Vandy 5 Owners & Dreamers

Hi Mark, I can't answer your question, but your title caught my attention. Once I had a dream that my beautiful and detailed electrostatic hybrid speakers had turned into (EEEEEKK) Vandersteens! What a nightmare -- man I'm glad I woke up! Happy Holidays. :)

Hi Markie,Well I almost replied yesterday;I didn't want to be the first with a negative. I came very close to buying a dealer's demo pr.#1: Couldn't sell my Aerial 10t's.The price if I could have sold, would've been near 7grand out of pocket dif.This is personal nitpicking, but,#2 I would be buying 2 more amps, as ea cabnit contains an amp.#3, Yes I would have gotten dealer setup. But,the review makes it sound like I would have to buy equipment,attend a seminar for 3 mos; so I could do my own setup.I guess one man's dream could be another's nightmare. When I move up,I'll be looking for a more user friendly,'speaker- only' pair.At 11 grand w/tx,I can't have that many down sides. Maybe after I talk to A-Rod about that loan ??( I hear he came into a few bucks lately.)

Hi, I have a good friend who is trying to sell a like new pair of Vandersteen Model 5s in cherry. In fact, he's got the entire Vandersteen "Signature" home theatre system--their Signature center channel and surrounds as well as the 5s. The 5s come with *balanced* low pass filters. The only drawback is that he does not have the shipping cartons (but these can be obtained from Vandersteen). I don't know what he'd take for these, but I think he'd cut a good deal, *especially* if someone wanted the center channel and surrounds as well as the 5s. I think he's looking for somewhere around $6K for just the 5s and the low pass filters. His name is Mike Habben. If anyone's interested, try emailing him at: mikehab@microsoft.com thanks, Craig Zastera