Sad to hear it
He made great speakers
We still have a pair of VR-1's in the shop
When they came in it immediately reminded me of the day I first plugged in the Dynaco A25-XLs in ..1972 ? (The Dynacos were genuine teak.)
The Von Schweikerts were an obvious improvement, but there was a quality that they both had, in they were bigger than they appeared.
Both have a way of disappearing into the music.