The most expensive speaker at CES 2015? $500,000

[Peter Breuninger]

I was just tipped off that the new flagship Verity will be at CES, msrp approx... $500,000.

http://www.verityaudio.com/monsalvat/en

 

[andromedaaudio]

Cool design!

 

[FrantzM]

Must say the aesthetics are up there

 

[Peter Breuninger]

Very expensive... 6 channel outboard crossover= 3 pairs of amplifiers plus 3 sets of speaker cables. Imagine 3 pairs of the big Lamm monos!

I'll shoot really good video of it.

 

[es347]

..JV's latest "best in the world" I'd rather own that ocean front villa but that's just me..

 

[FrantzM]

..JV's latest "best in the world"

Next?

If we had any doubt that this is now a Luxury market...

 

[spiritofmusic]

+1 Frantz. Tbh, for this kind of price, it's time to have poss a true 5.2 package, from ANY spkr manufacturer, and w/out fail an incorporated 5ch amp/dsp module a la DataSat/room correction all built-in. Surely there needs to be SOME vfm even at uber prices? Just how on earth is this all going to sound cohesive w/out extra help.
Just look at the Kyron spkrs from Australia, Gaia and new Kronos, matching amps and dsp incl'd in the price. They know their SOTA offerings will struggle otherwise.
This? Just more of the same old same old.

 

[andromedaaudio]

Great peter ,

coherence ?

It does have an active X over as copied form the site

Efficiency of 99 dB @ 2.83 Vrms & 1 meter on axis.
Bandwidth of 15 Hz to 60,000 Hz;
All custom-made and proprietary transducers using state-of-the-art technologies;
Resonance free, pure Verity Audio aluminum foil ribbon tweeter;
Main Tower Transducers: - proprietary 6" (150mm) midrange
- proprietary 9" (229mm)
- lower-midranges x 4

Woofer Tower Transducers - proprietary 15" (380mm) woofers x 4
- 4 attached cabinet per tower
- can be placed vertical or horizontal

Active Crossover - 32 bit / 384 Khz
- 2 RCA / XLR stereo inputs
- 2 x 3 RCA / XLR multi-way outputs (Low, Mid, High)
- Separate power supply
- Adjustable time-delay

Wide amplification selection possible starting at 5 watts up to unlimited power
Designed for multi-amplification
Beautifully crafted and finished with exquisite Italian lacquer

 

[Johnny Vinyl]

It makes for a pretty picture though!

 

[Bruce B]

Well at least you can say they have a long proven track record with their smaller designs. It's not someone off the street trying to make a money grab.

 

[Johnny Vinyl]

well at least you can say they have a long proven track record with their smaller designs. It's not someone off the street trying to make a money grab.

lol!

 

[rockitman]

That is the first 1/2 mill speaker that excites me....Sorry Ultimate 3.

 

[rockitman]

..JV's latest "best in the world" I'd rather own that ocean front villa but that's just me..

Ocean front Villa for 1/2 mill ? Please share...

 

[Steve Williams]

The speaker is being shown with the same electronics as my room, the Lamm Signature series. The room has over $1M of gear

 

[Johnny Vinyl]

You can't take it with you, so you may as well spend it on frivolities.

 

[andromedaaudio]

Would be interesting to hear it and if it sounds coherent , all the channels driven by top lamm gear and fully adjusted with the Active X over , if this isnt ( considerably) better then a high eff system with approx the same membrane surface and a passive X over , then this kind of active expensive multichannel aproach is never gonna make it , which i highly doubt anyway no matter the effort, i am a passive X over enthousiast.

 

[Steve Williams]

Here is a list of the gear


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[andromedaaudio]

Impressive list but no ML 3 s

 

[Steve Williams]

Its in the Lamm second room

 

[Johnny Vinyl]

It seems they really cheaped out on the shelving.