Vandersteen2WQ Music SubwoofersusedVandersteen 2WQ Music Subwoofers Stereo Pair - CherryI am the co-owner of Ultra Fidelis, a high-end audio and home theater boutique in Milwaukee Wisconsin, and we are an authorized Vandersteen Audio dealer. I am offering for sale, my personall...1325.00

Vandersteen 2WQ Music Subwoofers Stereo Pair - Cherry

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Ships fromDurango, CO, 81301
Ships toUnited States
Package dimensions21.0" × 22.0" × 25.0" (100.0 lbs.)
Shipping carrierUPS
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I am the co-owner of Ultra
Fidelis, a high-end audio and home theater boutique in Milwaukee Wisconsin, and
we are an authorized Vandersteen Audio dealer. I am offering for sale, my
personally-owned pair of Vandersteen 2WQ music subwoofers in cherry finish. (Please
note, Audiogon has no category for subwoofers outside of "home theater", but these subs have no line-level/LFE inputs and are not intended for use
with home theater surround processors/receivers; they are music subwoofers.) I
am selling them as a stereo pair, not individually.



Unlike most music subwoofers, Vandersteen takes a completely different approach,
which results in superior sonic performance and much cleaner integration with
the rest of your system. By using an outboard crossover, the signal from your
preamplifier to your power amplifier is attenuated by 6db/octave from 80hz on
down. The amplifiers in the subs then reverse that attenuation. The result is
that you are asking your power amp and your main loudspeakers to do much less
and to do it at a much higher level of performance. We think it’s a great
approach, but please bear in mind that this design is not compatible with
integrated amplifiers; you must be able to insert the crossovers between
preamp and power amp.

The subs ship with the
standard variable unbalanced/RCA WX-2 crossover that can be adjusted to match
the input impedance of virtually any power amp, but you can achieve significant
sonic improvements by later purchasing either the fixed X-2 crossover, or the
even better crossovers used with Vandersteen flagship models Five and Seven. (I
have a pair of Model Five M5-HP crossovers that I will be selling as well, but
they are nearly as costly as the subwoofers.)

I am the
original, and only, owner of these pieces, but they are not up to the usual
pristine quality of items I market on Audiogon, so I want to be clear about the
aesthetic shortcomings. Unfortunately, one of the subs was near a window and,
as a result of having a stack of books on top of it, has a square "sun print" on the
top finish. In the photo, you should be able to clearly make out the area
that is less faded than the rest of the surface. There are no scratches or scrapes and the black grills are in perfect condition. As a result of the one finish issue, I have priced
this pair at less than half their retail value and can hopefully find a buyer
for whom this minor imperfection will not be important…the sound is amazing and
this is a very inexpensive way to acquire a stereo pair of these subs for less than the price of a new single piece.

I am also
deviating from my usual “free shipping” policy due to the low cost, heavy
weight, and wide variability in shipping expense to different locations; that
is also reflected in the pricing. I will ship to any buyer in the Continental United
States, fully insured, via UPS Ground on the next business day after payment,
and tracking information will also be provided via e-mail. I’m sorry, but I do
not ship outside the Continental United States. Because we have a commercial UPS account, we can usually so a little better than the estimator, but I can't guarantee that. (Please bear in mind that dimensions and weight are for each sub, so if you are estimating shipping, it will be a two-piece shipment.) 

Payment may be made via
PayPal, Visa, MasterCard, cashier’s check, or wire transfer but I will only
ship to the address associated with the payment account...no exceptions unless
we knew each other in high school. There are no additional fees for PayPal or
credit card use and no sales tax will be charged.

Full specs are available on
the Vandersteen website. You can check out our business at www.ultrafi.com and
please look at our flawless feedback here on Audiogon if you have any
concerns....our reputation and our business are a whole lot more important than
any sale, so we always under promise and over deliver.

Thanks for looking and
please either e-mail ([email protected]), or give me a call on my cell
(414-630-1131) if I can answer any questions.

-Scott Wilson, Ultra
Fidelis - A Better Audio & Home Theater Experience

 

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