ralphpnj wrote: > I would guess that is most likely because most Vandersteens are floor > standing speakers and most Swedes can not use floor standing speakers > where they live, which more often than not tend to be apartments and not > private homes. I live in a fully detached private house where I can play > my Vandersteens as loud as I like, whenever I like (well not really > since my wife might something to say about it :)). > > By the way, Vandersteens feature a very well balanced sound and really > image very nicely. As is often said - they do almost everything very > well and almost nothing wrong. Plus in these days of super price > inflation in all things high end audio, they still offer remarkable > value (at least the Model 2s and 3s).
he he, I live in an apartment and play my meridians and subwoofer anyway :) I do think hifi is a fringe interest even among those with houses ,but design is not :/ so in comes furniture you trip over and invisible sound installations ugly hifi is soo 1980 . So yet another brand on that small scene can be a hard fit . looking at their home page I see acoustically sensible designs but unsellable aesthetics . I think they tried before my time the really old vandersteens did not they look almost like quad esl 57 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mnyb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4143 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97753 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
