I have an opportunity to purchase two pairs of pre-owned VSA speakers, the VR2s or the VR4-IIs. The price is very attractive, but this will still be the single biggest speaker purchase I will ever have made. I like the VR2s because they are easier to drive (and less expensive), but the VR4s are the kind of speakers I could be happy with for years to come. I also like the fact that they moved back to SoCal, so service, should I ever need it, is local.

But at this price point, 3-5K, there are many other options from Dynaudio, Sonus, and others. Some people have said that VSA speakers are more expensive now than they were before, and others have said that there is better to be had. They certainly ramp up in price pretty fast after you get past the entry-level speakers. This is all well over where I usually window-shop. So my question is this: are VSA speakers a good value?