{"id":253397,"date":"2023-04-28T07:56:43","date_gmt":"2023-04-28T07:56:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ecoustics.com\/articles\/vandersteen-2c\/"},"modified":"2023-04-28T11:20:29","modified_gmt":"2023-04-28T11:20:29","slug":"vandersteen-2c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ecoustics.com\/articles\/vandersteen-2c\/","title":{"rendered":"Vandersteen 2C: Better Off Dead?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Now that\u2019s a damn shame when folks throwing away a perfectly good pair of Vandersteen 2Cs like that\u2026 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazy-load\" title=\"Better Off Dead   Throwing away a prefectly good white boy\" width=\"880\" height=\"495\"  itemprop=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9vy6Roo5WEI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>You read that correctly. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The other night while taking a walk to the beach with my wife and Tyrion who desperately wanted to hang out in front of the 7-Eleven on Ocean Avenue hoping that a certain Cocker Spaniel would be out for her dusk stroll &#8212; I stumbled upon a pair of <strong>Vandersteen 2C Loudspeakers<\/strong> that someone had left on the curb. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\"  itemprop=\"image\" src=\"\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp2cloud-wordpress-to-cloud\/wp2cloud.php?weblob_id=77069\/vandersteen-2c-loudspeakers-left-on-curb.jpg\" alt=\"Vandersteen 2c Loudspeakers left curbside\" class=\"wp-image-253774\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>My wife groaned as I kvetched about how I needed to run home and get the SUV so that I could take them home for a more detailed inspection. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Don&#8217;t you already have enough loudspeakers?&#8221; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;These are Vandersteen 2Cs!&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m sure they are. Can we keep walking?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>SoundStage! Publisher and Founder, Doug Schneider, texted me that I needed to take them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Let Doug drive down from Canada. Why not ask Brian to drive from California?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;That&#8217;s not practical. These are Vandersteen 2Cs!&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My wife stood on the corner with the dog as I ran home and returned 4 minutes later and began lifting each loudspeaker into the back of the Toyota. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\"  itemprop=\"image\" src=\"\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp2cloud-wordpress-to-cloud\/wp2cloud.php?weblob_id=77068\/vandersteen-2c-loudspeakers-in-trunk.jpg\" alt=\"Vandersteen 2c Loudspeakers loaded in the trunk\" class=\"wp-image-253773\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The tendonitis in my right hand was already bad enough, but this made the rest of the weekend rather painful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My brain focused on the possibility of restoring these and using them in my office which has more than enough room and whom in their right mind would turn down a free pair of Vandersteen loudspeakers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Which will end up costing me $400 when this project is finished. Mark my words on that one. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\"  itemprop=\"image\" src=\"\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp2cloud-wordpress-to-cloud\/wp2cloud.php?weblob_id=77070\/vandersteen-2c-loudspeakers-pair.jpg\" alt=\"Vandersteen 2c Loudspeakers in the garage\" class=\"wp-image-253775\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-vandersteen-audio\">Vandersteen Audio <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>What about Vandersteen? I wrote about the&nbsp;<strong>Vandersteen 1Ci speakers<\/strong>&nbsp;in my recent&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ecoustics.com\/articles\/audiophile-system-builder-13\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Audiophile System Builder column<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;and the feedback from a number of readers was that it was about time that someone in the audio press covered these speakers which are still in production.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Vandersteen 1Ci speakers are not old enough to qualify as vintage audio (give them another 12 years and they will) but these American-made floorstanders are almost 8 years old at this point and still very much in production. The Vandersteen 1C were available back in 1996 so the earliest versions of the speaker are almost as old as the generation who probably need to listen to them the most.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\"  itemprop=\"image\" src=\"\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp2cloud-wordpress-to-cloud\/wp2cloud.php?weblob_id=77067\/vandersteen-2c-rear-inputs-controls.jpg\" alt=\"Vandersteen 2c Rear Inputs and Controls\" class=\"wp-image-253772\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong>Vandersteen 2 <\/strong>(and all of its variants) loudspeakers have been in production since 1977 with more than 100,000 pairs sold; a remarkable number that very few high-end brands could ever hit with even their entire lineup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Vandersteen customer is a loyal one; most started with the Vandersteen 2 or Vandersteen 1 and have moved up the food chain over the years at great expense. The top Vandersteen loudspeakers now retail for almost $65,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Vandersteen 2C is known for its time- and phase-coherent driver placement, which ensures that the tweeter and woofer sound waves arrive at the listener&#8217;s ears at the same time, creating a more realistic soundstage.