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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
beyondarkness
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Marty, what Prima Luna amp did you try with the Cremona M's? I am contemplating buying a pair myself, and currently own a DiaLogue One amp (with KT88's) and use Sonus faber Toy Towers in a small room. I'd be curious to hear more about your experience with the PL/SF Cremona M combo. Thanks in advance!
countingbackwards
138 posts
 
I would agree with the general tone of this thread - the local dealer where I bought my second-hand Parsifal Encore's also carries SF, and I listened to the Cremona M's. While they are a very nice pair of speakers, they aren't quite in the class of the Parsifal's IMHO. They're missing the bottom-end accuracy and output to really be full-range speakers. Of course, they're also half the price of Parsifals.

As always, it comes down to your own priorities. While I can't, with my set of preferences, understand somebody preferring Cremona's to Parsifal's, both are excellent speakers that I never thought I'd be able to consider. It just seems that Verity speakers don't have as good resale value as SF, perhaps in part to the stunning good looks of the SF speakers - but that makes the Verity speakers a great deal used (and it's not like they look bad!).
martykl
3,578 posts
 
Beyond,

I own PL 6 mono amps.

I'm struggling to recall which output tube I settled on for the Cremonas since they ended up with the Pathos pretty quickly. The PL amps subtly, but clearly, change character as you swap output tubes - I suspect that the choice of output tube type is about as significant as the choice of amp model in the PL line. These days, I use KT66s when the PLs are on duty, but that tends to be with Merlin VSMs.

I'd suggest that you call Kevin Deal at Upscale Audio in Upland, Ca. He's a dealer for both SF and PL. He's a good guy and a straight shooter with long experience pairing up these brands.

Good Luck,

Marty
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