How are Von Schweikert speakers?

i have a 5 month old pair of reference vr5 hse speakers and they are superb.the cabinetry is amazing.they are solid.the sound is the best i have heard at their price and multiples of it.they are still breaking in but the transparency,transients,soundstaging,vocals and micro/macro details are superb. i recently had the oportunity to compare them with the piega p10 speakers with the same front end gear and they didn't take a back seat. albert does make great speakers.

Yes, I would have preferred buying from a retailer, but after hearing the VR5, that was out of the question. Buying from Albert, as it turns out is better than dealing with a dealer. After listening to speakers in the 20k category for 7 months, I chose the VR5 HSE. He knows how to voice a speaker. If you want your music to sound like the instrument that created it, listen to the VR5 and VR7.

Doctorb,

How much did you pay?

Also try to listen to the DB-100's if you can. Supposedly they are even better than the VR-7's.

$9000 for the HSE version. The 100db are more dynamic, but don't look as nice (the black sock) and have a much larger footprint. The VR5 does so much for it's rather small size.