Verity Audio Parsifal Ovation

The comment is just "bass pouring out the rear".

The Verity Audio Parsifal is one of the great speakers of the last 30 years - it was the first product that Verity Audio launched, and the Ovation is I believe the 4th of 5 iterations of that venerable design.

I have owned the Parsifal Ovation since 2010 and recently acquired a pair of Verity Audio Arindal speakers - the successors to the Amadis S.  The Arindal was launched in 2022 and only about 70 pairs were made.

Verity Audio was a small company with only 5 to 8 employees in addition to the two principals.  They have left us with an incredible legacy of musically engaging speakers that are non-fatiguing.  They draw you into the music.

The Parsifal was Verity Audio's first speaker launched 30 years ago, and the rear firing bass has been a constant in most of their other designs.  

With the Parsifal Ovation you can flip the bass around and have the woofer and bass port face forward.  Why would you do this?  You would do this if you had to place the speaker against the wall.  If the bass unit is facing backwards (ie facing the front wall) the speakers need to be several feet from the wall.  This feature gives you flexibility in placement options.

I recently moved my Parsifal Ovations to a second system where they are against the wall with the bass unit facing forward, and it works well and sounds superb in that particular situation.