Description

Quatro Wood CT

Vandersteen Audio introduces the Quatro Wood CT, the latest evolution in
speaker technology and sound quality to derive from the research &
development efforts that delivered the patented carbon-fiber
Perfect-Piston drivers used in the flagship Model 7. While the
Perfect-Piston Tweeter used in the Model 7 is the fully embodied deal of
high-frequency purity and resolution, the Quatro Wood CT (Carbon
Tweeter) features the superb Carbon Tweeter from the renowned Model 5A
Carbon.

" … the Quatro (Wood CT)s
fit the bill for musicality, extended frequency response, dynamically
spot on, and being drop-dead attractive to look at. Thanks, Richard.
Much love to you and all at Vandersteen … A real keeper." -Dave Clark, Editor Positive Feedback Online

Vandersteen Audio introduces the Quatro Wood CT, the latest evolution
in speaker technology and sound quality to derive from the research
& development efforts that delivered the patented carbon-fiber
Perfect-Piston drivers used in the flagship Model 7. While the
Perfect-Piston Tweeter used in the Model 7 is the fully embodied deal of
high-frequency purity and resolution, the Quatro Wood CT (Carbon Tweeter) features the superb Carbon Tweeter from the renowned Model 5A Carbon.

Carbon driver cones offer the pistonic linearity of metal drivers
without the unnatural sonic colorations inherent in metal drivers.
Employing a carbon tweeter allows the Quatro Wood CT to deliver an
astonishing amount of the air, space and natural purity previously heard
only in the Model 5A Carbon and the Model 7.

Like all Vandersteen speakers, the Quatro Wood CT is a time- and
phase-correct loudspeaker, made in the USA. Because such great demands
are placed on the drivers in Vandersteen’s first-order speaker designs,
all of the Quatro Wood CT’s drivers are the kind of highly advanced
transducers typically found in cost-no-object designs. Vandersteen’s
patented, Reflection-Free 4.5” midrange driver breaks up energy from
behind the driver before it can pass directly back into the room and to
the listener’s ears. The 6.5” Tri-Woven woofer offers superior transient
response and definition in the crucial lower-midrange/midbass
frequencies. 

Of course, the Quatro Wood CT also provides much of the performance
and versatility of Vandersteen’s top-end powered-bass speakers in an
attractive and compact form factor. The Quatro Wood CT’s foundation is
its powered subwoofer section. Each speaker is equipped with dual 8”
subwoofers powered by custom-tailored amplifiers that work in
conjunction with passive, first-order (6dB/octave) 100Hz high-pass
filters and 11-band EQ for the ultimate in-room performance
optimization.

High-pass filtering allows the main amplifier to perform better,
unburdened of reproducing deep bass, and is also the only way to ensure
flat frequency response at the crossover to the powered subwoofer.
Passive speaker designs always require placement compromises between the
areas in the room where the imaging is typically best (farther out in
the room) and where the bass is best (closer to the walls for boundary
reinforcement). In Vandersteen’s powered-bass speakers the speaker can
be placed out in the room where it images best, while the 11-band EQ
ensures powerful but perfectly tailored in-room bass performance. The
best of all things.   

The impedance-compensated crossovers are ultra-high-performance
designs featuring extreme-quality parts and individually tuned in an
anechoic chamber. Vandersteen’s Minimum Baffle enclosures ensure maximum
rigidity free of time-smearing reflections and diffraction.

All of this technology allows the Quatro Wood CT to offer the kind of
exceptional resolution, imaging, and natural musicality Vandersteens
are known for, with deep and powerful yet tuneful bass, virtually
anywhere in any room.

Tweeter: 1” Exclusive Dual-Chamber, Transmission-Line Loaded Carbon Dome with Ferrofluid Voice-Coil Cooling

Midrange: 4.5” Patented Reflection-Free Tri-Woven Composite Cone with
Die-Cast Aerodynamic Basket and Magnet System with Ferrofluid
Voice-Coil Cooling

Woofer: 6.5” Woven-Fiber Cone and Precision-Formed Magnet Assembly Copper Faraday Ring

Subwoofer(s): Dual 8” Carbon-Loaded Cellulose-Cones with Ultra
Long-Throw Motor Assembly, Powered by Integrated Purpose-Designed
250-Watt Class B Linear Amplifier