New Von Schweikert VR 33?

I only heard a pair of VS4jr and can't comment on the VR33. The only thing I am commenting on is Arkio's comments on the Vandersteen 5A concerning the "midbass hump" he heard.

My question to you Arkio what were the circumstance you heard this and how familiar were you with the system in question? One of the things I always loved about the Vandersteen speakers in general from their Model 2-5 is their ability to NOT do that midbass hump which I hear in SO MANY speakers with aspirations for a true bottom end. I won't bash any speaker as an example but I find this to be very prevalent among many speakers I've listened to. The reason the Vandersteens DON't do this is one of the primary reasons these speakers have stood the test of time. I have no dog in this fight but I am intimately familiar with Vandersteen speakers and your comments in my mind can only be taken in a context that it was a brief listen in an unfamiliar system or the system was indeed not tuned in. I don't mean to hijack this thread but that comment really jumped out at me and I find it completely erroneous in my experience with these speakers.

Gopher, WE ARE taking speakers, don't ya get it, its a testosterone struggle of the fittest! It's always funny to me, these threads, honestly folks sometimes I think we take ourselves too seriously. Maybe we need to spend a bitta time with our "honey" before posting a strong rebuttal or making a point, give it time to relax a little, it might eliminate some of the horn ramming, silly indeed!

"There are also plenty of people who think Vandersteens are underperforming speakers."

Then again there are plenty that have put their money down, case in fact; the Model 2 has sold over 100K speakers during its run, something must be intrinsically right for that degree of success. My guess? Great full range performance for the price of admission. Maybe not preferable to some, I get that but underperforming? thats a stretch.

Again this comment in no way reflects on VS speakers.

"But ultimately they did not impress me at all. Sorry if that offends you"

Hi Arkio - I'm hardly offended but I certainly was curious under what circumstances you heard a midbass hump. I suppose if they weren't tuned in correctly this is most possible but I never experienced this, thats all. It DOES seem that this thread has gone a bit off track but it wasn't my intent to contribute to that. I really don't like threads that turn into "mine is better than yours" nonsense. This forum is to share information and ideas and mine was nothing more than an inquiry. The fact that there are many choices available to us all is a good thing and I'm happy that you're satisfied with your choice, happy listening!