Vandy 5A's are up and running :-)

tvad4 · « **Reply #20 on:** 28 Dec 2006, 03:47 am »

Are the HT3 for sale?

zybar · « **Reply #21 on:** 28 Dec 2006, 03:53 am »

Quote from: tvad4 on 28 Dec 2006, 03:47 am

Are the HT3 for sale?

Anything is for sale at the right price... aa

George

Rob Babcock · « **Reply #22 on:** 28 Dec 2006, 04:01 am »

Givent the lead time on a new pair I'd think you wouldn't have much trouble selling your pair, if you eventually are so inclined.

Brad · « **Reply #23 on:** 28 Dec 2006, 04:09 am »

Congrats George - those are beautiful

Kishore · « **Reply #24 on:** 28 Dec 2006, 07:10 am »

Beautiful set-up George...5A looks perfect

. What stands are you using?

Quote from: zybar on 28 Dec 2006, 03:53 am

Anything is for sale at the right price... aa

George

I would like to get your room then

Cheers,
Kishore

Rob Babcock · « **Reply #25 on:** 28 Dec 2006, 07:35 am »

You haven't been around much lately, Kishore- whatcha been up to?

Kishore · « **Reply #26 on:** 28 Dec 2006, 08:24 am »

Yeah been working hardly for last 2 years

and pop in once a while

2007 will be my year of getting back into audiophile nervosa, gears and views

I desparately want to move to bigger place so cops don't get called

Cheers,
Kishore

Rob Babcock · « **Reply #27 on:** 28 Dec 2006, 08:28 am »

I hear you. The last year has been a bitch for me, work-wise. Of course, I still have time to relentlessly span the forums!

Good to see you back in any event. Hopefully you'll have to time to hand out a bit more (plus do usefull things!

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StevenACNJ · « **Reply #28 on:** 28 Dec 2006, 11:05 am »

Congratulations - great looking pair of speakers.

When you get a chance would you take a pic with the grills off and also a pic of the rear.

Best of luck with them.

zybar · « **Reply #29 on:** 28 Dec 2006, 12:57 pm »

Quote from: StevenACNJ on 28 Dec 2006, 11:05 am

Congratulations - great looking pair of speakers.

When you get a chance would you take a pic with the grills off and also a pic of the rear.

Best of luck with them.

Below is a picture of the rear of the speaker. The controls you see allow for matching the internally powered sub to your main amp as well as giving you 11 bands of eq between 20-100Hz. There is also a rear firing tweeter for added ambiance which I won't be using.

I'll try and get a picture sans grills later today.

George

BlackSandCable · « **Reply #30 on:** 28 Dec 2006, 02:48 pm »

Jeeeez George very nice indeed!

I hate to say it but I'm jealous! I love my current speakers but I must admit I have always wanted a pair of 5A's!

ENJOY!

Russtafarian · « **Reply #31 on:** 28 Dec 2006, 05:49 pm »

Congratulations! 5As and the Moscode amp is quite a combo!

Here’s a hint on setting up the bass response of the 5As: start with the crossover boxes.

I discovered this when helping my friend hook up a Moscode 401 to his 5As. We set the 5A level and EQ pots to 0, the bass contour to 1, and the crossover box impedance to 100k as this is the input impedance of the amp. This sounded very good but the speakers didn’t seem to have the weight and slam that I would expect. When I measured the response with a sound meter and test tones (as recommended by Richard Vandersteen) the response dropped by about 10db below 60 Hz. This result is probably room related. We experimented with different impedance settings on the crossover boxes and found that the 10k setting brought the low bass up to within 2db of the mid bass. From there we were able to fine tune using the 5A bass level and e.q. controls. Now it’s sounding phenomenal.

Russ

Russtafarian · « **Reply #32 on:** 29 Dec 2006, 04:48 pm »

George,

If you're using a TACT to set up the 5A's, I wonder what would happen if you removed the crossover boxes and let the TACT build the pre-power amp bass filter slope? I don't see any risk to this, other than the time it takes to try it. The reward would be one less link in the chain.

