Some of the other threads just got me jumping at every little sign of, ahem, "derailment."

I dunno, I think VP180 is about right... it only has one more driver than the VP150 after all. Seems like a logical progression IMO.

Ken, I'd guess that "Triple Vortex" refers to three back ports.

are there any photos anywhere of the new center?

funny, I called Brent about 6 months ago asking for a larger center channel, guess I'm not the only one eh?

Check the Water Cooler thread, Dakkon!

ok, thanks bro.

No, we all lobbied for that, but were overruled by the owner and CEO of the company.

Oh yeah ? What's *his* post count ?

Micah has a good point though - VP180 has 6 drivers vs 5 for VP150 so I guess VP180 does make a lot of sense. The new speaker just seems so much more... substantial than the model number would suggest.

I wonder what Ian had in mind for the *real* VP800 when he nixed that name for this speaker ?

Yeah, mathmatically speaking with the VP100 having 3 drivers the VP150 actually should have been called the VP166.6, then they could have called this one the VP200.

But who in the hell would buy a speaker called the VP166.6???

The same people who use Ubuntu Satanic Edition ?