pablolie wrote: > > > Subs are tricky to set up to really complement your system. Less is > more. I don't want a cello to sound like a blue whale's mating call. > >
. Which is exactly why Richard Vandersteen designed his Subs the way he did. It is basically like adding an additional lower bass driver to any Speaker when used in pairs because the speakers base driver no longer goes all the way down as it is rolled off and crossed over where the Sub takes it the rest of the way to the bottom. This is why there are no issues or compromise like with the Line Level setting one has with standard add on Subs. Most add-on Line Level Subs sound great when the system is at lower volumes because the level has been set to accent and provide additional and extended bass, but as the system volume increases this sweet spot goes away and the Sub is overly loud and muddies up the overall system since it is a Line Level driven device. Just my thoughts, anyway Vandersteen basically took the advantages of an Acoustat 2+2 Speakers with their passive sub and the advantages of an active sub figuring out the way to use the advantages of both types without any of the disadvantages both happen to have. There are many brands of great Subs out there and many different ones work great when paired with specific speakers having specific needs that those Subs fill if one is lucky enough to get the right Sub with the right Mains. I got tried of buying and selling Subs trying to match things up. The Vandersteen Subs work whether one has Planar, Ribbon, Electrostatics, or Dynamic Speakers. The pair of Vandersteen Subs I bought to use with my Apogee Acoustic ribbon speakers are the same pair I have with my Vandersteen 3A Signatures (the poor man's Quatro Speakers when paired with Vandersteen Subs). . *iPhone* Media Room: ModWright Platinum Signature Transporter, VTL TL-6.5 Signature Pre-Amp, Ayre MX-R Mono's, VeraStarr 6.4SE 6-channel Amp, Vandersteen Speakers: Quatro Wood Mains, VCC-5 Reference Center, four VSM-1 Signatures, Video: Runco RS 900 CineWide AutoScope 2.35:1, Vandersteen V2W Subwoofer Living Room: Transporter, ADCOM GTP-870HD, Cinepro 3K6SE III Gold, Vandersteen Model 3A Signature, Two 2Wq subs, VCC-2, Two VSM-1 Office: Touch with Vandersteen VSM-1s Kitchen: Touch in-wall mount w/ Thiel Powerpoint 1.2s Bedroom: Squeezebox BOOM Bathroom: Squeezebox Radio Around the House: SliMP3, SB1, SB2, SB3 Ford Thunderbird: SB Touch, USB drive Ford Expedition: SB Touch, USB drive ------------------------------------------------------------------------ iPhone's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13622 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=108865 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
