Product Overview
Made in the USA!
The Vandersteen Audio speaker lineup continues to evolve due to the research and development efforts that delivered the patented carbon-fiber Perfect-Piston drivers used in the flagship Model Seven. The Treo CT feature this patented pistonic tweeter resulting in an unmatched amount of air, space, and natural purity previously heard only in Vandersteen's top speaker models: the Quatro Wood CT, KENTO, and the Model Seven.
Like the legendary Model 2, the Treo is a paragon of cost-effective performance proudly made in the USA, but in an elegant outer package. The Treo is essentially a passive version of the Quatro Wood CT, sharing the same driver complement sans the powered-bass system. It too is offered in an array of wood finishes in a strikingly attractive form factor.
IT'S ALL IN THE TIMING!
Carbon driver cones offer the pistonic linearity of metal drivers without the unnatural sonic colorations inherent in metal drivers. While the Perfect-Piston Tweeter used in the flagship Model Seven is the fully embodied ideal of high-frequency purity and resolution.
The Treo is a time-and-phase-correct full-range loudspeaker. Because such great demands are placed on the drivers, the Treo's drivers are the same quality of highly advanced transducers typically found in cost-no-object designs. The proprietary transmission-line loaded tweeter and Vandersteen's proprietary Reflection-Free 4.5" midrange driver break up energy from behind these drivers before they 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, with the bass foundation supplied by the ported, carbon-loaded 8" woofer with an ultra-long motor assembly.
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 Treo CTs to offer the kind of exceptional resolution, imaging, and natural musicality Vandersteens are known for.
"... you cannot get a more purely musical loudspeaker in this price range than the Treo CT. A true delight." -Neil Gader, The Absolute Sound
Treo CT Specifications
Tweeter - 1” Exclusive Aerodynamic Dual-Chamber, Transmission-Line Loaded Carbon Dome with Ferrofluid Voice-Coil Cooling
Midrange - 4.5” Reflection-Free Tri-Woven Composite Cone with Die-Cast Aerodynamic Basket and Magnet System with Ferrofluid Voice-Coil Cooling
Mid-Woofer - 6.5” Woven-Fiber Cone and Precision-Formed Magnet Assembly Copper Faraday Ring
Tuned Woofer - 8” Carbon-Loaded Cellulose Flat-Cone Woofer with Ultra-Long-Throw Motor Assembly with Down-firing port in QB3 Alignment
Phase - Positive
Recommended Amplification - 40-200 Watts Into 8 Ohms
Frequency Response - 36Hz – 40kHz +/- 3dB
Sensitivity - 85 dB, 1 meter/2.83 volt input
Impedance - 6 ohms +/- 3 ohms
Crossovers - First order/6dB per octave, 80Hz, 900Hz, 5kHz
Input Terminals - Barrier strips, 7/16" max width
Dimensions (WHD) - 10” x 43” x 15”
Weight - 80 lbs. Net
Country of Manufacture - Made in the USA
