Just picked up - Boston Acoustic VR12

gmjungbluth
gmjungbluth Posts: 232
edited April 2013 in Speakers
Hey all,

I wanted to share my enthusiasm for my latest pickup - a Boston Acoustic VR12 center channel!

I found it in great shape in the local CL- It came packed in its original box, plastic, and packaging. The only damage is some small water coloring on the grille - the grille was left off the speaker and in the box in the original owner's basement and some water dripped in. Otherwise everything is in great shape.

It's a big guy - 25" wide and easily 40lb. It sits under my projection screen on top of two other speaker cabs for now.

it's got 2 6.5" woofers, a 4" midrange in the center, right under a dome tweeter. It's about 90db efficient so it matches well with the Boston Acoustic A200s I have as my L and R in the system now.

I've only watched a couple of shows on it - 1 5.1 Blu-ray and some Netflix streaming. I need some more time to compare but I have to say I'm feeling some fuller bass in the front, and I don't think the bass is from my PSW10, which is boomier with movies. Voices are clear and out of the box. I used to have a Polk Monitor 5Jr+ (not the ported one, but with the PR) as my center. After I recapped it I really liked it - when demoing for music it was amazing - full midrange and great highs from the SL2500. I'll be interested to keep trying this VR12 and seeing if I can feel the difference. The general consensus on the forums is that this is one of the best center speakers Boston Acoustics ever produced.

I'm not getting rid of the Polk Monitor 5Jr+ yet - after I mod my Monitor 7Bs maybe I'll hold on to it for another 5.1 system!
HT System:
Marantz NR-1403
Front: Klipsch CF-4
Rear: Paradigm Atom V3
Center: Boston Acoustic VR12
Sub: Bowers & Wilkins ASW600

2Ch:
Restored Fisher 500C
Yamaha P-500 Turntable

Living Room:
Harman Kardon 3380
Restored Polk Monitor 7B

Bedroom:
Harman Kardon VR-3750
Cambridge Soundworks Ensemble
Polk PSW10

In and out of rotation:
KLH Model 6,
Polk LSI7
NAD 7100
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  • cnh
    cnh Posts: 13,284
    edited April 2013
    Looks like a nice center. I know that the VR series of towers from B.A. were a pretty good line. I think I may have preferred them over the Polk M and Rti series of the same time period! I'm assuming that is the BIG center match for those towers of which the VR3 was the best, I believe. But I suppose this center could be even earlier?

    Enjoy!

    cnh
    Currently orbiting Bowie's Blackstar.!

    Polk Lsi-7s, Def Tech 8" sub, HK 3490, HK HD 990 (CDP/DAC), AKG Q701s
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  • Mystery
    Mystery Posts: 2,546
    edited April 2013
    I had a VR10 and very good center speaker so VR12 should be even better.
    I did feet it was brighter than I wanted for music but helped movie dialogues.

    Klipsch RB81, KG3.5, B&W DM602.5, Polk.
    Subwoofers: Klipsch RW10, Triad ProSub Bronze.
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  • cfrizz
    cfrizz Posts: 13,415
    edited April 2013
    I have the VR920. It weighs in at 32lbs, and 27 1/8 inches wide. It's got two 5 1/4 inch drivers with a 3 1/2 inch midrange. It has handled everything I have thrown at it with ease.
    Marantz AV-7705 PrePro, Classé 5 channel 200wpc Amp, Oppo 103 BluRay, Rotel RCD-1072 CDP, Sony XBR-49X800E TV, Polk S60 Main Speakers, Polk ES30 Center Channel, Polk S15 Surround Speakers SVS SB12-NSD x2
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