Verity Audio midrange drivers?

Thank-you for the insights regarding Skaaning.

The Rienzi is probably as high as I can go pricewise, but at least the drivers are all Scandinavian made.

The Leonore looks like a great speaker, but should I not be a little concerened about the Scandinavian designed tweeter made in Indonesia?

Regards,

Mark

I agree with Buff. Skaaning are in another league compared to the others. 2 inch voice coils and large magnets with decent Xmax - they should sound very clean with low distortion compared to almost everything else on the market.

Skaaning, argueably, build some of the finest midrange/midbass drivers in the industry.

If midrange is important to you, I would look at the Leonore on up - not to say the others would not have great midrange, but the Skaaning driver would be at the top of my priorities list.

good luck!

I emailed Verity Audio and they provided the following information about drivers, noting that all drivers were custom designed:

Finn - all drivers sourced from SB Acoustics.

Rienzi - midrange from SEAS in Norway, tweeter and woofer from Scan Speak.

Leonore - tweeter from SB Acoustics, midrange from Skaaning in Denmark, and woofers from SEAS in Norway.

SB Acoustic drivers appear to be Scandinavian designs that are maunufactured in Indonesia. SEAS drivers are all made in Norway, and I think that all Scan Speak drivers are still made in Denmark.

To my uneducated eye, it looks like the Rienzi and Leonore have better midrange drivers than the Finn. Given the different price-points of these speakers, this should not be a surprise.

Any thoughts?

As I recall, Verity uses the same midrange in the Fidelio Encore (discontinued), Leonore, Parsifal Ovation, Sarastro, and Lohengrin II. The Finn uses a different midrange than the one used by the above, but Verity claims the Finn's midrange as well as its tweeter are both "improved" compared to the same drivers in the Taminos (discontinued). And those drivers in the Taminos are awfully good!

I have not heard the Rienzi and know nothing about its midrange driver. But based on my experience with other Verity speakers, the drivers in the Rienzi will excel in sonic accuracy.

My understanding is that the Leonore uses the same midrange driver as the flagship Lohengrin II. I have not heard the Leonore however.