Anyone heard the new VMPS RM30?

The ribbon/planar midrange drivers as Calanctus states are very fast and detailed. They allow you to hear that last bit of shimmer on the cymbals.The plucks of strings are extremely vivid.A basic cone midrange driver seems to lag a little in comparison. There's a definite loss of information with the basic cone driver IMHO. At 1/10 th the thickness of a human hair a true ribbon driver can do some awesome things. A 50 inch midrange true ribbon verses a 6 inch midrange cone driver..you do the math.

Most ribbons(except Apogees) can't do the the lowest octaves like cones but far exceed them in responsiveness IMHO. They are very revealing and some audiophiles can't deal with that.

I heard it at CES, and wasn't that impressed.

I've heard the bigger brothers and like them better.

Haven't heard them yet but if they approach the RM40s, well... they will be very good indeed!

geoh

I have auditioned the VMPS RM30 and the Gallo Reference 3. Both speakers are in the same price category and IMO the VMPS wins hands down due to the following:

1) Crystal clear and detailed midranges. The midrange on the Gallo's was comparable to my current Linn speakers.

2) Better musical resolution over the frequency spectrum. This is probaby due to the fact that the VMPS employs 7 active drivers per a channel while the Gallo only employs four.

3) I found that in order to make the Gallo speakers sound their best they need to be placed onto stands. Third party stands designed specifically for the Gallo speakers are available, but they cost $500 [1/5 of the total speaker cost].

One advantage of the Gallo is a wider sweetspot. The VMPS has a narrow sweetspot (due to the planar drivers), but with proper setup this should not be an issue.

Hope that this information helps.

Actually the small sweet spot with the planars is no longer. The RM 30's now come with Constant Directivity waveguides that give the RM 30's 180 degrees of dispersion from 280hz on up. You can walk around the room and the image will remain the same! There's going to be a couple of reviews coming. Also Constant Directivity feature
had been a big hit at CES.