Verity Audio Sarasto Owner's Manual - page 4
SARASTRO
OWNER’S MANUAL
R.5.0
March 2005
VERITY AUDIO
PAGE 4
Using this Manual
Please take the time to carefully read this instruction manual
prior to installation or use of your Sarastro loudspeaker. Your
reading efforts will be rewarded by the satisfaction of getting a
full performance achievement and a long service life. We
believe that a thorough understanding of your new and highly
accurate loudspeakers can save you a lot of anxiety.
This manual will guide you for setting up and operating your
loudspeakers and will teach you how to unpack, repack, clean
and service your product. Furthermore, we have included a
few informative sections for the benefit of your own Sarastro
familiarization.
We are pleased to count you among the most privileged
owners of a unique product that will yield a very enjoyable
experience for years to come.
Product Overview
Your new Sarastro is a mature-engineered high-precision audio
component. It is the cornerstone of a design association
between worldwide audio professionals and acoustic
engineers. It has been designed to provide an awe-inspiring
level of musical satisfaction in any domestic environment. The
Sarastro brings a substantial improvement to any audio system
and gives its full potential when associated with the finest
ancillary equipment.
The Sarastro comes in two separate modules. One upper and
one bottom loudspeaker cabinet. The upper cabinet includes
a pure ribbon tweeter and a wide-bandwidth midrange.The
bottom cabinet consists of a state-of-the-art 11-inch woofer
tuned in a fourth-order Bessel enclosure. Together, they
constitute an exquisite extended-bandwidth reference
loudspeaker.
Both cabinets are independent and isolated with a thick
platform made of damped aluminum.
Your Sarastro uses proprietary and highly innovative custom-
designed components integrated in a resonance-free cabinet
construction.
The result is a high-resolution loudspeaker that gives a great
sense of liveliness, scale, and presence in the listening space.
Your Sarastro, without any doubt, will sound natural even
throughout a seemingly unlimited frequency spectrum and
dynamic range. It will give you hours of enjoyable music
without fatigue.
Features & Benefits
The Sarastro ability to reproduce music with a high degree of
sound intelligibility comes from many useful features.
Seamless Coherence
Matched (Verity Audio CAM™ system) and high-quality
components for wide soundstage imaging homogeneity.
Effortless Neutrality
Proprietary low-distortion, high-headroom transducers for
amazingly low-fatiguing dynamics.
Long-lived Reliability
High power-handling, strongly manufactured high-reliability
components for years of trouble-free enjoyment.
Striking Velocity
Low-inertia voice-coil technology and quick rise-time
symmetrical drive for sparkling speed and authentic transients.
Spacious Bottom-End
Outstanding transducer displacement uniformity complete with
all symmetrical drive topology for dynamic and full-bodied
bass performance down to 14Hz (-6dB at 10Hz in most
domestic environment).
Extended Harmonics Reproduction
Pure-ribbon tweeter going-up to over 50 kHz for astonishing
transient response and harmonic precision.
Exquisite Finishing
Splendid Italian polyester finish of sumptuous brilliance and
impeccable coating that will last for years.
Compact Design
Accommodating size with no performance impairment that
grants dazzling sound in any listening environment.
All these features synthesize Verity Audio’s commitment for
bringing the music back to its original essence: Pure and
exalted emotions.
Upper Module
Sarastro’s main cabinet includes two high-performance
transducers. A pure ribbon tweeter and a 5-inch high-quality
midrange.
Your Sarastro tweeter is an extremely accurate device that
gathers exceptional qualities: linear frequency response, instant
decay, low energy storage, extreme bandwidth, high sensitivity
and low distortion. The tweeter covers a 6-octave bandwidth
up to a high 50kHz, Furthermore, to eliminate any possible
brake-up resonances, the Sarastro tweeter is high-passed at
5,000 Hz. Its high extension gives an astonishing harmonic
coherence. It’s a pure 3-inch aluminum ribbon electrically
coupled to a precision impedance transformer. The aluminum
front-plate was redesigned to adapt the dispersion and phase to
perfectly match with the Sarastro cabinet. All the above, was