System NINE is Richard Vandersteen's radical, total-system approach to audio design, derived from decades of industry-leading research and innovation. System NINE is truly unique in high-end audio in that its components are not just complementary, but literally made for one another. We are thrilled for the fortunate few who dive straight into this entire system with a single purchase. But because the Model Seven, Model Seven Mk II, or Model Seven XTRM is the entry point, any listener who's been with the Vandersteen flagship for years can start moving on his own path to the Ultimate Vandersteen with the System NINE modular approach. The price shown includes the Model Seven XTRM.
IT'S ALL IN THE TIMING The Model Seven XTRM continues a tradition to push time-and-phase correct audio reproduction to the ultimate extreme. With new pistonic side-firing drivers matched to the patented mid-range and tweeter, the XTRM brings further clarity and harmonic accuracy in a way that surprised the designers and the expert listening board. Give yourself a treat and take a listen soon. Full XTRM update cost is $28,430 to $43,050 depending on the vintage of your Model 7.
Vandersteen Audio's liquid-cooled M7-HPA (High-Pass Amplifier) is the revolutionary next step in power amplifier design and loudspeaker performance. The dramatic reduction in distortion realized by VandersteenÂs patented Perfect-Piston⢠drivers (US patent #8320604) made it clear to Richard Vandersteen that the next frontier of speaker performance would only be achieved by designing a radical new state-of-the-art amplifier from the ground up, exclusively for systems employing Vandersteen's time- and phase-correct powered subwoofers and/or powered-bass loudspeaker systems.
The Model Seven Mk II was achieved by mechanically altering the "acoustic lens" that surrounds midrange and tweeter, aligning the acoustic centers of those drivers just enough to substantially decrease the amount of hand-tuning required for the compensation network. The result is even more natural, open sound for a soundstage that is palpably taller, wider, and more "3D" in its image focus and specificity. Additional improvements were realized by weaving the voice-coil leads directly into the spiders of the push-pull subwoofer cones in the powered subwoofer, strengthening the connection between the Model Seven MK II's integral power amplifier and subwoofer, allowing increased linear excursion for even greater bass authority in the subterranean (100Hz and below)
Our best quality sub pair for matching with the Model Seven series of speakers.
The Vandersteen System NINE Bedrock Granite Base is a special constrained layer base specifically designed for the Model Seven speakers.
