I have heard all the speakers on your list except the two JM Labs models... I also have heard the two other poster mentions (the VMPS RM40s and the VS DB99s).
Out of the speakers on your list that I have heard, I prefer the Tylers by a wide margin... They have super-fast drivers, pinpoint imaging, soundtage height and width that is very impressive, and most importantly, they just sound "right" to me. I ended up buying them.
I like the VS 4Jrs quite a bit, but they don't have the overall speed or imaging abilities of the Tylers...
The VS 4-Srs for whatever reason I just did not like at all. I actually would prefer the Jrs to them. I thought they just sounded lifeless to me.
The RM40s were also a bit of a disappointment when I heard them this year... While certainly they are a high value for the money driver-wise, I just could not get involved with the music when listening to them. I also felt the bass was a bit boomy, but admittedly the room was not ideal.
The VS DB99s are fabulous speakers that are just as good as the Tyler Linbrook Signature System that I know and love. Quite frankly the two are very similar in many areas, and I would be hard-pressed to pick one over the other were it not for price... Since Tyler is Internet direct, there is a cost advantage to going that route (and I think the DB99s are out of your price range at 10K a pair, while the Tylers are 5K). Larryken was not recommending the DB99s per se, but *I* certainly would have had they been in your range... Very nice speaker indeed... VS should be proud of those.
---Dave
Out of the speakers on your list that I have heard, I prefer the Tylers by a wide margin... They have super-fast drivers, pinpoint imaging, soundtage height and width that is very impressive, and most importantly, they just sound "right" to me. I ended up buying them.
I like the VS 4Jrs quite a bit, but they don't have the overall speed or imaging abilities of the Tylers...
The VS 4-Srs for whatever reason I just did not like at all. I actually would prefer the Jrs to them. I thought they just sounded lifeless to me.
The RM40s were also a bit of a disappointment when I heard them this year... While certainly they are a high value for the money driver-wise, I just could not get involved with the music when listening to them. I also felt the bass was a bit boomy, but admittedly the room was not ideal.
The VS DB99s are fabulous speakers that are just as good as the Tyler Linbrook Signature System that I know and love. Quite frankly the two are very similar in many areas, and I would be hard-pressed to pick one over the other were it not for price... Since Tyler is Internet direct, there is a cost advantage to going that route (and I think the DB99s are out of your price range at 10K a pair, while the Tylers are 5K). Larryken was not recommending the DB99s per se, but *I* certainly would have had they been in your range... Very nice speaker indeed... VS should be proud of those.
---Dave