| Model: | 1B |
| Category: | Speakers |
| Suggested Retail Price: | $ Varies-not in production |
| Description: | Two way tower eight inch bass and dome tweeter minimum baffle first order design |
| Manufacturer URL: | Vandersteen Audio |
| Model Picture: | View |
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Review by Al on May 21, 1999 at 07:03:08 IP Address: 208.199.22.113 |
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Hello All,
I bought these speakers from my dealer used.They sounded horrible at his store.I read that Vandy speakers require a long breakin
period and at the price I paid I decided to buy them.They sounded like
crap for a few days in my system but then they did a 180 degree turnaround in
a flash.They were now stupid good for the money.The speakers had good bass
with my 100wpc Hafler DH-200 and were very open due to their minimum baffle
design.I hate bright anything in Hi-Fi and these weren't.The speakers are
just natural and very coherent,presenting music in a way in which you
don't pay attention to the speakers and you just find yourself listening
to your music.They soundstage very well and I've had guests comment that
they have spacious sound.I sold my Hafler and bought AMC tubes which took
the whole equation up a notch.I gained more detail,more soundstage,better
harmonic overtones.I lost some punch and bass response but for a tube
power amp at 30wpc class A it was doing just fine.The speakers are an easy
load to drive and I can't reccomend them highly enough.
| Product Weakness: | for the price-none |
| Product Strengths: | natural timbre and good timing.Will get better as you use them with better equipment. |
| Associated Equipment for this Review: | |
| Amplifier: | AMC 2030 tube power amp |
| Preamplifier (or None if Integrated): | B&K Sonata Pro 10 MC preamp |
| Sources (CDP/Turntable): | Project-1 turntable,NAD-502 CD,Yamaha tuner |
| Speakers: | Vandersteen 1B-Kinnergetics sub w outboard crossover/poweramp |
| Cables/Interconnects: | straightwire,monster,and tara |
| Music Used (Genre/Selections): | jazz,classical,rock-lots of vinyl reissues |
| Room Size (LxWxH): | 17 x 13 x 12 |
| Room Comments/Treatments: | lots of drapes,stuffed furniture and wall to wall carpeting |
| Time Period/Length of Audition: | five years |
| Type of Audition/Review: | Product Owner |
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