Comments on: Vandersteen's $300,000 hi-fi wows audiophiles

High-end speaker manufacturer Vandersteen rarely introduces new models, so audiophiles at CES were jazzed by the debut of the company's new flagship, the Model Seven.

[tomsoundman]

Does the speaker have a light inside it? The photo with the equipment included above looks like the speaker on the right is lit up. Is it a light or a reflection?

[ednerdtheonly]

Reflection.

[lazy-bum]

45,000 and they look like they belong in a Star Wars movie... couldn't they charge a grand more (like it matters when you're shelling out 45 for speakers) and make them look better?

[DaveOCP]

Has Richard Vandersteen heard of binding posts yet? Or does this STILL have a screw down terminal block like it's 1986?

[jawa7609]

If you've never seen speakers this ugly, you should see the Wilson Audio line http://www.wilsonaudio.com/
which are truly stunning to behold (I feel like they should have a joystick so I can play galaga!) but they are also equally stunning to hear. But imagine paying 5 times as much for even uglier speakers?!
I have listened to some Watt speakers with i believe they were Krell monoblock amps (stoooped powerful!) and was utterly brought to tears, which made the view a bit blurry, which is a good thing!

[dkzzzz]

I agree . Wilson Alexandria is uglier, looks like weird alien-humanoid, cost is around 130,000 but when i heard them I could not belive my ears . They were amazingly natural without any bass boom (one would expect form a huge box). They souunded like a live orchestra.
Hope Wandys are good too.