"By comparison, the VII made both the Graham and VPI unipivoted designs sound slow and slightly out of focus, in the way the desert, say, can cause images to float and shimmer. The Tri-Planar grounded every image firmly in place [and] opened up the back corners of the soundstage...."

- Harry Pearson, "HP's Workshop: HP's Super Components List Part II," The Absolute Sound Issue 143, August/September 2003: page 101.