Have you seen the VR9SE Review?

Sirspeedy, i know you are a Kharma fan as am i. i have spent many hours listening to Kharmas in many systems. i have owned the Exquisite Ref for three years and had the Midi Exquisite (with Diamond tweeter) in my system for 4 months.

my opinion is that the Kharma Exquisite Ref amd Midi Exquisite were optimized in my room for clarity. yes; i have upgraded my racks and power cables since the Kharma's have left my system. i did switch from the Placette passive to the darTZeel pre but i listened to the VR9 for 6 months with the Placette. i did upgrade the EMM to the Signature Edition but listened mostly over the last year to the standard EMM, the same as with the Kharma.

i did use both my Tenor Hybrids as well as the darTZeel with both Kharma speakers as well as both amps with the VR9's.

i have listened to the Kharma's and VR9's back to back at three different shows in various systems.

with my extensive experience with Kharma's as well as the commonality of the room, amps, cables and sources i am confident that i am in a position to give a pretty solid judgement on the relative merits of the Exquisites and the VR9's. i stand by my comments.

i respect you for your typically well thought out viewpoints, i respect your Kharma Experience as well as your listening time with the VR9's....and.....i respect your perspective but don't agree with it.

i'm just one guy with an opinion...and that is all it is.

Mike,my intent was not to shift you to a defensive position.I'm sorry if it seemed that way!
Best!

Sirspeedy: I know your intent was that of question and not an accusation. I also firmly disagree with your theory, but appreciate your position.

I too have owned the Kharma Exquisite 1A Ext Enigma. The speaker is just not capable of doing what the Von Schweikert VR-9SE's can.

I am a big fan of Charles' work and have owned almost every speaker in his line. Their strengths are as obvious as their weaknesses. Strong micro dynamics and inner detail, good textured and detailed bass, poor depth of bass and mediocre macro dynamics. The highs are good, but not near the VSA's. The bass in the VR9SE's is just in another league and the clarity is remarkable. The adjustability of the speaker makes it incredible for most any room.

I used to be a dealer for Kharma and really feel strongly about Charles' speakers, but I carry Von Schweikerts' now, because they are simply the total package.

I posted this in the other thread before I realized there was one for this review.
I read that article at positive feed back and I must say that it was fantastic. If I can be honest, yours is one of the best systems I have seen. It is sort of a driving force for me to want to make my system as good as it can be. I can only imagine what it must sound like. Right now I have an intigrated HT/2ch system but I would love to get a dedicate 2ch system some day. Speakers that would be on the top of my list would be VR4SR, and VR5SE. But that wont happen for a long time. Right now I am just trying to get my setup sounding as good as it can. Once again, thanks for sharing your systems transformation.
Mike