VMPS line of speakers

I can't give you any input on FF-1 but I do have a pair of the older S/T III and the S/T R. I've been very happy with both. The VMPS speakers are well known for their extended Bass output. In MY OPINION the lower end models do lack alot in the midrange and highs. I'm using a SF Line 1 and a pair of LLano Design 300 watt mono's and it seems to work well with the ST III speakers (FYI, the FF-1 replaced these). I also had a Melos MA-333 before I switched to the Sonic Frontiers and it worked real well with the VMPS (bass hit harder and was more detailed)I am still trying to fine tune the system with cables. Brian Cheney is great to deal with and very quick with responses. He will also stand behind his product. Hope this helps.

Bioman, I have had lot's of experience with VMPS and have visited with the designer Brian Cheney often. He is an interesting guy, a little tempemental, but detailed in his design and his product. My neighbor was a reviewer for the Absolute Sound and reviewed a VMPS speaker recently and I was there to set-up, listen and critique. The speaker reviewed had the ribbon attached to the inside of the cabinet and from what Brian told me, he bought the order of ribbons Arny Nuedall (SP?) of Genesis decided not to accept. I believe the model reviewed is the one you are looking at, but you may want to read the TAS review by Mike Kuller. The first night the sound was okay. Later Brian came back and added larger magnets to the woofers, played with the positioning and changed the solid state amp on the low end. The adjustments were amazing....the sound incredible. All the depth, speed and imaging of ribbons, with the incredible low end VMPS is known for. No subwoofer needed here. If you live in the San Francisco Bay Area, Brian would probably come out and set them up for you and make any adjustments to get the best sound. For the money spent, you will have a difficult time finding a better sounding loudspeaker, especially in the low end. My brother has the older Tower II's and the criticism of that design is the tweeter is too high and the sound goes over your head in a seated position. Brian changed the configuration on the FF-1. The speakers my brother owns were bought from a woman whose husband passed away (also a friend of mine) and he powered the Tower II's with Meitner M-101(100wats/ch) monoblock amps to very loud levels without any problem, so the speakers Cheney designs are VERY efficient. By the way, VMPS reproduces classicl music wonderfully with great top to bottom dynamics and all frequencies reproduced. The only drawback is the size. Like the Dunlavy's (Have you considered Dunlavy's 5's? Also a great speaker for the money)VMPS really are eye sores. I hope my two cents helps.

Audionut, I think we are talking about the same speakers, they can currently be viewed on the VMPS website. I am curious, do you know if the changes to the subwoofer magnet structures have been integratred into the latest release of this speaker system? Also, it kind of sounds like the way the ribbons were obtained was a chance occurance, which leaves me to wonder where support will be in the future in terms of availability of the ribbons if one were to blow?
Yes, I am also looking at the Dunlavy V's; The way speakers look aren't much of an issue as far as I am concerned, the wife has yet to like the looks of any speakers I've owned..so I tend not to worry about that too much.
Thanks for the information.