If you try it, let me know how it turns out.

Russ

pjchappy · « **Reply #33 on:** 29 Dec 2006, 05:00 pm »

Could you post some pics of them w/ the grills off? The pics on the Vandersteen website stink.

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zybar · « **Reply #34 on:** 29 Dec 2006, 06:49 pm »

Quote from: Russtafarian on 28 Dec 2006, 05:49 pm

Congratulations! 5As and the Moscode amp is quite a combo!

Here’s a hint on setting up the bass response of the 5As: start with the crossover boxes.

I discovered this when helping my friend hook up a Moscode 401 to his 5As. We set the 5A level and EQ pots to 0, the bass contour to 1, and the crossover box impedance to 100k as this is the input impedance of the amp. This sounded very good but the speakers didn’t seem to have the weight and slam that I would expect. When I measured the response with a sound meter and test tones (as recommended by Richard Vandersteen) the response dropped by about 10db below 60 Hz. This result is probably room related. We experimented with different impedance settings on the crossover boxes and found that the 10k setting brought the low bass up to within 2db of the mid bass. From there we were able to fine tune using the 5A bass level and e.q. controls. Now it’s sounding phenomenal.

Russ

Russ,

I used a volt meter and measured the response at the speaker at both 1000Hz and 100Hz in order to determine the optimal setting on the crossover. While 100k sounded very good, 75k sounded and measured even better!!!

This weekend I will continue to work on speaker and listener placement to get things as flat as possible before working on the EQ settings.

George

zybar · « **Reply #35 on:** 29 Dec 2006, 06:51 pm »

Quote from: Russtafarian on 29 Dec 2006, 04:48 pm

George,

If you're using a TACT to set up the 5A's, I wonder what would happen if you removed the crossover boxes and let the TACT build the pre-power amp bass filter slope? I don't see any risk to this, other than the time it takes to try it. The reward would be one less link in the chain.

If you try it, let me know how it turns out.

Russ

Russ,

I am no longer using the TacT and will actually be putting it up for sale this weekend. Instead, I run my Bolder Cable modified (full analog mods) SB2 directly into the Moscode. This allowed me to remove a few links in the chain...

George

Daygloworange · « **Reply #36 on:** 29 Dec 2006, 06:53 pm »

Zybar,

Do you still have your Salk HT-3's ?
Cheers

zybar · « **Reply #37 on:** 29 Dec 2006, 06:57 pm »

Quote from: Daygloworange on 29 Dec 2006, 06:53 pm

Zybar,

Do you still have your Salk HT-3's ?
Cheers

Yes.

George

Daygloworange · « **Reply #38 on:** 29 Dec 2006, 07:01 pm »

Cool. I'll look forward to your observations between the two speakers.

I'll have the opportunity to run my Bolder modded SB 3 into the Moscode and into GR Research OB 5's in a few weeks, after hearing your impressions, as well as others, I'm looking forward to it.

Cheers

zybar · « **Reply #39 on:** 29 Dec 2006, 07:18 pm »

Quote from: Russtafarian on 28 Dec 2006, 05:49 pm

Congratulations! 5As and the Moscode amp is quite a combo!

Here’s a hint on setting up the bass response of the 5As: start with the crossover boxes.

I discovered this when helping my friend hook up a Moscode 401 to his 5As. We set the 5A level and EQ pots to 0, the bass contour to 1, and the crossover box impedance to 100k as this is the input impedance of the amp. This sounded very good but the speakers didn’t seem to have the weight and slam that I would expect. When I measured the response with a sound meter and test tones (as recommended by Richard Vandersteen) the response dropped by about 10db below 60 Hz. This result is probably room related. We experimented with different impedance settings on the crossover boxes and found that the 10k setting brought the low bass up to within 2db of the mid bass. From there we were able to fine tune using the 5A bass level and e.q. controls. Now it’s sounding phenomenal.

Russ

BTW, I have the bass flat to 25Hz in room now.

I need to work on a few big suckouts at 60Hz and 80Hz, otherwise I am well within EQ range.

George