Question For Von Schweikert VR4 Jr Owners

Booming bass is likely to be a problem with that speaker so close to the wall. Tvad is right about the sub/sat recomendation.

Good luck!

Thanks, guys, for your good advice.

According to a review I read some time ago, the Von Schweikert VR1 monitors are supposed to actually benefit from placement near a rear wall. You might look into these. Then, you could add a Von Schweikert VR-S/1 sub (or two).

I agree about the bass problem that you might have. It's not so much the rear ambiance driver, because you don't need much of that to make a big difference, but the bass would be boomy most likely. Mine are about 3 feet out and have solid tight bass, so if you could push it to 1 1/2 to 2 feet, you might make it work. If that is going to be your listening room for years to come, I would look at monitors or another brand like Totem.

Let me preface this by saying this is a question more than a statement. I'm not trying to contradict anyone here, but rather understand the speaker better.

I thought the JR is a transmission line, and as such, the "port energy" is much less than a normal ported enclosure. So, I ask - is it really going to be as much of a problem as described here?

Other transmission line speakers I have (three pairs) have almost no port energy due to the packing of the chambers, and the VR explanation of their transmission lines seem to indicate this is true of theirs too.