Von Schweikert VR4JR Set Up

Thank you for putting it back on the radar.
Oh, this mysterious "ball of pink noise".

No Maril555, you need a pink noise reference track. Stereophile "Editor's Choice Sample & Test CD", available from Stereophile.com, has a pink noise track. When you play this, and when your speakers are properly placed, you will hear a strong centered pink noise image that gradually feathers out on the outside of the "ball". Close your eyes when you listen. This is important, in my experience. Listening with your eyes open ruins the illusion. When your speakers are properly placed laterally and from the rear wall, and when your listening position is the appropriate distance from the speakers, you will hear the illusion of a "ball" of sound, with width, height, and depth to this pink noise image.

If you don't already own it, Robert Harley's "Complete Guide to High End Audio" contains a good chapter on speaker placement, and the Von Schweikert owner's manual does a pretty good job, too.

Thank you, Tvad. I will try to find Stereophile CD, and I do have Robert Harley's book, which I actually used to place speakers.

I suggest you send Dr. Albert Von Schweikert an email. He is known to personally answer e-mails and phone calls from his customers. He is very helpful in setting-up speaker placement. Just let him know the dimensions of your room, and where your listening position is. I guess it would be beneficial to let him know where the chairs are and whatever furniture is in place too.

I too just brought my VR4jr home, but am rather restricted in its placement. But considering, they have imaged well and sound great with just 100 hours put in. I'm sure they'll only get better. Good luck.