PSB Synchrony One or Vienna Acoustic Baby Grands?

Shadorne: have you auditioned them both? Just wondering why you rate the PSB higher.

Thanks for the responses. After discussing this with my local dealer (who, of course, does not have them available for demo), given my room size and sitting position (10 feet from the speakers), he does not think i would get the full enjoymet out of the PSB 1s. He suggested the PSB 2s instead.

Do the 2s rate similarly higher in your opinions? I listen to mostly rock and jazz with some acoustic.

Thanks Golden_sound. Excellent description and comparison. Regrettably, I was able to demo either first hand. I also was afraid the PSBs would be too large for my room. After demoing some Paradigms, Dynaudios and Phase speakers, I settled on a pair of speakers from Focus Audio (FP80se). Bass can be described similarly to how you described the VAs - tight, punchy and fast. The speaker were still being broken in, but they had a sense of decay to them that I had not heard elsewhere. Highs were very detailed without being fatiguing. The speakers really were a joy to listen to - so much so, that everytime I thought about switching CDs, I would up listening to secondary tracks instead because I was enjoying it so much.

Let me know what you ended up deciding upon. I loved the looks of those VAs - if only I had the chance to audition them..