New Design Goals Albert Von Schweikert's new design goals are to increase transparency and lower distortion in the quest for sonic realism. A new cosmetic styling is evident as well, with premium woods and contemporary furniture in mind. Stunning great looks using elegant simplicity is the key to user appeal and the new Italian cosmetics will complement any d cor. The VR-5 is a four way Reference Grade speaker system using the world's finest drivers, crossover parts, and internal wiring. The VR-5 can be regarded as a bargain as it will compete sonically with any speaker several times its price and is one of the most beautiful speakers available.
Standard finish is light maple, with other finishes available.
These premium-grade drivers use a special low distortion motor, allowing very clean midbass along with thundering deep bass. To eliminate the noise caused by a conventional dust cap, a specially designed phase plug is used in the center of the cone. The modified transmission line tuning utilizes heavy stuffing to eliminate cavity resonance, the source of midbass boom in competing systems. This new cone material, along with the edge-wound ribbon voice coil and special suspension, allows transparency equal or superior to any driver, whether electrostatic or ribbon. This extremely light cone has very high internal damping due to the composite cone structure and can trace very delicate waveforms with stunning precision.