Vandersteen fans

[PlanarSpeakerFan]

Originally Posted by ylee

After listening to a demo conducted by Richard Vandersteen himself in February of last year, I took delivery of the Vandersteen M5-HPA monoblocs last November. It is in essence the perfect match Richard envisioned. I adore the sound and the power of this combination. Tonally rich, powerful, and detailed.

I'm running a tube preamp, the Rogue Audio RP-9. It seems tube preamps synergize well with the M5-HPA.

Tube preamps are a perfect synergistic match with the M5-HPA and M7-HPA monoblocks. I used an ARC Ref10 preamp with my M7–HPA monoblocks and Vandersteen 7 Mk2 speakers for two years and it sounded amazing. In fact, it would still be in my system if I hadn’t opted for the MSB Select DAC, which sounds best with no external preamp.

Best,
Ken