Thanks, Viggen.

The room is an addition that I updated for a listening room about four years ago when I bought this house. It's about 16x23 and sunken 3 steps down from the rest of the house.It has a vaulted celing which is about 10ft at the peak. I installed two skylights to lighten things up a bit as the bay window that you see faces north,the skylights face north too and give the room a nice soft even light . The skylights are recessed in roughly 18" wells and don't seem to be a problem for the sound. The bay window behind the speakers might have been a problem with the Maggies if I had gone that route, it works out fine, as long as I have something there to act as a diffuser. There are some built in book cases on one wall. The walls are a heavy knock down texture and the carpet is a real short thick shag that looks like little dread locks. The main listening position is a low backed and very comfy old couch that got a face lift via a white Pottery Barn slip cover. I have a lot of art work in the room which is treated on the back of the frames with a product similar to blu-tac to keep them from buzzing banging about when the sub does it's thing. I like to keep my listening room comfortable and try to keep it from looking too much like a laboratory. It's a great space to spend time in.

I was looking over some of your listed systems and it seems that you are still busy building systems. Hope you are having fun with it.

maxgain September 12, 2003 21:54

Excellent looking system Max!

viggen September 12, 2003 20:40

System edited: I added an old photo of the system with the Vandy 2Ce's. This shows a pretty good view of my listening room. I will add some new pics of the Phantoms when I get the finish restoration completed.

maxgain September 12, 2003 16:56

System edited: Like revisiting an old friend after many years I aquired a pair of Kindel Phantom loudspeakers to replace the Vandersteens. I owned a pair of these back in the mid 80's and loved them. There were only 300 pair ever produced. I was planning to buy some Maggies but I fell into these at a bargian basement price and they still sound so good that I knew that they would be a welcome addition to my system. I am in the process of restoring and modernizing them slowly(after all, they are 20 years old and did not get much TLC from at least the last owner). The limitations of the Phantom used alone, in anything but a small room, are bass dynamics and bass extention. This is no problem in my system, as the 2Wq mates with the Phantom like they were designed to be used together. They are very fast, extended on top, and quite transparent. I am in the initial stages of the restoration in which they will get a new black finish and new beigh grill material to match their new playmate, the 2Wq. The full restoration will include new caps in the x-over,new 5" drivers,new wire, and many small details.

maxgain August 17, 2003 02:22

System edited: After having once again, been treated very rudely by Mr. Vandersteen over a very simple service question, the 2Ce's are banished forever from my home! This guy can design a speaker but has NO manners what so ever. I will never again recommend his products to anyone. He is part of the audio "Axis of Evil". It looks at this point like the good people at Magnepan are going to get my business again after 20 years.

maxgain February 25, 2003 14:44

Thanks Scott, that is my eventual plan(3a's or 5's) but I'm not in a hurry as it sounds so good now.

maxgain June 02, 2002 00:23

Well, compared to Albert's magnificent system, almost all of us have "budget systems". Your system strikes me as a very intelligent blend of synergistic components. When time and money allows, I'd suggest you upgrade to Vandy 3A Signatures. When I sold my Vandy 2Ce's and moved up to the 3A Sig's, I was astonished at the level of improvement.

sdcampbell June 01, 2002 05:42

System edited: It has taken 30 years to get here!

maxgain May 31, 2002 03:44