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\"  itemprop=\"image\" src=\"\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp2cloud-wordpress-to-cloud\/wp2cloud.php?weblob_id=77066\/vandersteen-2c-loudspeaker-rear.jpg\" alt=\"Vandersteen 2c Loudspeaker Rear\" class=\"wp-image-253771\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Affordable Audio?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I know I\u2019ve been harping on \u201caffordability\u201d a lot recently. Boring. Yawn. I get it. But as I was watching a superb video from&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-niPXmlFSwU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cheapaudioman<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;the other night at 3 a.m., I realized that there is a growing movement within the community that understands that high-end audio can\u2019t grow without a serious conversation about affordability and teaching people how to properly build a system within a budget that doesn\u2019t involve selling a kidney.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019ve been there. On the other side. During 7 years of insanity in my mid-30s, I spent more than $70,000 on high-end audio\/video equipment.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How much of it do I own today?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazy-load\" title=\"Zero Point Zero\" width=\"880\" height=\"495\"  itemprop=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NkCa49I6_xw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Products like the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ecoustics.com\/reviews\/q-acoustics-5040-2\/\">Q Acoustics 5040<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ecoustics.com\/reviews\/acoustic-energy-ae100-mk2\/\">Acoustic Energy AE100 MKII<\/a> interest me a lot more these days than products that very few people can afford. The response to our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ecoustics.com\/vintage-audio\/\">vintage audio<\/a> coverage also convinces me that consumers are not against the convergence of old and new. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Summer Project <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Having schlepped the Vandersteen 2C home and into our garage, we noticed that the &#8220;socks&#8221; were slightly discolored and that someone was most certainly smoking around these loudspeakers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vandersteen will sell you replacement socks for the cabinet and we were curious to examine all of the drivers more closely. <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\"  itemprop=\"image\" src=\"\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp2cloud-wordpress-to-cloud\/wp2cloud.php?weblob_id=77065\/vandersteen-2c-loudspeaker-front-no-grille.jpg\" alt=\"Vandersteen 2c Loudspeaker Without Grille\" class=\"wp-image-253770\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>The two 8&#8243; plastic-cone woofers need to be refoamed and that&#8217;s going to be a summer job; along with sanding the top and bottom plates and staining them again. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The tweeters and midrange drivers look physically fine but we&#8217;re going to remove all of them and inspect them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The best part of living in New Jersey is that we have access to John Rutan who is one of the best and most knowledgeable Vandersteen dealers in the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Audio Connection is about 60 miles from home and we&#8217;ve already had a detailed discussion about the loudspeakers and a plan of action. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A pair of restored Vandersteen 2C Loudspeakers will be making their appearance in the not-to-distant future in my office system and we&#8217;re already figuring out the rest of the system to drive them with. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vandersteen.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">vandersteen.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Related reading: <\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ecoustics.com\/vintage-audio\/devore-fidelity-gibbon-3-loudspeakers\/\">Growing Old with the DeVore Fidelity Gibbon 3 Loudspeakers<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ecoustics.com\/articles\/martinlogan-request-speakers\/\">MartinLogan ReQuest Speakers: Getting Better With Age<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ecoustics.com\/podcasts\/vintage-audio-series-episode-3\/\">Vintage Audio Podcast Series, Episode 3: Loudspeakers<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Imagine finding a pair of Vandersteen 2C Loudspeakers on the curb down the block from your house. 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He\u2019s a professional-grade foodie and former pizza maker whose loyalties lie with dim sum, biltong, curry, pizza, deli sandwiches, pho, and Korean BBQ. 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