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If I were even thinking about buying the 626R's, I would immeadiately look for another speaker based solely on ribbonspeakers acerbic posts here.......He jumped into a comparison thread after the comparison had been done and some at the comparo were anwsering the questions. Then Ribbonspeakers jumps in talking trash.....Good job Jim, hope that was worth turning off potential customers....if any are still interested in VMPS at least Casler has handled himself with class and dignity.
I was a died in the wool tube lover. I thought I'd never switch back to SS. After the Ampzilla SS monos arrived, I could not go back to my great little tube amp. Yes, with amps, there appear to be preferecnes, as with speakers. But in the case of the VMPS, the difference in performance is so staggering that even the best cone/dome tech can't keep up. The Ampzilla's appear to mimic the VMPS performance advantage in that regard. They have such a performance advantage that even my great tube amp could not compete.
So if I told you that I loved the VMPS 626R but thought it sounded as good as it was going to get using Radii tube amp and pre vs. the ampzilla does that make me right and you wrong? By the way, it does sound killer...I don't think so, just as I don't think I can say that ribbons and planar technology is better than cones. Think about it, some of us like to add distortion back in (tubes and vinyl), but our ears love it. others love a CD and sand amp cause it is immediate and "sopposedly" more accurate; a ...
I get it, you're really the smack talkin Jim Rome, here to get the audiogeeks all fired up after smoking the sports circuit. Welcome to the circle, and good luck...
Let me get this straight, Marby, if I'm talking trash, what is your above post if nothing but trash. Who have I attacked personally? Your first sentence perfectly explains your point of view. Why don't you grow up & respond to my post?
I don't know of any differences in amplifier design as startling as that between the VMPS & a cone/dome. I've heard a lot of different amps, makes, models, types, sizes. I am saying I come from the assumption that VMPSs tech will beat cones/comes everytime, because I've been through enough comparisons & am familiar with the design differences. If it's OK for everyone to disagree as some are positing, then is it not OK for me also to disagree? Who cares anyway? Everyone can believe whatever they want, this is only stereo! Is claiming one thinks some tech always beats another OK? Or is it not OK? Will you guys pay any attention to someone who says a walkie talkie beats your system? I appreciate cones/domes, they just plain suck in comparison. I am only refering to VMPS tech, not anypone else's, as I'm not familiar with anyone else employing ribbons in the same fashion. This is a VMPS vs. cone/dome subject, not necessarily any other ribbon make.
And about why VMPS technology should win every time, well 3 people picked the Ref1 as their choise in this shootout, of which one of them owned neither one. That is the opinion I trust the most.
I wonder if the "shootout" included orchestral music, opera, heavy metal, or other dense and difficult material. Small speakers have a hard time reproducing such, not so the 626R.The 626R is rated to 42Hz and has strong port output to 35Hz. A 5 1/4" 2way usually rolls off in the 60 to 80Hz range. "Bass" below that point is primarily doubling and distortion.I haven't heard the Onix so I can't comment further.
At the end of the day. It doesn't matter. Both speakers are great and represent what can be accomplished with ribbons or cones at the very high end.
I can tell you that this is not the case with the Ref 1. It has very solid bass response down to 42 Hz (-3 db), and still extends a bit lower, especially with in-room response. The only thing it has problems with is the 1812 Overture, without a sub and crossover, at high volumes