I spent a very enjoyable morning with Verity PE's at a local dealer last week.
I'd briefly heard a Luxman cdp into his Soulution pre & pwr driving the Verity a month or two back. The experience blew me away, the sheer resolving power was fantastic on a double bass jazz piece.
On the basis of that experience we arranged a free morning and I took some music I was familiar with. In the meantime the system had been moved so it faced down rather than across his relatively small dem room. Also changed was the cdp, a Reimyo CDT/999 combo replaced the Luxman. A stella looking cast!
It turned out rather frustrating. Initially the combo didn't work. Great transparency but something was missing, highs were that bit expicit and lows were strong but a little tight, it sounded like hifi rather than music.
Some messing about with cables revealed just how transparent the Verity speakers are. I've not experienced a system where changing out a set of signal cables was as noticeable. Eventually we ended up with a combination that performed well. Still I was left with that feeling I'd been listening to a (very good) hifi rather than music which was disappointing. My system at home gets closer to the message for me, that was a big surprise.
I've no doubt that the combination I heard has greater potential to sound stunning than my own. Just goes to show that whatever the system you need synergy between everything connected and the room before you reach the point where you can relax and suspend disbelief.
The Verity speakers are undoubtedly wonderful speakers, like any state of the art transducer they'll tell you what you're feeding them and whether they're happy with it or not.
I'd briefly heard a Luxman cdp into his Soulution pre & pwr driving the Verity a month or two back. The experience blew me away, the sheer resolving power was fantastic on a double bass jazz piece.
On the basis of that experience we arranged a free morning and I took some music I was familiar with. In the meantime the system had been moved so it faced down rather than across his relatively small dem room. Also changed was the cdp, a Reimyo CDT/999 combo replaced the Luxman. A stella looking cast!
It turned out rather frustrating. Initially the combo didn't work. Great transparency but something was missing, highs were that bit expicit and lows were strong but a little tight, it sounded like hifi rather than music.
Some messing about with cables revealed just how transparent the Verity speakers are. I've not experienced a system where changing out a set of signal cables was as noticeable. Eventually we ended up with a combination that performed well. Still I was left with that feeling I'd been listening to a (very good) hifi rather than music which was disappointing. My system at home gets closer to the message for me, that was a big surprise.
I've no doubt that the combination I heard has greater potential to sound stunning than my own. Just goes to show that whatever the system you need synergy between everything connected and the room before you reach the point where you can relax and suspend disbelief.
The Verity speakers are undoubtedly wonderful speakers, like any state of the art transducer they'll tell you what you're feeding them and whether they're happy with it or not.