Has anyone listened to or auditioned Verity's new Arindale speaker ?

@garebear My dealer spoke with the Verity distributor today. Apparently, the Arindal is so new that it is not fully in production yet. And Verity is apparently very slow these days in churning out models that are already in production. No idea why. So it might be a while until anyone can give a report.

I pivoted in an entirely different direction and ordered the Perlisten S7t in natural walnut. Sound unheard! Wish me luck! :)

@lalitk - we have a older pair of Horning speakers in our Listening Room now.  With the 1 watt power amp we built, the mid-range was amazing.  We may have had placed them too far into the room for bass response, so they did not shine in that area nor at a friend who also has them.  But who knows, many factors and not enough time to play around lately.

Happy Listening. 

@roxy54 , Thicker veneers will snap if you try to bend them across the grain. In order to make them pliable enough they have to make the veneer tissue thin and laminate it to something with more tensile strength. In most cases this is a cheese cloth type fabric. It even comes with pressure sensitive adhesive applied to the fabric side The best wood construction for speaker enclosures uses properly mitered cabinet grade plywood which already has a thick veneer applied. You can order plywood with just about any wood veneer you care to think of. If you look at my system page you will see me make a cabinet in walnut plywood. Plywood is stiffer and more durable than MDF. Used properly it makes a much better enclosure. The problem for manufacturers is that plywood is more than three times as expensive as MDF and you have to be very accurate with your joinery or it will look awful. Wood is actually very difficult to work with. Many of the top manufacturers have shied away from it using anything from composites (Wilson) to Aluminum (Magico) 

In my world the only application for an enclosure is for subwoofers. The ones I am currently building are made of 1.5" plywood. Each one has ten sides and each side is only 5" wide on the outer face. Because my system doubles for theater duty they will be finished in satin black polyester.  The frame of ESLs can be made of just about anything. The sides of my Soundlabs are shou sugi ban solid white ash. 

When you see a veneer wrap you can bet that there is MDF below and relatively crude joinery. It is just the same as wrapping a cabinet in carpet. It is easy to hide the workmanship.  

@soix , $675,000 is overpriced. I prefer Sonus Faber just based on construction quality. You get more for your money. If you like Verity loudspeakers by all means get yourself a pair.

@mijostyn You’re basing your perception of the whole brand on one model.  Have you heard any or the <$20k Verity versus Sonus Faber?  If not I suggest you do so rather than make blind and ignorant statements.  I’ve heard both Verity and SF speakers in the same price range.  They’re both very good, but I’d take Verity any day over SF.