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Funny you should say that.
I did pull them out of the rack and opened them up just out of curiosity.
My SN are on the bottom. My box did say Signature Series on it. Unfortunatly my wife did not know the value of keeping the original box!:tears:
I will take some photos shortly. I noticed that my Caps are large blue ones and the coil is huge.
The quality of the build is incredible. My side panels are piano black, not wood if that tells you anything.
I bought these from my brother a few years back. He went to Pioneer AV for family movies so these were collecting dust.:D
Let me see if I can get a few pics and I will post.
J.T.
 
Here are a few pics of the amps. I just checked the temps on both amps and they are within 1 degree of each other.:banana:
Looks like I may need to do some component shufflin:D
J.T.
 

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Awesome! Those are identical to mine. Glad to hear nothing is wrong with em'. It's also cool to know that I do have the signature series amplifiers. Mine are the black endcaps as well.
 
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Supposedly Vandersteen speakers are an excellent match. IMO it's a great amp and should bring out the best in any speakers.
 
When I bought my first studio 2 4 decades ago, the boutique retailer in NYC was featuring Shahinian Obelisks and the big Dayton-Wright electrostatics.
 
kswenson said:
Thanks RD! Those Obelisks would be awesome! What put your PSE in the shop?
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The shop is where I most listen, working and enjoying my PSE Studio One and Studio Two. I have an emotional attachment to them.
Happy listening with yours.
 
RDecartridge I've noticed that Phono 1 is significantly louder than Phono 2 on my Studio 1 is this normal? Is one a MM and the other MC ? Couldn't seem to figure it out online--thought you might know.
 
I had a studio 1 without the phono stage so I don't know for sure, but I'd bet that one is MC and one is MM.
 
Thanks 240; I'm thinking the same. You've got some cool gear it looks like ;) Now on to searching for an amp to pair with STUDIO ONE :)
 
Hello jtee1340 and 240sx4u!
I've had my Studio V's since 1986. As a glaringly positive review had just come out (in Stereophile I think), I had to wait a couple months to get them. Dean was pretty much a one man show. Started out with Vandersteen 2C's, went to 3A's in '96 and am now running Quatros with them. I had them re-capped about 6 years ago. I have never stacked them, here is a photo of my current set up.
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@spehifi wow beautiful set up! i sold my studio one a while back to get this exposure i've been using. i love the exposure, but do miss the PSE. there's actually a sonic similarities between the PSE and Exposure gear... still craving some Vandersteens when I have a bit more space, i may go for it!
 
Just in case anyone stumbles across this thread years later, as *i* have (march 19, 2021), the referenced "theAudioCritic" review link no longer points to any review. Seems to currently be an all-asian text webpage for selling clothing or somesuch.

It's a shame if all audio reviews were lost....

-dave


Modegard said:
I have the Studio One preamplifier and the Studio Two amplifier. They date from the late 1970s. The company started in the early 1970s. The owner was Dean Klinefelter. The company was Minnesota based. I recently took my Studio One in for service. My tech knows Dean and reached out to him directly to trouble shoot my preamp. I understand PSE was always a small operation. Mr. Klinefelter may be retired by now. The Studio V would date from the 1990s. The Studio IV was reviewed here in 1994: http://www.theaudiocritic.com/back_issues/The_Audio_Critic_22_r.pdf

Good luck.
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jtee1340 said:
I have a set of the Studio V that I have hooked up to my Vandersteen C2i. I have a Onkyo 308 Preamp for them but would love to find a PSE pre like you did. :yes:
These are some great sounding amps once they get warmed up. I tried to leave them on to maintain stability, but they just put out to much heat.
Do any of you guys leave yours on?
I read somewhere that they are supposed to be left on, but I hate to feel those heat sinks when I do!
Thanks,
J.T.
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jtee1340 said:
I have a set of the Studio V that I have hooked up to my Vandersteen C2i. I have a Onkyo 308 Preamp for them but would love to find a PSE pre like you did. :yes:
These are some great sounding amps once they get warmed up. I tried to leave them on to maintain stability, but they just put out to much heat.
Do any of you guys leave yours on?
I read somewhere that they are supposed to be left on, but I hate to feel those heat sinks when I do!
Thanks,
J.T.
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I got the Studio V amps from my brother.
When he owned them, he had an issue with one amp. He sent it to Dean and he did a mod that makes that amp run much cooler compared to the one he didn't send back.
I have no idea what Dean did to the amp, and there is so little info on them, I just turn them on when I listen to them.
I picked up a PSE studio 1 preamp to pair with them, but it has a little bit of an imbalance on the channel output.
So until I get that figured out, the Studio V amps are pulling tweeter duty on my tri amped C50s.
The wiring on the studio one is kind of messy, but again, lack of documentation makes it hard to troubleshoot.
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