VMPS has garnered excellent reviews since the eighties especially for bass but here is a list of current reviews:
12/12/04 VMPS RM30 loudspeakers
as reviewed by Roger S. Gordon
http://www.positive-feedback.com/Issue16/vmpsrm30.htm
The New RM30 by Frank Alles from Stereo Times
http://www.stereotimes.com/
The New Brian Cheney Signature Edition 626R review by John Beavers from Positive Feedback Online
http://www.positive-feedback.com/Issue15/vmps626R.htm
The 626R (non-BCSE) review by Steve Lefkowicz from Positive Feedback Online
http://www.positive-feedback.com/Issue9/vmps.htm
The RM40 by Marty DeWulf from Bound for Sound
http://www.vmpsaudio.com/wulf.htm
The RM40 by Peter Montcrief from the International Audio Review
http://www.iar-80.com/page47.html
The RM2 by Steve Lefkowicz in Listener Magazine
http://www.vmpsaudio.com/listener.htm
More coming soon
http://www.boundforsound.com/currIssue.htm
Please listen for yourself. I asked a world famous singer who owns RM 40's when I was at his house how close to real he thought they were. The man is in his 50's and has been into high end audio since the 80's, works at places like the New York Met etc, etc. He told me he is stunned how close to "Live" they sound. I concur as do many others. Of course your personal opinion is all that matters but you would be doing yourselves a disservice to not listen to some VMPS before you bought speakers. The fact denverdoc thought the RM 30's sounded colored means absolutely nothing except to him. Once you hear for yourself this line there will be no doubt.
Brian's fanaticism with wire has been that he has used 12 ga Monster cable for umpteen years. Real fringe stuff
Now you have the option of putting in Analysis Plus for a premium price. And Analysis plus isn't near as bad as alot of wire companies. This started after winning CES and being in the same system as the CES winner the next year. I'm sure customers have asked for this and I once read where Mcintosh had to use exotic wire because people wouldn't take them seriously with they saw zipcord they used as speaker cable. So Mcintosh used exotic wire to help sales. Great article on this on Roger Russell's Mcintosh site btw.
Regarding adjusting the mass, the putty on the Passive Radiator. That is a great idea to be able to adjust the Q of your bass to your liking and room. The bass VMPS is known for has to give some credit to the adjustability to the room.
I'm just trying to pass along what I know is an outstanding company. Service is second to none too. There are other great companies like AV123 who make great products. Also the owner of AV123, Mark Schifter, is also no less than stellar when it comes to customer service.
I just want everybody here to know there is more to the audio world than Klipsch, Paradigm and B&W. All good companies and I like the sound of B&W and Paradigms, have owned Paradigms, but you have a huge world of great products besides the companies who spend huge sums on advertising that are more than worthy of your time. The best benefit though is you can often get something you like better for the same or less money. Cheers