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In Reply to: RE: VPI and Vandersteen introduce amplifiers posted by M3 lover on September 30, 2014 at 10:29:57
Back in January 2013 Stereophile and a couple others posted a paragraph on Vandersteen M7-HPA monoblock amps. Pics are all over the net too.
2013 has come and gone, and 2014 is almost history. Yet, I see no sign of an amplifier product anywhere on Vandy's website. Is this just a concept statement product that will never see the light of day like concept cars at auto shows? Is the M7-HPA actually for sale after being mentioned nearly 2 years ago?
As for Bryston, if their speakers sound anything like their amps, I won't be buying one anytime soon. ;-)
Cary Audio had a line of speakers for a short while and they flopped. I auditioned a pair over a decades ago at a brick & mortar store and bought Tannoys instead. But I love Cary electronics!
Meridian seems to have pulled it off with a successful line of electronics across the board including speakers. But I really don't know who Meridian caters to these days. High end home theatre?
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I have DIY SEAS Froy3 speaker which use the SEAS Excel magnesium drivers w/ copper phase plug, and have used them with AES (Cary) tube amps and found the match quite remarkable. The Cary speakers likewise used the SEAS Excel drivers in there line of speakers, so I imagine they sound great too. That being said, I've never heard Tannoy speakers w/ Cary electronics so that may be better.
Quad, Naim, Rega, Audio Note, Linn and maybe others offer/offered source, electronics, speakers outside of their main type of component. Perhaps it is a British thing?
"You can’t know what the “best” is unless you have heard everything, and keep in mind that given individual tastes, there really isn’t any such thing." HP
I think the Vandy amp was designed to exclusively work with Model 7s. I don't know that it will even match to the other Vandy speakers with powered bass sections (Quatro and 5A). So, it's a pretty exclusive club that could even use the product, and those few owners will certainly learn of the amp when they purchase the speakers.
Meanwhile, the Vandersteen website is only slowly updated.
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RV does the website maintenance himself! Certainly he does not inve$t in it. I remember reading he thought there were better uses of his time.
Abe,
It looks like Meridian is more into car audio these days, contracting with the likes of Ferrari, McLaren, Land Rover, and Jaguar.
I seem to remember that years ago Meridian got burned pretty badly when it was discovered that a high end home theater multi-channel processor that they were hawking was actually a re-boxed (and much cheaper) unit that was manufactured by another company - but I could be dead wrong about this - so I apologize in advance if that's the case.
Cheers,
Al
It was Lexicon
Thank you for the correction.
I'm getting old :-(
Cheers,
Al
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