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I Liked Richard Vandersteen

Posted by ka7niq (A) on March 3, 2007 at 19:15:36

In Reply to: REVIEW: Vandersteen Audio 3A Signature Speakers posted by krisjan on March 3, 2007 at 17:42:19:

I called him up once to apologige for slamming his rear firing tweeter on some of his speakers.
My slam was that it destroys phase.
He was unaware of my Internet comments, and said he could frankly care less!
He said IF he paid attention to all the opinions on the Internet, he would not have time to design speakers!
He did agree with me that the rear firing tweeter was a "distortion generator" and destroyed phase.
He told me he added it ONLY at the request of dealers.
Evidently, these dealers said they sold systems to some customers in highly damped rooms who previously owned planers.
The extra high frequency energy imparted by these adjustable rear firing tweeters made some customers "happier".

I owned a pair of 2CI speakers, and asked him for his update recommendations.'
He told me "get rid of them".
How refreshing!

I admire him for his honesty.
He said back in the 2CI days he simply could not get the better drivers he now uses.

We talked about his feelings that the stupidest thing to happen in high end audio was taking by passable tone controls off of preamp!

I found him blunt, opinionated, and not a "sugar coater" of his opinions.
My kind of guy!

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