Finish Quality of Von Schweikert VR4jr's


I have had a pair of these for about 6 months. I am very happy with the sound quality, but not so thrilled with the durability of the cabinet finish. The scratch extremely easily. I have several fine scratches in the finish, and they look like crap compared to my former Thiel speakers. Those could be wiped off without fear of scratching, unlike the VR4jr's.

Gues the Made in China finish is the reason they are so inexpensive. Too bad, these will not hold value as they will look like old speakers that had a family of kids living around them.

Great sound, poor finish!
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Slightly off topic, but with this many 4jr owners on the thread it's a perfect opportunity. I just picked up a brand new pair of the jr's and love them. They are just about broken in. By a bad twist of fate and an accident on my dealer's part I ended up with a non serial matched pair. In case there are other owners out there that didn't know this, the speakers come in matched pairs with matching L and R serial numbers. Once I noticed that mine weren't a matched pair, I really noticed the difference between the two speakers. Both look great on their own, but the grain on the African hazelwood is dramatically different between the two. My dealer told me that even his pair with matched serials don't match exactly between the two speakers. All you owners out there, how do yours look compared to each other?
Loonytunz: Thanks for the response on your speakers. Mine differ in the individual tops and bottoms match up exactly, just between the two they are much different. Only time will tell about the finish. I had a pair of VA Bach's before these and they definetly appear to have a much "thicker" finish after three years in my living room the only knicks on them were a pair at the bottom where my girlfriend (soon to be wife) hit them with the vacuum. I have made it very clear she is not to go near these w/the vacuum...we'll see if she listens, cause I plan to have these for a while. They have everything that I felt I was missing in my previous speakers. Anyone know how difficult it is to get the wood refinished down the road?