Another former owner here. I bought the VR4 Silvers after hearing them at Hi-Fi 96 in Manhattan and meeting Albert himself. Very nice guy and I enjoyed meeting him and hearing the speakers at the show. I placed an order for the VR4s and my pair showed up with a bad woofer. When I called the factory, Albert answered the phone. He drop shipped another entire woofer enclosure to me with a call tag to pick up the bad one. They had great customer service back in the 90s.
I later bought a pair of VR4 Gen III HSEs but could never recreate that magic from the original VR4.
Oz