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Von Schweikert opinion and help.

Hi,

I have an opportunity to purchase a still new in the box pair of VR4SR- MKII speakers in african hazelwood finish for about $5,000. Is there another set of speakers new in that price range that would compare favorably or is this a deal that is too good to pass up? I understand that it is a discontinued model as the MKIII is now available. I called the factory and they said that an upgrade is available for $4,000 if I wanted to do so in the future.

Please help quickly, as I have to make up my mind fast.
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chrissain
470 posts
 
yes revel f 52s, not as cool looking, but are very good sounding speaker.
branislav
405 posts
 
Von Schweikert definitely do a lousy job at keeping their website up to date. How do they expect to sell their speakers if you can't find any info on their website.
disco
15 posts
 
Contact your VSA dealer for any info you need :-)
branislav
405 posts
 
Will do :-)
ibetuwill
2 posts
 
They are not VR4SR- MKII's... they are actually MKI's.

There were many (major) upgrades between the MKI & MKII - all drivers & crossovers were replaced as well as a variety of other tweaks (mainly for the midrange and bottom). There was a much smaller upgrade to the MKIII which mainly dealt with the tweeter and a lot of marketing hype as they were using a similar driver to their competition in the $30-$40K range.

I was looking at them just for the cabinet as a donor and go for the MKIII Upgrade, but that would put them at $9,000... not such a great deal. I've read many reviews on the MKI's and have recently talked to Albert (Von Schweikert) on several occasions this week and for a variety of reasons decided against the MKI's.

However,... the new VR33's look very interesting!!! They are comparing them sonically to speakers Retailing for over $15,000. There is limited visual bling to the cabinet though... they just put 99% of their efforts into sound quality.
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