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  Verity Parsifal or Magico V3 or Wilson Benesch ACT
I owned a pair of the original Verity Audio Parsifals and they were fantastic in my room (19'x15'x8' - speakers on the long wall). I went high efficiency route for a while (Avantgarde Uno's then Duo's) but am looking for a dynamic speaker again.

These three are on my list, but I would consider others as well. I have not heard any of these, and nobody around has the WB Act.

I would prefer something that I could drive with around 50-100w of tube power.

Would appreciate any comments on these.
R32nj  (Threads | Answers | This Thread)

11-17-08
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11-17-08   You can go home again..the veritys   Jaybo

11-17-08   Doesn't seem like a bad idea. if you like them stick with t ...   Bar81

11-17-08   i have heard the parsifals though not in my system and was ...   Phaser

11-17-08   Seems to me there is no way you could go wrong with any of y ...   Pubul57

11-17-08   I vote for the parsifal ovations, just as i did. can't see ...   Jb8312

11-17-08   It would take a lot to recommend anything other than the ver ...   Pubul57

11-17-08   I owned the parsifal encore, and they are truly a great spea ...   Fjn04

11-17-08   Haven't heard the others but the w.b. act's are really reall ...   Aldavis

11-18-08   Read the article on the december 2008 issue of stereophile. ...   Gundam91

11-18-08   R32nj, perhaps you could tell us why you are going away from ...   Amfibius

11-18-08   The avantgardes sounded dynamic and fast, but the bass integ ...   R32nj

11-18-08   For point source soundstaging and cohesiveness across the sp ...   Pubul57

11-18-08   Magico v3! but as mentioned in post above, will take slightl ...   Bvdiman

11-24-08   I had the opportunity to hear the verity sarastro's. i am a ...   Sounds_real_audio

11-25-08   Sounds real audio, did you hear the sarastros at the rmaf? ...   Gundam91

11-25-08   ..from carbon fiber so there is no cabinet design that is mo ...   Dhaan

11-25-08   Gundam91 i didn't get to hear them at the rmaf. kind of bus ...   Sounds_real_audio

11-25-08   Oh, dear… so according to your theory, a thin steel sheet ...   Dhaan

11-30-08   Dhaan, i do agree with you that carbon fiber is widely used ...   Vangoughear

11-30-08   R32rj, have had wb act in it's latest incarnation for quite ...   Tuboo

11-30-08   Given the op's choice, i would select the pasifal all day lo ...   Audiofeil

11-30-08   I think what the wb dealer means is that since benesch are m ...   Beheme

11-30-08   there is nothing natural about a speaker that is 6-8db depr ...   Dhaan

11-30-08   Vangoughear nonsense. you can’t eat the cake and have it to ...   Dhaan

12-01-08   dhaan you are mixing two separate but very important issue ...   Sounds_real_audio

12-01-08   sounds_real_audio you are way over your head and insist of ...   Dhaan

12-01-08   Whatever the measurements, the wb sounded darn good at rmaf ...   Pubul57

12-01-08   nothing wrong with that. assuming you know what you are lis ...   Dhaan

12-02-08   I would also add the vandersteen 5a s to your list the five ...   Audioconnection

12-02-08   12-01-08: dhaan sounds_real_audio you are way over your head ...   Audiofeil

12-02-08: Sounds_real_audio
Dhaan

By all means enlighten me. Tell me exactly why carbon fiber cabinets are not technologically advanced compared to most other options. I believe Marten Coltrane speakers at 60K are made of carbon fiber. Perhaps their engineers are fools like me.

Sounds_real_audio  (Threads | Answers | This Thread)


12-02-08   perhaps their engineers are fools like me now you're enligh ...   Audiofeil

12-02-08   Dhaan, i agree that if you make claims for your technology y ...   Pubul57

12-03-08   Pubul57 i think that people in general trust their ears to ...   Dhaan

12-03-08   The goal may be to reach peace of mind on the long haul. we ...   Tuboo

12-03-08   Dhaan, i used to be purely in the objectivist camp like you. ...   Aldavis

12-03-08   Dhaan, please, read my answer again. what i wrote before is ...   Vangoughear

12-03-08   I read your posts very carefully. i object to marketing slog ...   Dhaan

12-04-08   I had wb act. maybe i had not the right amplification (ml 27 ...   Ajahu

12-04-08   Here is the ultimate primer on speaker-cabinet design to dea ...   Holenneck

12-04-08   I think i am going to wait until the magico v2 is released t ...   R32nj

12-04-08   Dhaan, interpreting anechoic measurements is an interesting ...   Martykl

12-04-08   Marty, unfortunately, these measurements, and the sarastro ...   Dhaan

12-04-08   Dhaan, what handful of speakers do you like based on their m ...   Pubul57

12-05-08   Dhaan, the reason i asked if you've heard them is because y ...   Martykl

12-05-08   Marty, i appreciate your civil reply, but please understand ...   Dhaan

12-05-08   "sound reproduction is not a subjective matter"... ...   Tuboo

12-05-08   Dhaan, this is one of those agree to disagree things. i ha ...   Martykl

12-05-08   I think we should all thank our lucky stars we have dhaan ar ...   Tfrumweiller

12-05-08   i will gladly tell you more but first, let’s make sure you ...   Dhaan

12-05-08   Marty, i agree, i've heard someone, other than dhaan, not li ...   Pubul57

12-05-08   Pubul, many contributors to these threads maintain that the ...   Martykl

12-05-08   Marty, there are endless viable possibilities to a ‘sensible ...   Dhaan

12-05-08   Dhaan, i understand your point. it would be difficult to d ...   Martykl

12-05-08   But dhann you are assuming that eveyone purchases their spea ...   Aldavis

12-05-08   Interesting discussion. it seems stereophile's john atkinson ...   Tubegroover

12-05-08   Tube, if i recall correctly, ja noted measurement issues w ...   Martykl

12-05-08   You are raising good points that can help advance the discus ...   Dhaan

12-05-08   To me, listening in room with you electronics, and yes, usin ...   Pubul57

12-05-08   Well of course your right dhaan but sf actually uses the 'tr ...   Aldavis

12-05-08   i have asked myself that same question many times. you may ...   Dhaan

12-06-08   Al and dhaan, i agree that wilson's speakers are usually vo ...   Martykl

12-06-08   The car analogy is interesting too. many love to associate t ...   Tuboo

12-06-08   Well dhaan, i agree that goosebumps can be gotten on specifi ...   Tubegroover

12-06-08   Marty, your “ it is the room” solution to the problem of inc ...   Dhaan

12-06-08   Dhaan, speakers sound different - in tonal balance - in d ...   Martykl

12-06-08   But marty, it is all related. the suck out in the verity fr ...   Dhaan

12-07-08   Once again, indeed, the verity may have a thousand problems ...   Martykl

12-07-08   So if we are concluding, i take it you see no correlation be ...   Dhaan

12-08-08   I have no exp w/ wb but did audition a variety of models fro ...   Henryhk

12-08-08   Another famous reviewer who didn't like the parsifals at all ...   Vladimir

12-08-08   Dhaan, what are five objectively good speakers you think we ...   Pubul57

12-08-08   Psb, ravel, tad, focal and magico. they are all different an ...   Dhaan


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