Most “Best of Show” Awards of any audio manufacturer. ever.

BEST OF SHOW at Pacific Audio Fest 2022 •

BEST OF SHOW (COST NO OBECT) at AXPONA 2022 •

FINEST SOUND OF THE SHOW at AXPONA 2022 •

BEST OF FLAX at the Florida Audio Expo 2022 •

BEST OF THE BEST! - at the Florida Audio Expo 2022 •

PRODUCT OF THE YEAR AWARD 2021 •

EDITORS' CHOICE AWARD 2022 •

OUTSTANDING OVERALL PERFORMANCE AWARD 2021 •

CLASS A RECOMMENDED COMPONENT 2021 •

EDITORS' CHOICE AWARD 2021 •

BEST FLOORSTANDING SPEAKERS 2021 •

BEST OF SHOW at Capital Audio Fest 2021 •

EDITORS' CHOICE AWARD 2020 •

BEST OF SHOW (COST NO OBJECT) - at the Florida Audio Expo 2020 •

BEST OF SHOW at the Florida Audio Expo 2020 •

BEST OF SHOW - GOLD AWARD at the Florida Audio Expo 2020 •

BEST AUDIO EXHIBITOR AWARD 2019 •

EDITORS' CHOICE AWARD 2019 •

BEST OF 2019 •

BEST OF SHOW at the Capital Audio Fest 2019 •

BEST OF SHOW (Beatnik Bongo Award) at the Capital Audio Fest 2019 •

BEST OF SHOW at the Capital Audio Fest 2019 •

BEST OF SHOW at T.H.E. Show 2019 •

BEST OF SHOW (Beatnik Bongo Award) at T.H.E. Show 2019 •

BEST OF SHOW at Munich HIGH-END 2019 •

THE BEST OF SHOW at AXPONA 2019 •

BEST OF SHOW - AUDIO OASIS AWARD at AXPONA 2019 •

BEST OF SHOW - GOLD AWARD at the Florida Audio Expo 2019 •

GOLDEN EAR AWARD 2018 •

EDITORS' CHOICE AWARD 2018 •

BEST OF SHOW - GOLD AWARD at the Capital Audio Fest Fest 2018 •

THE BEST OF SHOW - AS GOOD AS IT GETS at Capital Audio Fest 2019 •

BEST OF SHOW at the Capital Audio Fest 2018 •

BEST OF SHOW - at Rocky Mountain Audio Fest 2018 •

BEST OF SHOW - GOLD AWARD at Munich HIGH-END 2018 •

THE BEST OF SHOW - at AXPONA 2018 •

GOLDEN EAR AWARD 2017 •

​ THE BEST OF SHOW - at Capital Audio Fest 2017 •

BEST ROOM (UNDER $300K) at The Rocky Mountain Audio Fest 2017 •

BEST OF SHOW - GOLD AWARD at The Rocky Mountain Audio Fest 2017

BEST OF SHOW at Pacific Audio Fest 2022 • BEST OF SHOW (COST NO OBECT) at AXPONA 2022 • FINEST SOUND OF THE SHOW at AXPONA 2022 • BEST OF FLAX at the Florida Audio Expo 2022 • BEST OF THE BEST! - at the Florida Audio Expo 2022 • PRODUCT OF THE YEAR AWARD 2021 • EDITORS' CHOICE AWARD 2022 • OUTSTANDING OVERALL PERFORMANCE AWARD 2021 • CLASS A RECOMMENDED COMPONENT 2021 • EDITORS' CHOICE AWARD 2021 • BEST FLOORSTANDING SPEAKERS 2021 • BEST OF SHOW at Capital Audio Fest 2021 • EDITORS' CHOICE AWARD 2020 • BEST OF SHOW (COST NO OBJECT) - at the Florida Audio Expo 2020 • BEST OF SHOW at the Florida Audio Expo 2020 • BEST OF SHOW - GOLD AWARD at the Florida Audio Expo 2020 • BEST AUDIO EXHIBITOR AWARD 2019 • EDITORS' CHOICE AWARD 2019 • BEST OF 2019 • BEST OF SHOW at the Capital Audio Fest 2019 • BEST OF SHOW (Beatnik Bongo Award) at the Capital Audio Fest 2019 • BEST OF SHOW at the Capital Audio Fest 2019 • BEST OF SHOW at T.H.E. Show 2019 • BEST OF SHOW (Beatnik Bongo Award) at T.H.E. Show 2019 • BEST OF SHOW at Munich HIGH-END 2019 • THE BEST OF SHOW at AXPONA 2019 • BEST OF SHOW - AUDIO OASIS AWARD at AXPONA 2019 • BEST OF SHOW - GOLD AWARD at the Florida Audio Expo 2019 • GOLDEN EAR AWARD 2018 • EDITORS' CHOICE AWARD 2018 • BEST OF SHOW - GOLD AWARD at the Capital Audio Fest Fest 2018 • THE BEST OF SHOW - AS GOOD AS IT GETS at Capital Audio Fest 2019 • BEST OF SHOW at the Capital Audio Fest 2018 • BEST OF SHOW - at Rocky Mountain Audio Fest 2018 • BEST OF SHOW - GOLD AWARD at Munich HIGH-END 2018 • THE BEST OF SHOW - at AXPONA 2018 • GOLDEN EAR AWARD 2017 • ​ THE BEST OF SHOW - at Capital Audio Fest 2017 • BEST ROOM (UNDER $300K) at The Rocky Mountain Audio Fest 2017 • BEST OF SHOW - GOLD AWARD at The Rocky Mountain Audio Fest 2017

