Chris Bone
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- May 31, 2002
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After a four hour audition of the TRIAD Platinum and the VMPS RM40 I and three other friends came to the same conclusion- the RM40's were the best speaker we had ever heard. I have personally listened to top of the line M&K, JM Labs, B&W, Paradigm, NHT, Klipsch and a few others. The RM40's are in my humble opinion better than them all.
For two channel music the RM40's outshines the Triads in every way. This is not to take anything away from the Platinums. They are very good speakers. The Triads definitely had the edge over the VMPS as far as build quality goes. The RM40's are built like tanks also but not quite to the level of the Triads.
As far as home theater it was a pretty even match. The RM40's gave nothing away to the Triads in this regards. In fact, I felt the dialog from the VMPS LCR was a touch more clear. The theater was set up with Triad gold surrounds-which were great. However, as good as the RM40's were I doubt the VMPS 626R's would give anything up to the Triad surrounds.
Triad, on the other hand, does offer great sounding speakers in far more designs to make it easier to utilize in different listening environments. VMPS does not offer in-wall designs and their RM40's are 5'6" 240 pound monsters!
Still, if one is looking for pure sound reproducing capabilities I think you would be hard pressed to find anything to compare to the RM40's for under $20,000. I believe these speakers could be in the running against any speaker at nearly any price. This, of course, is all my personal opinion.
Two of my friends came-one, a dedicated audiophile while the other was pure HT. Both of them favored the VMPS over the Triad for music. My audiophile friend claimed he thought the VMPS sounded better for HT also. The HT guy, like myself, felt it was a draw in this respect. So, in the final analysis we felt:
1. RM40's sounded better than Platinums for music.
2. RM40's sounded as good or better than the Platinums for
movies
3. Platinums were built more solid than the RM40's.
Again, this is just the humble opinion of a few music and movie lovers. Both speakers were a joy and if you have the chance to hear either you should jump at the chance. I cannot thank Scott enough for such a wonderful opportunity.
Blown away,
Chris
For two channel music the RM40's outshines the Triads in every way. This is not to take anything away from the Platinums. They are very good speakers. The Triads definitely had the edge over the VMPS as far as build quality goes. The RM40's are built like tanks also but not quite to the level of the Triads.
As far as home theater it was a pretty even match. The RM40's gave nothing away to the Triads in this regards. In fact, I felt the dialog from the VMPS LCR was a touch more clear. The theater was set up with Triad gold surrounds-which were great. However, as good as the RM40's were I doubt the VMPS 626R's would give anything up to the Triad surrounds.
Triad, on the other hand, does offer great sounding speakers in far more designs to make it easier to utilize in different listening environments. VMPS does not offer in-wall designs and their RM40's are 5'6" 240 pound monsters!
Still, if one is looking for pure sound reproducing capabilities I think you would be hard pressed to find anything to compare to the RM40's for under $20,000. I believe these speakers could be in the running against any speaker at nearly any price. This, of course, is all my personal opinion.
Two of my friends came-one, a dedicated audiophile while the other was pure HT. Both of them favored the VMPS over the Triad for music. My audiophile friend claimed he thought the VMPS sounded better for HT also. The HT guy, like myself, felt it was a draw in this respect. So, in the final analysis we felt:
1. RM40's sounded better than Platinums for music.
2. RM40's sounded as good or better than the Platinums for
movies
3. Platinums were built more solid than the RM40's.
Again, this is just the humble opinion of a few music and movie lovers. Both speakers were a joy and if you have the chance to hear either you should jump at the chance. I cannot thank Scott enough for such a wonderful opportunity.
Blown away,
Chris
