slick.one
Active Member
I'll keep this short but I cobbled together a system for my brother-in-law who moved back home from out of town. He always said he liked Vandersteens so I found a pair of Vandersteen 2Ci in need of some TLC. One tweeter was dead and the midrange on the same speaker was not functioning either. The tweet had a broken tinsel lead and the mid problem turned out to be fried resistors in the crossover. I was able to find an OEM tweet on the auction site and removed the crossover to replace the resistors. This was not a job for the faint of heart! Anyway, I got it all put back together and working and they sound great! We're powering them with Soundcraftsmen MA 5002 and DX-4000 preamp I had in one of my spare systems. Sources are CD players from Marantz and Nakamichi.
I own some decent speakers of my own including Dahlquist DQ10 and Altec Model 14, but these 2Ci's kick like a mule while still having nice resolution. Listening to Donald Fagen solo discs or the best discs of Steely Dan
is a revelation! He's very happy and I'm proud to have put this system together for him.
I own some decent speakers of my own including Dahlquist DQ10 and Altec Model 14, but these 2Ci's kick like a mule while still having nice resolution. Listening to Donald Fagen solo discs or the best discs of Steely Dan
is a revelation! He's very happy and I'm proud to have put this system together for him.