In Reply to: RE: Shindo Apetite integrated and Audio Note AN-E HE's... posted by SgreenP@MSN.com on August 31, 2012 at 18:17:33:
and had them set up by my dealer and evaluated by others. In addition both my wife and I have auditioned the 5A, 5A carbon, and 7 at Optimal Enchantment in Santa Monica. The 7 is superb and is the only one we might be able to live with now..
The Audio Notes solved the few problems I heard with the Vandies. The Audio Notes are not perfect. but I can more easily live with their compromises.
If I could afford 7s and a new amp (I heard them with the Audio Research Ref 150), I might go that way. As I told Randall at OE, the 7s are the true vindication that Richard Vandersteen and his design ethos can produce a truly superb loudspeaker. They are excellent, and on another plane above the 5 series. Given the use of some of the identical drivers, I was a bit shocked at how much better the 7 is than the 5a Carbon. We are left to conclude that the 7's cabinet has worked transformative wonders.
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- I disagree...I tried various things for years, bought them new, - Steve Parry 20:56:57 08/31/12 (0)