Vandersteen 2C Klippel data by "hardisj"

[Dismayed]

<The cables should all be the same length. This is not due to the time that the signal takes to travel through a cable, but rather that two different lengths of the same cable will sound different.>

Electricity propagates through wire at about 90% of the speed of light. So make your wires whatever length is convenient. No one can hear a time delay on the order of a picosecond. As for the different lengths sounding different - not for any reasonable cable.

How fast does electricity flow? | BBC Science Focus Magazine

Drift velocity, the average speed at which electrons travel in a conductor when subjected to an electric field, is about 1mm per second.

www.sciencefocus.com

 

[soundtrane]

Electricity propagates through wire at about 90% of the speed of light. So make your wires whatever length is convenient. No one can hear a time delay on the order of a picosecond. As for the different lengths sounding different - not for any reasonable cable.

How fast does electricity flow? | BBC Science Focus Magazine

Drift velocity, the average speed at which electrons travel in a conductor when subjected to an electric field, is about 1mm per second.

www.sciencefocus.com

maybe he is not human. an alien perhaps?

 

[jbucla2005]

I'm trying to find information on how the Vandersteen Model 2ci speakers function when powered by class D amps, such as the Fosi ZA3.

Also looking for info on how the speakers might work when powered by class D amp like the ZA3 on the midrange / treble, with a traditional solid state on the bass, and how one might match levels between the amps.

 

[Holmz]

I'm trying to find information on how the Vandersteen Model 2ci speakers function when powered by class D amps, such as the Fosi ZA3.

Also looking for info on how the speakers might work when powered by class D amp like the ZA3 on the midrange / treble, with a traditional solid state on the bass, and how one might match levels between the amps.

On the Vandersteen forum had a member use Ralph’s (Atmasphere) class-D.
Even a cheap AIYAMA sounds pretty good as it is an easy load to drive.

(Certainly better than the Topping which sounded like a hissing pit of snakes at a Pentecostal revival.)

Another fellow on there, just this week, is running Fosi’s that are hot-roddled with Sparko (??) Op-amps.

 

[olds1959special]

I upgraded from Vandersteen Model 2Ci's to 2Ce Signature II's, after I found four Kenwood Trio L-05M mono block amps. I feel the newer Model 2's are more truthful, with better separation, and are less forgiving/warm/lush.