![]() The real walnut veneer cab was quite nice as well. Sleek, trim, great-looking, it was a dual 7” woofer 3-way system with a 5 ¼” mid and BA’s superb aluminum VR tweeter with AMD. I’ve been in this business for many decades and been associated with some truly great speakers, and the VR40 is near the very top of that list. And all of BA’s truly excellent in-wall speakersĪnyway, the VR40 ended up being a truly great speaker. If I remember correctly, Gerry also did BA’s first THX-approved speakers, the 555 LCRs, 575 surround and 595 subwoofer. Gerry turned his attention to the best-selling Subsat 6 and Sub Sat 7 sub/satellite systems, along with their companion center channel speakers, the CS6 and CS7. By the time we did the VR series, another engineer had joined the staff (Dave Fokos) and he did the VR and CR lines. Gerry was the lead engineer on the 1030 and was responsible for its voicing. The trend at the time was to go slightly smaller, be really sleek and stylish and maintain an absolutely unimpeachable acoustic performance. No one had any complaints with the actual sound and performance of the 1030, but it was a blocky, ugly speaker, with no visual style or grace whatsoever. They were introduced in the fall of 1994. When I arrived at BA (1992) the 1030 was the top of the current line and development of the VRs started in 1993.
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