John, what they are refering to are ribbons. VMPS uses a ribbon called Silver Flute, or something like it , they retail for like $30 each. You get like 4 mid + 2 tweet ribbons = 6 ribbons per cabinet + 2 8 inch woofers per cabinet. So they are hybrid. Now what i have in mind is a design with only 1 high quality ribbon, the Philips RT8P, sells for $275/pr. + a superior mid cone + superior woofer cone. So VMPS is not the only alternative to cones. You can design your own.
How good are VMPS RM-40?
This is the description:
http://www.vmpsaudio.com/rm40doc.htm
It's interesting that they actually state "1%" distortion. I've never heard speaker mfr list that. They seem like very dynamic speakers which I like. Also much deeper bass (24 hz). So spec-wise they look really good. They also won Best in Show at 2002 CES.
Right now I have Nautilus 804 and haven't heard anything I like better. Triangle Celius was good but seemed to have less dynamics and needed tubes (I prefered the Unison SET)Well, I guess the best speaker is always the new speaker you haven't heard that everyone's raving about.
Has anyone heard any VMPS brand of speaker? I don't think there are any stores that demo them and I cannot seem to get a reply to my e-mails to VMPS - very frustrating.