Von Schweikert Audio’s “sonic mission”

has always been to develop speakers that can immerse the listener in a sound-field that is highly similar to a live event. One of our “secret ingredients” is that our speakers are designed to project a “bubble” of sound instead of the more common “beam” of sound. This “sound bubble” is vastly more fun to listen to, as the “sweet spot” becomes the entire room!

 

Von Schweikert Audio’s design team is well known within the industry and is often commissioned to develop new products or refine existing components for other manufacturers. We have consulted on projects for Lucas Film THX, Apple’s IPod components, MTV Studios, The Bazooka Tube automotive subwoofer, Infinity, JBL and Eggleston speaker designs, among many others.

TESTIMONIALS

  • "The quest for the great speaker under $1000 has become somewhat akin to the search for the Holy Grail. The original Vortex Screens may be as impossible to find, but just as rewarding. Highly recommended."

    -Stereophile

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  • "They proved to perform like a large floorstanding tower, but a tower with exceptional clarity, detail, speed and transparency. Every single recording I played gave me goosebumps."

    -Stereo Times Publishers Choice

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  • "With their ease of placement and amplifier-friendly sensitivity and loading, the VR-22s are the nearest one can get to fuss-free speakers in this hobby. After months of listening, I could live with these in my reference rig for the long-haul. At $3k delivered this is proof that you don’t have to spend a small fortune to taste the high end."

    - HIFI ZINE

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  • Hi my names Chris

    I purchased a pair of Endeavors from you guys through Andy Singer and received them probably 5-6 months ago. I must admit, my wife and I sit here stunned at what these things are capable of. It's taken a few months of tweaking to get everything set up just right and the speakers in the perfect spot but this $9 grand is the best money I've ever spent. Every day I can't wait to listen - this system just brings me so much joy.

    I was curious if you guys have tried your equipment with the Benchmark Stack. I'm running the Benchmark AHB2 and their Benchmark DAC3 into the Endeavors and I cannot believe the results. I'm a classical musician with a degree in violin performance and I've played in orchestras and chamber music my whole life and I've never heard tone reproduced as accurately as I now have in my own home from these speakers.

    Anyway I just wanted to congratulate Leif and the rest of the team on this design achievement. I can't wait to be able to afford to buy further up into the line. But I'd have to move to a new house first at this point as this is plenty speaker for my current space but that Endeavor Special Edition might do

    The results I'm getting are mind blowing for me.

    Anyway wishing you guys the best

    Chris

    Endeavor

  • Kurt Meyer, 2022

    Dear VSA

    As you know, my VR4 JR II's were recently upgraded with the "SE modification" and I wanted to tell you that the improvement in the reproduction of what I call "living sound", the reproduction of a recorded event so it is "lifelike" in my home, is immense. The character of the speaker's sound is so much more lifelike with impressive power, dynamics, speed, authority, increased extension on both ends of the frequency spectrum, cleaner midrange and with no audible distortion that I can hear (unless it is in the recording-God rest you John Lennon). I can hear not only the music, the notes and the chords, the arrangements and orchestrations, and the individual instruments whether solo or as part of a larger ensemble, but also the player's technique and the body and resonance of the instruments. The speakers also recreate space: the performance venue if live and what is on the recording as created by the recording and mastering engineers. Imaging has also improved in all aspects and dimensions. It is as if a veil was there between me and the performers and it has been removed. The speakers power handling, accuracy and precision is also greatly improved, yet eminently musical. I understand that the VSA philosophy is to reproduce recorded event to recreate the event as recorded in time and I must say you have achieved your goal in a small speaker enclosure that is still the best looking speaker VSA has ever made (in my opinion, and more importantly, my wife's!)

