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Sonus Faber Cremona M vs Verity Audio Parsifal

.....I don't know if my original post went through on this - so here I go again : my system is the following ; Classe CA2300 amp, Classe CP 800 pre-amp and the front end is : Esoteric P-5, D-05 and the G03X clock. All cabeling is Purist Audio 20th Anniversary......I have a chance at a pair of used / mint Verity Audio Parsifal Encore's or go with Sonus Faber Cremona M's floorstanders. The room is 13 x 22 .....your thoughts and no need for any other speaker suggestions as these are the two
garebear
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davt
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I am very happy with my Parsifal Encores and have listened to many others and go back to the Parsifal's. I did have a chance to upgrade to the Parsifal Ovations and in my room with my system the Ovations did not sound really much different. If blinded I could not tell which was playing, so I stuck with the Encores and bought some records. I have listened to the Classe CA2200 ( owned it for a few years) and the CA2300. Both will drive the parsifal's easily. Another thing I like about the Verity's is great customer service. Next year they will be sent up for a 10 year check up, testing, overhaul and polish and come back to me for a further 10 years of enjoyment.
cmalak
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Garebear...I have heard the Parsifal Ovations a few times and the Cremona M once. If Davt is correct int hat there is not much difference between the Encores and the Ovations, than my reco would be to go for the Encores. Great speakers. Highly resolving yet musical. Tonal balance is neutral and a lot of extension on both ends of the frequency spectrum. I found the Cremona Ms to be midrange oriented and the overall balance on the warm side of neutral, which dulled the sound a bit. Also, it may have been the speaker placement/room in which I heard them, but the bottom end exhibited one note, undifferentiated bass and some boominess. Also, not that price is reflective of sound quality necessarily, but these speakers are in completely different price brackets (new) and as such you are buying a better speaker design overall with the Parisfals as compared to the Cremona Ms. Again, YMMV and like anything else you should hear them and compare them yourself, but my reco would be the Parsifals all other things being equal.

I am curious what will you be using to drive them?
lapierre
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G...bear don't you own the SF Cremona Ms?

Good comparision. Wonder what the advantages are for SF Cremona M single enclosure compared to VA Parsifal two seperate enclosures?

Plan on a bit more extended highs with the VA Parsifal at 50kHz compared to 30kHz for SF Cremona M. Both manufactuers use Scan-Speak tweeters and also encorporate ported enclosure.

Think I still go with the Cremona M.

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