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In Reply to: Tell me what you don't like about Vandersteen speakers posted by Frihed89 on April 3, 2007 at 12:04:02:
I just KNOW that any Vandersteen owner with sense would let me take a hacksaw and cut those pesky wood posts off. They annoy me so much that I carry a hacksaw with me anytime I know I'm going to be listening to Vandersteens. So far no one has ever given me a chance to hack off the posts, but one of these days I'll "fix" a pair and send the pesky old posts back to Richard. Who builds speakers with posts near the mid-range driver and tweeter? No one with sense.
I feel better now.
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The poles are set off at 140 degrees and wont matter in any normal listening and measuring test.
The important thing to remember is this allows a classic Form Follows function design to use many lofty drivers, multi enclosures
and be a full range design instead of the typical 2 way Six sided Boxy box for the same money. I also bet most of the guys posting have not
experienced how well this design has progressed.
I know which one I would rather listen to......
Cheers Johnnyr
There is no such thing as a sonically invisible pole
or grille cloth
Richard BassNut Greene
Subjective Audiophile 2007
The dowels that support the grillecloths on various Vandersteen models are an integral part of the design. They are carefully placed and do not degrade performance in any way. You and any of your readers can easily prove this for yourselves with a simple experiment: Darken the room to eliminate visual suggestion and place two broom handles in front of each speaker, just inside of the dowels that support the grillecloth. These broom handles will be forward of the dowels inside the speaker and will include a narrower angle, much closer to the radiation pattern of the drivers. They will still be completely inaudible. Try it.
Bose says Bose speakers are great too!
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Richard BassNut Greene
Subjective Audiophile 2007
It's a good suggestion on how anyone interested in the proposed effect of the poles can conduct their own test and hear and judge for themselves their effect.Performing the test would be more scientific than just proposing a possible effect.
room lenses :-) placed in front of the speakers. My biggest gripe is the asthetics, the second is the vertical dispersion, no way to listen to them standing up or laying drunk on the floor. I lived with vadies for a long time, heck i still have the 3A sigs with the 2wqs, they are nice if you are in the sweetspot, but unremarkable everywhere else. The Soundlabs make the Vandie's sweetspot seem microscopic.What makes them good is that they are an incredible value. You would have to be a serious woodworker to DIY something better for a lot less, and you would have to be a helluva designer to top Richard's abilities.
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