I started my audiophile life with a pair of Quad ESL 63s and later added Gradient Subwoofers. Though I loved the transparency ultimately I began to miss the punch and presence of dynamic speakers. But anyone starting with Quads is then cursed by their quality and goes on to search for box speakers that can get as close to "Quads without the failings" as possible.
When I encountered the Von Schweikert VR line, which was garnering raves in the late 90’s, I found that speaker (for the most part). I ended up with the VR4 Gen II speakers. As boxless and open as any dynamic speaker I’d heard, astounding 3 dimensionality, yet they had that BIG midrange sound of the Quads, and went down almost to 20 Hz. I had the caps custom stained to match the room. I actually visited the VR factory at the time and met Albert who gave me a tour and a chat. Very nice guy.
I’ve always admired him as a speaker designer, but sadly didn’t have the opportunity to keep up on his later speakers in terms of hearing them. My local dealer at one point stopped selling VR (maybe it was after the flood).