Jana Dagdagan

...although neither he nor I were even slender enough to be portrayed by Gene Hackman. ;->

I know how tough it is to make a go of it in audio, period, much less for four decades. There are not more than a dozen still-strong companies of that age in our little world.

Hats off, and nest time I see you, I'm buying, Rich.

Audible Illusions now working out of Florida... i-dealer, lover

Karen Sumner and all things great & wonderful.

VPI East Coast Shela was my contact...rip

Offffff course PS Audio, long lost & found again.

Grado I sold their little cartridges

Conrad-Johnson the MV-45a was one of my favorite amps, I was one of their deader dealers.( even their Premier stuff )

Vandersteen, Never was one of theirs.

Monster Cable my "SRONGEST" Store line, it paid all my bills.

Klispch

Audio Research in Italy now

Magnapan

Krell & Dan D'Augostino

Mark Levinson is out there somewhere still....

Pass & Threshold

Wilson

Geez, I can only think of 14 outfits, I was dealer for half of them.

Tony in Michigan

who'd I miss ?

Purchased my 2CE's in 1992 and they are still going strong in my main system! I listen to music everyday in my dedicated room, Vandersteen's make beautiful music you can listen to for hours on end, obviously I am not alone in this assessment! They are quality instruments that will provide many years of worry free enjoyment. I have made changes to other components out of necessity or technological obsolescence, mainly dacs, but otherwise have gotten more out of fine tuning the room, speaker positioning and from isolation and wire products from Mapleshade. The Vandersteen's remain as my reference, always revealing new discoveries in familiar music and amazing me in how good they can sound after all these years. Together with a Music Reference pre-amp also purchased in '92 both have more than passed the test of time. An Odyssey Stratos amp, also trouble free for 20+ years, remain my trusted foundation. Thank you Mr. Vandersteen, what a product! Most grateful to you for all the enjoyment and happiness provided by your speakers through all of these 26 years. Wishing you all the best and continued success!

First heard Vandersteen speakers at 1989 Hi Fi NY show and while there were rooms with much more expensive gear, the sound in that room made a lasting impression on me -- it sounded "right" I was listening to music and not audio equipment. Immediately purchased a pair of 2ci's and still remember borrowing a hand truck from the dealer to wheel them through a freezing lower Manhattan to my apartment. Almost 30 years and 4 sets of Vandersteen's later, now enjoying his Quatro CT's, which to my ears sound more like music in a real space than most speakers twice the price.

Had the privilege of sitting next to Richard listening to his Model Sevens in Atlanta last year and what was apparent, and I think also comes through in this interview, is while he's obviously analytic and technically-oriented, at the end of the day it's about listening to and enjoying music. Looking forward to hearing music through the new amps.

I own a pair of Vandersteen VLR's. During the interview you and Richard discussed your listening room at home and he said that your room benefited from "natural diffusion, not absorption." Will you please explain what he meant? Thanks.

Thank you for a wonderful interview with Richard. I have been a Vandersteen fan since I blew up my Quad 57's and had a baby in 1986. My wife said no more high voltage stuff, so the tubes and the Quads had to go. I bought a pair of Vandersteen 2's and modified a Hafler 220 with a JFET front end by John Hillig, and never looked back. The 2's were traded for 3A's and then I added a VCC-5 and a pair of VSM's to go 5.1. I traded the 3A's for Quatro Woods and that is what I have today.

I have had the privilege of meeting Richard a couple times, and he is the real deal - what you see is what you get. He is both a gentlemen and an inquisitive scientist with an intense focus on how best to bring real life sound into a home listening room. He has never stopped thinking and tinkering and he is constantly working to refine his loudspeakers, all of which are derived from the same phase-coherent acoustic model he discovered with the tweeter on the broomstick so many years ago. The only other guy I know of like him in Audio is Nelson Pass, who shares many of the same characteristics. Both of these gentlemen have greatly advanced the science of music reproduction in the home, and they are both going strong as senior citizens. The Audio pastime is very fortunate to have them.