It’s a shame that when Albert came out with the original VR4 (and even the Counterpoint Clearfield Metropolitan before that) that he was building speakers for the average working stiff. Now the entry point is 12K for a speaker that (on first glance) probably wouldn’t have compared all that favorably to the VR4.
VSA is clearly for the well heeled now. Nothing wrong with that. But I guess if you want a budget friendly design, best to look elsewhere.
BTW, the Ultra 7 isn't even their reference speaker now.