Vandersteen Question

What are you guys talking about! Richard would not spend the money to put that rear tweeter on the speaker if it didn’t have a purpose. It clearly states in the manual that it is one hundred percent distortion because all of the information in the recording has been reproduced by the front tweeter but that some rooms need it is treatment is not an option. It also helps compensate for age.

 

And what is super cool is that in addition to everything Johnny said above - there are some dry studio and even live recordings where ambieint / spatial information is deficient / missing that the added cost of the rear tweeter ( which is not peanuts $$ ) is very justified.
since it’s there. A wise audiophile would take that opportunity to discern differences and experiment, just as all the posters / owners are doing :-)))

The really strong and ambitious can also spin those fives around and bounce everything off that rear wall !!!!! Don’t try that after a libation or three!!!

have fun

After finally getting on here. My journey with Vandersteen's began in 1989 owning the 2ce's, & later the 3's. Unfortunately, I could not afford the 5A's new. But got lucky when a local shop had them used for sale in 2015. I grabbed them and had Joe at Superior Audio in Chicago set them up. A good friend of mine who turned me on to Vandersteen's who owns the 7's that had the 5A's. Said to me on a 1-10 scale, comparing them. He gave them a 71/2. What is amazing is that he never changed the batteries in the cabinets. Only in the high pass filters. If he had replaced them, they would probably been closer to an 8. My 2 cents.

Hello Tomic601.