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Electrostat Speakers with sub. Finally

I have a pair of acoustat model 3s and i love them. yes, the bass is somewhat weak as goes the common notion. but during my visit to optimal enchantment (see recent thread) to audition preamps the owner Randy suggested checking out the vandersteen 2wq sub ($1,300) which has it's own 300watt amp and these funky little extra crossovers that simply connect to the ends of your rca interconnects running from your pre into your amp. (he swears this is the best way to cross over). Well. WOW. this is what i've been looking for. at first i was playing some whimpy music and thought, i been robbed! i couldn't hear the sub at all (which is the point - that is until you need it). then as i started listening to different music, mainly some coltrane with lots of Paul Chambers freaking out, the bass came alive adn the whole midrange of the speaker opened up with clarity and detail and of course, the bass was slamming. did some hunting around on audioasylum after the fact just to verify and found people getting similar results.
worth a listen
kublakhan
kublakhan OP
718 posts
 
what in god's name are you saying, man? are you suggesting 4 subs or have you taken the last remaining 12 valium i was hiding under my mattress for a special event. mom? is that you? if anyone can make heads or tails of this one let me know cause it sounds interesting. of course, perhaps I"M the one who took those last remaining 12 valium and the post makes sense to all.
little help here?
kitch29
316 posts
 
There's a pair, or was, of 2+2's here which I think is 2 1+1's conjoined (is that a word?) Supposed to have better bass but not as good imaging as the singles. I used to run 1+1's with a Bedini 25/25 which wasn't bad. But the best bass I ever heard from 'stats was the big LFT-6 or was it 8? Eminent Technology with Muse 150 monoblocks. They rocked.
gregm
3,411 posts
 
Sorry Kubla. BTW, I was too drunk to pinch your valiums (thought you kept them in yr fridge...). The story: FRANZ SHUBERTmaniac suggested adding an extra pair of Acoustats alongside the main pair, to act as subs. I think that two pairs (i.e. four, not two panels), would be needed. The bass that keeps the panels vibrating as of and below, say, 110hz, would damage them IMO. Hence, share the load between 4 panels. Accordingly, four monos would be required to drive them.
All of this would cost giga$$$, and since Schubert was Austrian and spoke German, I expected he would apply at Deutsche Bank to get the money.
The German phonetic spelling, came as a cosmetic addition.

Sorry, all!
Cheers.
kublakhan OP
718 posts
 
Gregm, bless you. i thought i had finally lost it. that was scary.
dangoldfarb
4 posts
 
I used to use a Vandersteen 2W sub until I hearda Bag End.
Now the Vandy sub sits in the closet.
The BagEnd is unbeatable in terms of tuneful, prodigious low bass.
Check it out if you can

dg
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