Thanks for the info. I understand about the WPC thing, I've a pair of old SpeakerLab 3's. They are efficient enough to be driven by a few tens of watts, sound good with about 90 WPC behind them, and at 250 WPC it's like a veil has been lifted.

I am currently experimenting with using pro sound amps as home stereo amps. They have huge overhead, built in dynamic clip limiters that are designed to be as transparent as possible (and are), and in terms of bang for buck they can't be beat.

They also are every bit as clean as most home hi-fi gear.

Right now I'm just running my iPod through a Mackie table-top mixer, into the amp, and into the SL3's. As I said, it's as if a veil has been lifted.

I just finished building the Veritas and think they are great. They get better and better. I can hear detail in the music I never did hear before. The bass is that sealed enclosure crisp and accurate and there is plenty of it. The speakers are well balanced. My only concern is a little harshness on some vocals when the volume is high. I listen to a lot of jazz and blues. The Jazz sounds out of this world. You won't be sorry. I may add an L-pad to the mids but will wait a while longer. Have you looked at the Eros design? I have about $700 total in the Veritas I built.

Hmmm... The harshness in the mids is a concern. I hadn't seriously looked at the Eros but may well do that. I'm a ways away from taking on any project just yet anyway. Is the harshness in the mids pronounced or is it something you really have to turn up the speakers with a lot of watts and then go hunting for??

Thanks a lot for your feedback, I appreciate it!

The harshness I hear is only with some vocals, female and at a pretty good volume. I am going to install an L-Pad on the mid and see what I can do. It may also be the room the speakers are in. I would not worry about it too much. They are great speakers and you can hear the details and the imaging is really something. I am building a set of Lyra's for a friend and I want to see how they sound. I don't think anyone beside myself has had any issue with the sound quality. They really are great speakers and would probably sell for quite a bit if you bought them commercially.

Hello Lance..

I just completed my Veritas recently, and I can honestly say they exceeded my expectations and I highly reccommend them.

My requirements were:

1> Classic Three-Way design
2> Acoustic Supension
3> Throw a Large Image in the Room
4> Paper Cones
5> Smooth tonal balance, IE: musical neutrality.

I built with the Vifa XT tweeters, and had my cabinets made for me by Scott at www.steinaudio.com

I am NOT running 250 watts! I am running an amp that delivers a VERY CLEAN 45 WPC and I am more than happy with the Amp with the Veritas. I think a clean 70 to 85 watts would be okay as well, but remember, the Veritas are 4 ohm speakers so your amp will deliver more power at 4 ohms than the published specs for 8 ohms.

My remarkes on the sound is that they really are smooth and neutral. Nothing is missing, nothing is over-emphasized. Exactly what I wanted. I own a Velodyne Sub Woofer that is now disconnected as it is not needed, nor even desireable compared to the rich, accurate bass provided by the Veritas. I have not expirenced ANY harshness in the mids that another poster mentioned.

I agree with others, they MUST be broken in for 30-40 hours at a farly good volume throttle, so if you build, don't judge them until they have been well broken in.

I favor the blues, all flavors of jazz and classic rock as well as some of the modern alternative rock. We have heard no clasification of music that did not benefit from the smooth frequency delivery of the Veritas.

I spent approx $800.00 on the pair, and I doubt you could buy commercial speakers for any less than 4x that price to beat them.

Now, I have always favored 3-way designs, paper cones to poly cones, and acoustic suspension to ports. So the Veritas were right up my 'sonic alley' and I am very very happy I built these and must give all credits to Wayne J for the design and Scott Stein for an absolutely PERFECT cabinet.

-=[ Bruce ]=-