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Von Schweikert VR-1 speaker:quality sound or hype?

The discussion threads and forum occasionally make special note about the Von Schweikert VR-1 monitor speaker. Reviews I have read of this vintage speaker are very good. The speaker was issued in 1998, yet has built up a cult aura around its performance. I am curious if this admiration is justified or just nostalgic hype, considering the advances made in monitor speakers in the last 10 years which sell for less even new. Monitor speakers were never Von Schweikert's forte. Thanks
sunnyjim
timrhu
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Tgrisham
If you can find them, buy them and try them out.

+1 on that advice. I had a pair years ago and while they are fine speakers, nothing they did made me keep them.
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roscoeiii
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Are you comitted to monitors? I found that their floorstanders are excellent in rooms you might think are too small. I am still shocked how well VR-4s work in my 13x15 room.
s7horton
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I had a pair a number of years ago. They were mediocre compared to others in their price range. I actually preferred my paradigm studio 20 v3's at the time.
shakeydeal
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"I would put them in the same category as Green Mountain Audio speakers"

That would be serioulsy funny.

I have owned several VS speakers including the VR-2. I know of what I speak. GMA speakers aren't in the same universe as the VR-1 and VR-2. To suggest such a thing is riduculous.

The VR4 Gen III HSE, the DB-99 and the VR4 Sr. would be more closely matched. Bt the only one of them I would even consider over my C-3s is the DB-99.

Think before ye speak.

Shakey

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stringreen
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Not for me... Have you heard Vandersteens?
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