Mr. Vandersteen is as knowledgeable as any speaker designer out there. I've owned the Model 1B and the 2C (well, actually I bought them and gave a pair to my sister (the 1Bs) and another to a friend (the 2Cs) and in both rooms I heard them in (my sister's and the friend's), they were exceptional. Strings (violins) sounded gorgeous, and violins are very hard to get right. Many designs make them sound "steely," which is how people who don't go to the symphony THINK they sound - but they don't! I admire Mr. Vandersteen for his quality designs, but also because he doesn't price his speakers to the skies, and yet, the quality is of the highest order.
Richard Vandersteen is legend, unfortunately there are very few in the business doing phase/time perfect speakers, there is Duntech in Australia.... there were late Jim Thiel and John Dunlavy. Pat McGinty did before with previous Meadowlark Audio products..... Seriously now, the only choice is Vandersteen Audio. Once you heard and get used to phase/time perfect speakers there is no going back 😍 IMHO; Non phase/time perfect speakers do have something mechanical to them, not natural.... in lack of a better way to describe this!
Love my new 2Ce Sig lll
Just picked up the 1Bs used and WOW they sound good.
Mr. Vandersteen is as knowledgeable as any speaker designer out there. I've owned the Model 1B and the 2C (well, actually I bought them and gave a pair to my sister (the 1Bs) and another to a friend (the 2Cs) and in both rooms I heard them in (my sister's and the friend's), they were exceptional. Strings (violins) sounded gorgeous, and violins are very hard to get right. Many designs make them sound "steely," which is how people who don't go to the symphony THINK they sound - but they don't!
I admire Mr. Vandersteen for his quality designs, but also because he doesn't price his speakers to the skies, and yet, the quality is of the highest order.
Richard Vandersteen is legend, unfortunately there are very few in the business doing phase/time perfect speakers, there is Duntech in Australia.... there were late Jim Thiel and John Dunlavy. Pat McGinty did before with previous Meadowlark Audio products..... Seriously now, the only choice is Vandersteen Audio.
Once you heard and get used to phase/time perfect speakers there is no going back 😍
IMHO; Non phase/time perfect speakers do have something mechanical to them, not natural.... in lack of a better way to describe this!