Vandersteen Quatro

Is it just me, or are the people opening these long dead threads looking to push Vandersteen speakers? The people pulling the threads out of retirement are either posting about Vandersteen speakers, reviving threads about Vandersteen speakers, or both!

((If you mean they sound as good as they would well away from any room boundaries, I think that's a tall one.))
Of course not any full range speaker will optimise's and sound best out from the wall to preference.
Some folks still want performance and have fashion police spouses to deal with.
Making the system perform without being a science project or look like an octopus with blue antennas eyeballing ya back is the goal.
One pair of Quatros was four inches out from the front wall I could barely get my adjustment tool in the back without tilting forward. At first listen it sounded heavy like any good full range speaker would against the wall.
After each speaker was properly measured, adjusted,and tuned we played Cream Live at Royal Albert hall the speakers flat out disappeared with a huge sound stage, deep solid bass and no hangover. system was a Tube Aesthetix Janus pre and a ARC 110 tube amp I promise you It looked cool and sounded amazing.
Cheers JR

>Of course not any full range speaker will optimise's and sound best out from the wall to preference<

Translation, please?

Oz

Oz I am not sure why you are taking issue with JR, if anyone knows what to do with a Vandersteen and how to do it aswell as how it will perform it is him. You have a great system and insight into audio but you are not nearly as qualified in the particular instance.

Ozzy62: Actually, the overall dimensions of my basement room are 26 X 20 X 6 (low ceiling), but the area best suited for the front wall is an alcove about 10' wide. Considering I need the front mains to clear a RPTV screen (I know, but that's what I have to work with), speaker width is critical. The 1Cs are fairly far out into the room, and I would like to place their successors far out into the room as well.

Jkalman: It's just you. Vandersteen designs are somewhat unique, and like planars or other unusual designs, they have a strong following. Besides, since I basically asked for brand suggestions other than Vandersteen, I can hardly be called a shill. Proper etiquette on this board is to post to existing threads rather than start new ones when possible, IIRC.