I've been listening with great pleasure to Verity Audio's Parsifal Ovation loudspeakers the past few years, so I was intrigued to hear the company's step-up model, the Sarastro II. At 150 lbs each and $39,995/pair, the Sarastro II weighs and costs nearly twice as much as the Ovation. Would it sound twice as good?

I've been listening with great pleasure to Verity Audio's Parsifal Ovation loudspeakers the past few years, so I was intrigued to hear the company's step-up model, the Sarastro II. At 150 lbs each and $39,995/pair, the Sarastro II weighs and costs nearly twice as much as the Ovation. Would it <I>sound</I> twice as good?

I know from conversations with other reviewers that this sort of thing happens all the time: Something new comes along&#151;a product from a company we've never heard of, a technology we've never encountered before, whatever&#151;and when we're impressed, we end up wondering if the thing is really as good as we think. We're insecure, just like you (footnote 1).

I know from conversations with other reviewers that this sort of thing happens all the time: Something new comes along&#151;a product from a company we've never heard of, a technology we've never encountered before, whatever&#151;and when we're impressed, we end up wondering if the thing is really as good as we think. We're insecure, just like you (footnote 1).

I know from conversations with other reviewers that this sort of thing happens all the time: Something new comes along&#151;a product from a company we've never heard of, a technology we've never encountered before, whatever&#151;and when we're impressed, we end up wondering if the thing is really as good as we think. We're insecure, just like you (footnote 1).

I know from conversations with other reviewers that this sort of thing happens all the time: Something new comes along&#151;a product from a company we've never heard of, a technology we've never encountered before, whatever&#151;and when we're impressed, we end up wondering if the thing is really as good as we think. We're insecure, just like you (footnote 1).

I know from conversations with other reviewers that this sort of thing happens all the time: Something new comes along&#151;a product from a company we've never heard of, a technology we've never encountered before, whatever&#151;and when we're impressed, we end up wondering if the thing is really as good as we think. We're insecure, just like you (footnote 1).

I know from conversations with other reviewers that this sort of thing happens all the time: Something new comes along&#151;a product from a company we've never heard of, a technology we've never encountered before, whatever&#151;and when we're impressed, we end up wondering if the thing is really as good as we think. We're insecure, just like you (footnote 1).