    In closing, I could write more, but the best summation of the change in sound came from my wife. We were listening to Joe Morello's drum solo in the Dave Brubeck Quartet's Take Five when she exclaimed: "Holy shit, there's a drum kit in the room." I couldn't agree more.

    Kurt Meyer, 2022

    VR-Reference Loudspeakers

Awards and REVIEWS BY PRODUCT

  • VR-55

    VR-55

    • 2020 THE ABSOLUTE SOUND - Editors’ Choice Awards

    • BEST OF 2019 - Occasional

    • 2016 THE ABSOLUTE SOUND - Editors’ Choice Awards

    • 2015 THE ABSOLUTE SOUND - Golden Ear Awards

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  • ULTRA 55

    • CLASS A RECOMMENDED COMPONENT 2021

    • SHOW STANDOUT - Florida Audio Expo 2019

    • BEST OF SHOW - Florida Audio Expo 2019

    READ REVIEW

  • ULTRA 7

    • BEST OF SHOW - Pacific Audio Fest 2022

    • BEST OF SHOW (COST NO OBECT) - AXPONA 2022

    • BEST OF SHOW - AXPONA 2022

    • FINEST SOUND OF THE SHOW - AXPONA 2022

    • BEST OF FLAX - Florida Audio Expo 2022

    • BEST OF THE BEST! - Florida Audio Expo 2022

    • BEST OF SHOW - Capital Audio Fest 2021

    SEE PRODUCT

  • ULTRA 9

    • OUTSTANDING OVERALL PERFORMANCE AWARD 2021 - Super AV

    • EDITORS' CHOICE AWARD 2021 - The Absolute Sound

    • BEST FLOORSTANDING SPEAKERS 2021 - Part-Time Audiophile

    • EDITORS' CHOICE AWARD 2020 - The Absolute Sound

    • EDITORS' CHOICE AWARD 2019 - The Absolute Sound

    • BEST OF SHOW - Munich HIGH-END 2019

    • BEST OF SHOW - AXPONA 2019

    • BEST OF SHOW - Rocky Mountain Audio Fest 2018

    • BEST OF SHOW, GOLD AWARD - Rocky Mountain Audio Fest 2018

    READ REVIEW

  • ULTRA 11

    • BEST FLOORSTANDING SPEAKERS 2021 - Part-Time Audiophile

    • BEST OF SHOW - Florida Audio Expo 2020

    • BEST OF 2019 - The Occasional - Part-Time Audiophile

    • BEST OF SHOW - Capital Audio Fest 2019

    • THE BEST OF SHOW - AXPONA 2019

    • THE BEST OF SHOW - AS GOOD AS IT GETS - Capital Audio Fest 2019

    • BEST OF SHOW - Capital Audio Fest 2018

    • BEST OF SHOW - GOLD AWARD - Munich HIGH-END 2018

    • THE BEST OF SHOW - AXPONA 2018

    • THE BEST OF SHOW - Capital Audio Fest 2017

    • BEST SYSTEM PERFORMANCE - California Audio Show 2017

    • THE BEST OF SHOW - LA Audio Show 2017

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  • UNIFIELD 2 MKIII

    • EDITORS' CHOICE AWARD 2022 - The Absolute Sound

    • EDITORS' CHOICE AWARD 2021 - The Absolute Sound

    • EDITORS' CHOICE AWARD 2020 - The Absolute Sound

    • EDITORS' CHOICE AWARD 2019 - The Absolute Sound

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  • ENDEAVOR E-3 MKII

    • EDITORS’ CHOICE AWARD 2016 - The Absolute Sounds

    see product

  • ENDEAVOR SE

    • BEST OF THE BEST! - Florida Audio Expo 2022

    • PRODUCT OF THE YEAR AWARD 2021 - HIFI Review

    • BEST FLOORSTANDING SPEAKERS 2021 - Part-Time Audiophile

    • EDITORS' CHOICE AWARD 2019 - The Occasional - Part-Time Audiophile

    • BEST OF 2019 - Endeavor SE

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  • ENDEAVOR E-5 MKII

    • EDITORS' CHOICE AWARD 2021 - The Absolute Sound

    • EDITORS' CHOICE AWARD 2020 - The Absolute Sound

    • EDITORS' CHOICE AWARD 2019 - The Absolute Sound

    see product