Just spent half an hour with Brad from Rotorua Club on the shores of Lake Rotorua casting the new Veritas. He was impressed and pointed out that it was the quietest rod he had cast. The reason for the quietness is that there is very little friction on the line as it travels through the guides. That lack of friction means more distance.
He commented that it was casting a great distance and the crinkly line that came off his reel proved he was in new territory.
I believe we have another convert.