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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.
mlknez
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.
maineiac
649 posts
 
I really like VSA speakers but they have always marketed just as we see in Ibetuwill's last post, "this speaker is better than competitors selling for $X or $Y". I hope people are savvy enough to do their own auditions to determine relative valuations.
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