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Von scheikert VR4jr what are you using ?

I just got a new pair and I am wondering what amp would be best. I have a Cary SLP-98F1 as a pre and currently using a V12 to drive them. I have a BAT VK-200 as a spare and I am going to hook it up this week end, to see how it sounds with the SLP.
I originally heard the VR's driven by NuForce 9.02 mono's, they sounded fantastic. They were in a treated HT room, which is totally diferent than my space. Right now before break in they sound good but I get don't get close to the sound I heard in the demo room(of coarse I never do). I can only come out about 1 1/2 ft. from the front wall, so I'm pretty sure that is where I lose a lot of the spatiousness.
I am curious to see what other VR4jr owners are using and what they have heard elsewhere.
jdodmead
mfsoa
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Blindjim,
Thanks for your reply. I tried an experiment tonight, just hooking up cables to the upper pair on the woofer module - No sound.
I don't think that you are doing anything by hooking up cables to these posts. They're just not connected to any drivers, I believe.
Can someone please prove me right or wrong?
BTW, I walked into my room tonight to find one of my M/T modules on the floor! Only minor damage - Must have been my dog tangled in the cables. BooHoo
mr_dingo
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Hello!

Nobody who has try Moon or Krell on Jr´s

regards

Dingo
jdodmead OP
241 posts
 
Just to update on what I am doing. I bought a pair of used Nuforce 8.02's. They are awfully small amps,but put out a lot of power and tight bass. Haven't decided yet if I'm going to keep them, it's a toss up between these and my 80 lb V12. They both sound great, just a little different.
blindjim
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mfsod

you may want to have your speakers checked out. the 3 pairs of binding posts are connected to the respective drivers. tops are for all the driveers in that module.... next down are for the mid bass... and bottom most are for the low end driver.... ensure the data lnik is removed. the brass plates are removed. don't connect anything to the speakers at that point, except which ever driver you wish to check out.... if when hooked from the amp to the driver, you get no sound... somethings up.... somewhere.... change to another driver... and so on.... trust me here... what I said does work. If it isn't on yours then you have an issue.... Hope things turn out OK
mfsoa
76 posts
 
Blindjim,
I just got off the phone with VonSchweikert, and they confirmed my previous post, in that:
1) The upper pair of posts on the woofer module are ONLY connected to the datalink port on the woofer module. They are not connected to any drivers UNLESS you use the jumpers (to connect to the woofers) or the datalink or jumper cables(to connect to the midrange and tweeter.
2) There is no need to ever connect speaker cables to all three pairs of binding posts, since only two of the pairs are connected to drivers.
3) The preferred way to biwire the speakers is to connect cables to the posts on the upper mid/tweeter module and only the lower pair of posts on the woofer module, without any jumpers or datalink.
4) When one connects speaker cables only to the upper posts on the woofer module, without using jumpers, there will be no sound since there are no speakers connected to these posts.
5) VonSchweikert, too, sees VR4JRs set up at dealers with cables connected to all three pairs of binding posts, and they are shocked by it and correct this immediately.

That's the word from the factory, and they admit that the manual could be a little clearer and that some users are confused about the right way to hook 'em up.
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