All good advice and thoughts but eventually I actually had them demonstrated on my vantage speakers. It sounded really good with enough punch and detail (the bass is active and therefore less demanding on the amp as some have suggested). I decided to buy the VSi55 after I also compared other...
I have just bought the Vantages and I'm really happy with it. Did have final's which where ok but I feel that the ML's are much better where it comes to integration of panel and woofer and the sweet spot is much bigger. I was very impressed with an AR VSi55 in a system with Kef reference but...
