VERITY OTELLO

Ifirst encountered Verity Audio via its Parsifal loudspeaker nearly two decades ago. Here was this piano black beauty, unique in its makeup—an interchangeable, separate bottom cabinet capable of being pointed forwards or backwards, with a separate, detachable monitor on top—and, at the time, this was Verity’s reference speaker.

The Parsifal, as mentioned, sported two distinct cabinets separated, if I recall correctly, by an organic material, that tamped their interaction. The tweeter and a five inch midrange took up residence in the upper module, while a single eight inch woofer lived in the much larger bottom cabinet. At the time it was also possible to purchase the upper module/monitor separately.

Well, when I finally sat down to listen to the Parsifals, their overall fidelity, musicality, their ability to reach deeply into the soul of the music, most certainly in the midrange, captivated me entirely. Apparently Verity’s research and design endeavor had been proven entirely successful and here was the “proof in the pudding”, so to speak.

In the end I would, personally, settle on the Verity Fidelios, another truly talented speaker, ‘younger’ sibling to the Parsifal, and missed to this day. The Parsifals were out of my range price wise or, perhaps, my radar, whereas wheels—nice cars—were not at the time. I did indulge to a great degree and the brakes on the S500 were fantastic, I still remember them too.

Fast forward to today and another sibling of the Parsifal—the Otello—finds itself aligned to my two-channel reference system and waiting most patiently to be heard and reviewed. I, on the other hand, have not been feeling so patient and once the three(!) magazines have been put to bed, shall indulge immediately.

The pair of Otellos which wait are finished in that Verity Makore wood, which is ‘collector’ grade furniture, beautiful, of optimal size for small apartments (one imagines, as my place is not small), and in the sweet-spot of spousal acceptance.

Well, as there is a talented coterie of players waiting to make music with the Verity Otello, I do believe that this will be a good deal of fun.

Verity Audio

Otello, Makore Wood: $19,795 info@verityaudio.com verityaudio.com

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