly after that experience I ended up with a pair of 2C's. I believe they retailed for 4K back then. It seems to me that there were issues with this design unlike any of the other Vandersteen models. Maybe someone can fill in the details?