And the Verity Taminos ?

They don't have the same transparency as the Fidelios... The Taminos are more boomy in the lower octave...

I personally love Verity Audio. I feel that they make some of the best speakers in the world (Lohengrin). One the other hand, I beleive the Tamino don't come close to the Fidelios. I would go with used Fidelios instead of them...

just my 2 cents...

I agree with Lgregoir: go with used Fidelios. The Taminos are good but the Fidelios are in a totally different league: much more transparrent and refined, with midrange to die for (the Skaaning midrange driver is fabulous), better bass extension and control and an overall "bigger" and more effortless sound. The Taminos are no slouch, but the Fidelios are really much better.

Careful! Both of these rear-firing woofs need boundary reinforcement to sound their best. I tried the Fidelio back in 2000, necessarily 8 feet out from the front wall, and found them very anemic...much more so than my 6.5" 2-ways!
Even the Parsifal Encores were lean...until the woofer pods were flipped around. Then I bought them! If I could have used the Fidelios back at 3' from the wall I probably would have kept them, as the midrange is of course stellar. Just toobad you can't flip that woofer around....