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Loudspeakers · Subwoofers
Driver-first design out of the Central Valley.
Since 1977founded by Richard VandersteenHanford, California
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about vandersteen audio
Founded by Richard Vandersteen and based in Hanford, California, Vandersteen Audio designs and manufactures every product in the USA. The lineup spans the Treo CT (passive variant of the Quatro Wood CT), the powered-bass Quatro, the KĒNTO Carbon (a ground-up rethink combining the Model 5A carbon tweeter and Model Seven carbon/balsa midrange), and the flagship Model Seven MK II with its patented carbon-fiber Perfect-Piston drivers. The KĒNTO, Quatro, Model Seven, and SUB NINE powered subwoofer all feature Vandersteen's 11-band room EQ. Richard Vandersteen's engineering philosophy: invest in drivers and crossovers, not showy exteriors — the resulting designs are visually understated, sonically referential. Carbon tweeters in the Model 5A, Quatro Wood CT, and Treo CT are hand-made at the Hanford factory.
the line · top to bottom
The reference floor-stander with the carbon-fiber Perfect-Piston drivers.
The reference catalog below Model Seven — Kento Carbon as the reference floor-stander, Quatro Wood CT as the powered-bass reference.
The volume-line floor-stander (passive Quatro variant) and the SUB NINE powered subwoofer.
The entry into the brand — same Vandersteen voicing applied at the accessible end.
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