Dimf's Hi-Fi & Asian Arowanas Von Schweikert

On the VR11

The world's best speaker system? No company has designed a perfect speaker system, of course. And just what would the "world"s best speaker be, anyway? Would it have powerful, tight bass down to 10Hz? Astonishingly clear midrange and unbelievable transparency? Extremely smooth highs out to 50kHz? Three-dimensional imaging that creates a suspension of disbelief? Incredible build quality and a Twenty-year Warranty? A speaker so exciting that you want to stay up all night, savoring each and every note? A speaker system so incredible that each and every exciting listening session is not soon forgotten?

If these qualities are your personal "Holy Grail" and music is an important part of your life, the Vanquish VR-11 Special Edition is for you! Our award-winning technology has been praised by many esteemed reviewers such as Robert Harley (Stereophile review of Vortex Screen, 1989), Harry Pearson of of the Absolute Sound (VR-8 review for Fi, 1997),

Greg Weaver (StereoTimes review of VR-4SE), Clement Perry (StereoTimes review of VR-6), and Paul Bolin and John Atkinson (Stereophile review of our Andra II redesign for EgglestonWorks Audio, Nov. 2002). Famous clients include Alan Menken, winner of seven Academy Awards for film scores; Herb Alpert of A&M Records; MTV Studios; Mobile Fidelity Sound Labs; JVC of America (Hollywood video screening room); Sheffield Sound Labs; Stan Ricker Mastering; Chris Huston (recording engineer for Led Zeplin, The Who, Young Rascals, Pattie LaBelle, etc); and more than 40 professional recording studios around the world.

The VR-11SE utilizes our proprietary Acoustic Inverse Replication (A.I.R.) technology, developed by Albert Von Schweikert while at California Institute of Technology. A.I.R. utilizes our famous Global Axis Integration Network to enable our VR-11SE to replicate the inverse of the recording microphone's signal, thus decoding the dimensionality of the actual recorded event. In combination with our rear-firing Ambience Retrieval System, the VR-11SE will provide thrilling realism, so close to a live performance, that you will continue to ask yourself: is it Live or is it VR-11?

A key ingredient of VR-11SE's magic is the extreme dynamic range offered by our 99dB sensitivity (using the bass/treble boost settings). As most audiophiles have realized, live music has a tremendous dynamic range, which most speakers compress to the point of sounding "canned." Conventional, low/mid efficiency speakers lack "jump factor" and lose the excitement of the live event. In addition, a "veil" is imparted by inefficient drive units and dissipation of low level detail by "commercial grade" crossover parts.

VR-11 eliminates these problems by using large magnet/low distortion drivers in a line source time-aligned array, in combination with the use of extremely expensive crossover parts, internal wiring, and binding posts. The resulting dynamic range, clarity, and transparency are shocking; we believe the VR-11SE is extremely close to "live!"

New!!! VSA Cables

VSA Bi-wire Speaker Cable: 8 foot pair, 4 separate cable “runs” inside each jacket, consisting of two ( ) and two (–) runs connected together at the amplifier end, but separated at the speaker end by 36” for separate bi-wire isolation. Diameter is 0.75”

A) Your choice of spade lugs or custom-designed banana plugs with Tite-Fit ^TM patented design, by Viablue of Germany.

B) Your choice of Tuxedo Black gloss nylon jacket or light Titanium nylon jacket (a light gray color without gloss).

MSRP Price – $2,500 for 8-ft bi-wire pair, please add $50 per foot for longer lengths.

VSA Signature Bi-wire Speaker Cable: 8 foot pair, 8 separate cable runs inside each jacket for a total wire gauge twice as large as the Standard Bi-wire model, above.

MSRP Price – $5,000 for 8-ft pair, please add $100 per foot for longer lengths.

VSA Standard Interconnect: Please specify your choice of RCA or XLR connectors and length. Color of outer jacket is Tuxedo black nylon only.

MSRP Price – $950 for one meter pair, please add $75 per foot for longer lengths.

VSA Ultimate-Reference Signature Interconnect : As the name implies, this is an “ultimate-reference” quality interconnect priced accordingly. $3,100 for one meter pair, please add $250 per foot if you require additional length.

VSA Power-Chords: Shielded power cords with RFI blocking design, Twin or Triple Shielding, multi-strand/solid core hybrid for Full-Bandwidth power transfer. Choice of length and plug configuration at each end. IEC plugs standard, other types of plugs optional, please call.

There are two versions, the Standard Chord and Signature Chord. The Standard Chord has Twin-RFI-blocking and hybrid 3-conductor path, while the Signature Chord has Triple-RFI Shielding and 6-conductor hybrid design for the ultimate in bass power and treble purity.

MSRP Price : Standard Chord - $2,600 for 6ft length in Tuxedo Black. $100 per foot

for lengths beyond 6 ft. European/Asian plugs optional at extra cost.

MSRP Price: Signature Chord- $4,200 for 6-ft length and IEC plugs. $200 per foot for longer lengths. European/Asian plugs optional at extra cost.

VSA Master-Built Digital Cable: World-class digital cable with correct engineering to prevent digital data corruption that generates error correction mode in the DAC, causing harsh, bright, or foggy sound quality. Hand made with premium materials using the finest aerospace design technology available.

MSRP Price: $1,000 for standard 1-meter length, with either RCA or AES-EBU XLR plugs. Tuxedo black with Viablue connectors made in Germany.