A friend who's been into high end since the eighties came to my home this last weekend. I built a dedicated room which is treated. The speakers I'm using are the older model Supertower/R's with dynaribbon mids and Scanspeak tweeters and a spiral ribbon super tweeter, good old VMPS bass drivers of course. Preamp is an ARC LS 16, Parasound HCA 3500 amp, Sony ES cd player. Here's an email of his impression:
" Friday's listening was absolutely incredible. I have listened to Watt Puppies and various other high end speakers driven by Krell gear in a room designed and treated by Thiel at Nuts About Hi Fi. Although, it has been some time and memories fade; the midrange of your speakers with respect to detail and imaging was nothing short of stunning. The only problem is, I used to be happy. The same thing happened when I listened to your VMPS at your last house; however, it was definitely kicked up a notch."
Want to let people know occasionally the generation of speakers with the dynaribbons that come up for sale are typically a steal at a couple of grand and will certainly compete with the latest from most anybody else's design for double the money or more. You rarely see the Supertower/R,FF3 and FF1 for sale but when they are the prices I see for the sound quality I know, is incredible. I'm afraid I'd have to say for the 2k even VMPS doesn't have anything competitive!
