For those like me who have wondered what direction Boston Acoustics was taking after the introduction last summer of their “Play Smart” Horizon line, breathed a sigh of relieve as BA unveiled to us the promised new Vista line, replacing their E-Series. Newness and built quality is what stands out with Vista – molded MDF with amazing quality finishes, a new Super Wide Bandwidth (SWB) tweeter and organic composite mid-range and woofers. A new subwoofer totally designed in-house and what BA boasted as the first (that they know of) Energy Star compliant.

With the main design concept of curving enclosures, BA’s furniture quality Vista is elegant and amazingly finished in either high gloss piano black lacquer, or optional cherry endcaps.

For a flagship line, Vista is the modestly priced with the top of the line VS 336, 3-way floorstanding unit at $1,699.00 each. The LCR VS 224, 2-way wall-mountable unit at $699.00 each and a pair of bookshelf units, the VS 260 with a 6 ½” woofer at $699.00 or the VS 240 with a 4 ½” woofer at $399.00 each. A center channel VS 325C with dual 5 ½” drivers at $899.00 and lastly the VPS 210 10” powered subwoofer with 500-watt RMS, 1800 peak class-D amplifier at $1,600.00.

The demo with just a pair of the VS 240’s was surprisingly elegant and rich sounding. Although base was not lacking, switching on the VPS subwoofer yielded yet another level of dimension to the demonstration.

Most of the units are now shipping with all by the end of summer.

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