Boston Acoustics VR-960

Not much is documented about the Boston Acoustics VR-960. The model number suggests it belonged to Boston Acoustics' Lynnfield VR series of the late 1990s. The flagship of that family, the VR970, was advertised as a powered tower with built-in 10-inch subwoofers driven by dual 100-watt amplifiers (HiFI-Stereo, February 1998, p.103).

The only period review coverage associated with the VR-960 in the archive is a test report in HiFI-Stereo (March 1998, p.52). It covered the speaker's Active Bass Contour control, which adjusts a narrower band of bass frequencies than conventional subwoofer level controls. The magazine measured the pair's averaged in-room response at within ±2 dB from 300 Hz to 20 kHz and described it as the flattest it had measured over that range.

No detailed specifications, original price, or production years for the VR-960 itself survive in the record. If you own a pair or have documentation, the Archive would welcome the details.