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[Thieliste]

How do you guys like Verity Sarastro lls ?

 

[Audio_Karma]

Magico A5's with a Audionet Humboldt and a Audio Note CD Player and some Silversmith Audio Fidelium cables

 

[Thieliste]

Magico A5's with a Audionet Humboldt and a Audio Note CD Player and some Silversmith Audio Fidelium cables

Yes i see everybody speaks a lot about the A5's.
Even though i'm not a Magico nor Wilson audio guy i'm curious.
Are A5's better than YG Hailey 2.2 ?

 

[Audio_Karma]

Yes i see everybody speaks a lot about the A5's.
Even though i'm not a Magico nor Wilson audio guy i'm curious.
Are A5's better than YG Hailey 2.2 ?

I've heard both with Audionet gear and to my ears the Magico A5's were more musically engaging ! This Audionet gear just brings out the best no matter what speakers you are using !

 

[Mdp632]

Yes i see everybody speaks a lot about the A5's.
Even though i'm not a Magico nor Wilson audio guy i'm curious.
Are A5's better than YG Hailey 2.2 ?

Both are fine speakers. But, I'd say the S5 Mk2 is a direct competitor to the Hailey 2.2 rather than the A5.

Btw, in the US, the largest YG Dealer is also the Distributor for Audionet electronics.

If you go on Youtube , You'll see many videos of YG+Audionet pairings.

Including the Humboldt + Hailey 2.2

Very special indeed.

 

[Thieliste]

I've heard both with Audionet gear and to my ears the Magico A5's were more musically engaging ! This Audionet gear just brings out the best no matter what speakers you are using !

Completely agree regarding the Audionet Humboldt this beast competes way above it's price range, cannot think of a better amp today.
Regarding speakers i'm very curious about the Verity Sarastro lls, there might be some owners on this forum please chime in.

 

[Thieliste]

Both are fine speakers. But, I'd say the S5 Mk2 is a direct competitor to the Hailey 2.2 rather than the A5.

Btw, in the US, the largest YG Dealer is also the Distributor for Audionet electronics.

If you go on Youtube , You'll see many videos of YG+Audionet pairings.

Including the Humboldt + Hailey 2.2

Very special indeed.

I have heard Magico S3 in the past and was very disappointed.
I will try to give the A5s a chance.

 

[Thieliste]

Do you guys know about Fyne Audio F1-12 ?

 

[Thieliste]

One speaker that blew me away for it's price is the Cube audio Nenuphar, crazy good for msrp 15k.

 

[Audio_Karma]

One speaker that blew me away for it's price is the Cube audio Nenuphar, crazy good for msrp 15k.

AV Show Reports has reviewed many of the best speakers you can buy and they picked the all new Cube Audio Nenuphar Mini's as the best they have ever heard at any price

https://www.youtube.com/user/AVshowreports/videos

 

[Thieliste]

AV Show Reports has reviewed many of the best speakers you can buy and they picked the all new Cube Audio Nenuphar Mini's as the best they have ever heard at any price

https://www.youtube.com/user/AVshowreports/videos

Yes i saw Peter uses Aries Cerat Genus to drive Nenuphars, that would also be my choice.

 

[defride]

Only heard Sarastro at a show, set up by a dealer I knew before he retired. They sounded fine but couldn't get any sort of handle on them in that context.

What could sound sublime in his small listening room were Parsifal, the model before the current one. The gear often changed and it wasn't always a hit but when he got it right the sound was as good as I've heard anywhere. No reason to believe Sarastro couldn't take things to an even higher level in the right room and system

 

[Audio_Karma]

Another speaker around $11K that is really good are the new Scansonic MB-6B's with the Audionet Humboldt. This could be an end-gamer system for some people !

 

[Thieliste]

Humboldt is overkill for MB-6Bs.
Borresen 03 is a much better pairing.

 

[Ron Resnick]

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Regarding speakers i'm very curious about the Verity Sarastro lls, there might be some owners on this forum please chime in.

This does not rise even to the modest level of a single data point; rather it is an anecdote. A.J. Conti, founder of Basis Audio, personally owned and liked Verity Audio Lohengrin II loudspeakers. For me, if I were interested in cone speakers, that alone makes Verity speakers worth investigating.

 

[Thieliste]

This does not rise even to the modest level of a single data point; rather it is an anecdote. A.J. Conti, founder of Basis Audio, personally owned and liked Verity Audio Lohengrin II loudspeakers. For me, if I were interested in cone speakers, that alone makes Verity speakers worth investigating.

Hi Ron, yes i'm sure Lehengrin lls sound fantastic but out of reach at least for me and you probaly need a large listening room.
I'd love to audition Sarastro lls paired with Spectral SV pre-power.

 

[Barry2013]

YES, you nailed it. All too often, when people say they "don’t like YG", to me it means they didn’t like the electronics, cabling and sources behind them. And the opposite is true as well. At AXPONA I made sure to mention to folks that enjoyed our room that the rest of the gear had a lot to do with the end result.

Spot on Alex.
My Kipod Signature passives have faithfully reproduced the improved sounds from several years of source/cable upgrades.

 

[QuadDiffuser]

A few months ago, I had the chance to listen to the Verity Lohengrin IIS loudspeakers at a fellow audiophile’s home, but was puzzled why the ribbon tweeters (which had near-zero vertical dispersion) were firing horizontally from a height of nearly 60 inches. Few people can listen for long periods of time while standing up.
http://www.verityaudio.com/en/loudspeakers/exr-serie/lohengrin-ii

Additionally, the large-surface aluminum ribbon tweeters’ horizontal treble response shows that the upper frequencies are dispersed rather erratically EVEN while the listener’s ears are positioned at the same horizontal height.
https://www.stereophile.com/content/verity-audio-sarastro-ii-loudspeaker-measurements

 

[dcc]

Are you giving up on the Borresen?

The Cube Audio are quite amazing but tis is an entire different philosphy in terms of design. They love SET.

 

[Thieliste]

Are you giving up on the Borresen?

The Cube Audio are quite amazing but tis is an entire different philosphy in terms of design. They love SET.

No i yet have to find a system that can outperform Borresen-Humboldt combo in same price range or even above, perhaps replacing Borresen by YG Hailey 2.2 but it's not going to be night and day at this level.
Yes Cube Nenuphar is completely different and i would definitely pair it with Aries Cerat Genus integrated, much more affordable system obviously but very musical.