"STRINGREEN wrote:
Actually, the big JBL is a wonderful speaker.....VPI uses it for the definitive test for their highest end turntables.
For the record, Harry Weissfeld, the VPI founder, loves our Bob Carver Amazing Line Source speakers so much, he purchased them RETAIL because we stopped production (lost money on every pair we sold--required 400 hand soldered connections on each system), and they are his reference in his home. "
Correction. Harry Weisfeld owns and uses Apollo 12 speakers in his home for personal enjoyment and the VPI house (showroom) has Apollo 9 speakers on permanent display.
At the 2021 CAF show the VPI group exhibited in two large rooms. In one room they were showing the JBL Everest with T+A electronics and an optical cartridge. In the other room they were showing the Apollo 12s with all ARC Ref electronic, their new Avenger Direct-Drive and a new VPI cartridge. When asked by a reviewer which speaker system he liked the best Harry said "I own them both and love them both". He went on to say the JBLs are like a voluptuous full-figured woman and the Apollos are like an athletic super model and then said "take your pick". Obviously to a male group.