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RE: Have to take the Lamm M1.1 off my list

It IS tilted up a bit at least in my friend's listening room so it will exaccerbate issues already in the electronics.

I am not a fan of Verity speakers. A friend of mine had the Rinezis and they got crushed by a 20 year old pair of Reference 3a Master Control MMCs. This friend found a pair after hearing mine and fell in love with the sound. I heard his Verity speakers and it was no contest.

Also, I have heard the big Sarastro a couple of times and IMO, it is not a well designed speaker...coherence between the drivers is sorely lacking...you can even see this in the Stereophile measurements,which are quite poor for a speaker so expensive.

The Parsifal did sound nice one time when I heard it with the big Nagra 845 tube amps. That was with a big R2R tape deck as well. Since then though I have become much more attuned to coherence in speakers and it is likely I would not be impressed with the Parsifal any longer.

The Thiel is far more coherent and integrated soundwise. In this respect, it beats out most multi-driver speakers.

Really the best sound we got was the VAC30/30, which also sounded surprisingly bright until it warmed up and then it was simply astounding. It is right at the top of my list for push/pull amps (I am still a SET guy though). The amp belongs to the friend with the other pair of Master control MMC...nice combo!

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