Yes. From the time I first heard a pair of Verity Audio, I knew that someday I had to own a pair. In 1997, soon after the birth of VA, I listened to the first iteration of the Fidelio at a Primus Audio Pleasure in KC, MO. I sat there for well over an hour and was falling in love more and more after each track. At this time, I had pair of B&W Matrix 805s and from there, the journey went something like this:
805s>SF Concertos ('94-'97)> Kef Reference 3 ('97-97)>SF Concertos (98- 99)> SF Signums (99-00)> SF Electa Amators (00-02)> SF Grand Pianos (02-03)> Reference 3As Di Cappos (03 -06) > Devore Fidelity Super 8s (06- 07) > Verity Audio Parsifal Ovations (06 - grave?)...
I spent a lot of time with Sonus Faber as there sound is similar to VA and I just liked them. If it were not for near perfect timing, I wound have had to of waited many more years for the Parsifal Ovations. When the VA POs became available to me, I had the Devore Super 8s. Looking back, and even at the time, I could have been happy for a long time with the Super 8s, as they "were that good"....yet, the VAs were the subject of dreams and the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow for me.
As I dreamed, I really thought best I could done was to have obtained a pair of the Fidelios, yet, the moons all aligned and the stars must have been in retrograde while the rings of Saturn reversed rotation, because someone looked favorable upon me and I as blessed with a situation were I was able to obtain the Parsifal Ovations.
The ride was fun and I would do all over again (except for maybe the Kefs) just as I did it. It was a fantastic learning experience.
Remember to enjoy the journey!!
John
805s>SF Concertos ('94-'97)> Kef Reference 3 ('97-97)>SF Concertos (98- 99)> SF Signums (99-00)> SF Electa Amators (00-02)> SF Grand Pianos (02-03)> Reference 3As Di Cappos (03 -06) > Devore Fidelity Super 8s (06- 07) > Verity Audio Parsifal Ovations (06 - grave?)...
I spent a lot of time with Sonus Faber as there sound is similar to VA and I just liked them. If it were not for near perfect timing, I wound have had to of waited many more years for the Parsifal Ovations. When the VA POs became available to me, I had the Devore Super 8s. Looking back, and even at the time, I could have been happy for a long time with the Super 8s, as they "were that good"....yet, the VAs were the subject of dreams and the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow for me.
As I dreamed, I really thought best I could done was to have obtained a pair of the Fidelios, yet, the moons all aligned and the stars must have been in retrograde while the rings of Saturn reversed rotation, because someone looked favorable upon me and I as blessed with a situation were I was able to obtain the Parsifal Ovations.
The ride was fun and I would do all over again (except for maybe the Kefs) just as I did it. It was a fantastic learning experience.
Remember to enjoy the journey!!
John