Von Sweikert VR2 vs. VR4 jr

[Jim Clark]

Congrats Jim!

I'm sure you're going to love the jr's. The dynamics, speed, and clarity of this little speaker is going to blow you away, trust me. It's really cool that you're able to buy them from a dealer too, peace of mind is priceless.

A couple of tips if I may:

1) With only 10 hours on them, give the tweeter at least another 100 hours to settle in. Yes, I'm aware of how ridiculous that sounds. However, I've heard jr's that weren't broken-in at VSA in San Diego and they were a tad sibilant in comparison to others I've heard. Kevin, Albert's second in command, admitted the discrepency and mentioned the jr's we were listening only had about 20 hours on them and were in the process of burn-in.

2) Add the lead shot. After you've got the positioning dialed in, take advantage of the mass loading tube. It makes a difference.

3) Bi-wire. The jr's come with that funky jumper cable but in reality, the speakers were designed to be bi-wired.

I'd love to hear your impressions once you've had ample opportunity to dial them in. Again congrats, I'm quite envious and I'm sure you'll enjoy your new toys!

The reports I've read suggest up to 400 hours of break in. Fortunately, with speakers break in something that at least makes some sense to me. 400 hours seems a bit much but it is an almost universal claim with this model. Whatever. I'm well aware of the flip side to this argument so I'll do my best to be on guard.

I'll of course get the shot-luckily I have a Cabella's nearby. I've consulted my amps manual and it is possible to biwire with it so I'll mess around with the setup once they arrive, hopefully next week.

Thanks to everyone for their advice and comments.

Regards,
jc

[Jim Clark]

I can speak to the silver in your discussion because Audio Note makes thesame speaker with copper and other versions with silver and with different cabinet materials...

Don't worry, I'm not going to go all Mytrcraft on you. I guess I'm just more cynical than you. I personally don't believe for a second that silver sounds any different from copper or any other similarly conductive material. It is refreshing to know that AN at least makes up for the shortcomings of other claims by using the material throughout the chain but silver wire is the last thing I would look towards when trying to account for any difference in sound. Well, that's not entirely true. I'd consider power cords and outlets to be the absolute last thing I'd look towards, but that's just me.

For the record, I'm not a total skeptic. I don't believe all SS electronics sound the same (Amps and CDPS for example) and there are many others that would argue that point. Funny which of these things we cling to as truths.

jc

[drseid]

Congrats on the new speakers Jim. As a big VS fan myself, I am confident you will be quite happy with the JRs.

Oh, and I agree 100% on the Dali comment. Their cabinets impressed me to no end when I saw them last year. I haven't seen better either (although Jim Salk at Salk Sound is probably as good), and I have owned and seen a lot of nice wood cabinets over the years... Very nice stuff indeed. Now if only they could get their pricing down...

Good luck,

---Dave

[46minaudio]

[QUOTE=topspeed]Congrats Jim!

I'm sure you're going to love the jr's. The dynamics, speed, and clarity of this little speaker is going to blow you away, trust me. It's really cool that you're able to buy them from a dealer too, peace of mind is priceless.

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I agree ,Congrads Jim