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Re: have you heard the RM40's?

Posted by romandoc on July 26, 2002 at 17:50:36

In Reply to: have you heard the RM40's? posted by JoshK on July 26, 2002 at 07:16:45:

Dear Josh,

You say: " Have you heard the RM40's? I like how you can caste them aside so easily."

No, I haven't had the pleasure, that's why my comments are limited
to what I do know, meaning their bulkiness and high value as opposed to the
cost-no-object approach.

You say: "I have heard both VR's (unfortunately not the 5's). "

You do know that there are more than two VRs, don't you? The older, metal
tweeter VR-4 and VR-6, don't count in my book. Had Von Schweikert made these
today I would've bought Merlins.The new ones, however, with the new soft dome
tweeters are a different game.

You say: "While VS does excel in transparency holographic presentation and detail, I am
afraid they still are bested in this regard by the Neo ribbons. "

Nah, they aren't, Josh, but you own them, so it's OK.
Albert Von Schweikert plays with every ribbon or dynamic driver known to man whenever he pleases,
probably on a daily basis. For his best speaker line (VR) he still chose dynamic
drivers (soft dome tweeter and aerogel midrange) above ribbons because he thinks
the best of the best dynamic drivers have the sonical edge. And by the way,
Albert makes ribbon speakers too, but I don't remember their name (they aren't
under the Von Schweikert's name), nor I've heard them.

You say: "It bothers me when people brush them aside as "dollar per pound value" speakers.
Come'on! They are value no matter how you look at them."

Ditto! But here's the thing: what gets you more speaker, a pair of RM-40's
or a pair of VR-5 (or Merlin VSM, for that matter)? Of course, the RM-40 is
the high value speaker here, but the VR-5 (or Merlin, for that matter) is the
cost-no-object speaker, because it uses the absolute best crossover parts and
drivers  and it's made to be the best possibly for its purpose (a certain
speaker size, room size, frequency extension, but absolutely no other compromise).
I respect Brian's ability to make his speakers at their prices, but unless he
pulls some magic VMPS cannot possibly be cost-no-object for their intended purpose, just high value.

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