1) I have owned a pair of 805's, sf concertos (original not home) and auditioned the auditor and grand piano. In my mind the sf's are better for stereo and the b&w kick a$$ in ht. It basically comes down to which do you spent more time listening to. Or you can get both like I did. During my quest to get the best system I can afford for both 2 channel and ht use I ultimately decided that the best way to acheive it was to have two seperate systems. I now have a jbl speaker system for ht and a pair of green mountain europas for stereo. I had to deal with the WAF too. So I had to wall mount my jbls so i did not have to have two pairs of speakers on the floor in the front. I know of another person who has a ht setup in a room with a two channel setup in the same room on the side wall. I couldn't do that myself because of the size of my room but if you have the space it is a great idea.
2) Though I have never owned one, I have been told by the distributer and my local dealers that REL subs integrate will with sf. Which velodyne were you thinking about getting?
3) I wouldn't recommend mixing and matching center and surround speakers with sf, trust me I have tried. The sf's are voiced so differently from any other speaker in world, which is what makes them so special, that it is impossible to get a speaker that is timbre match with them. How about a cremona speakers for stereo listening and b&w cdm nt or 600 series for ht?
4) The grand piano home is in another league compared to the cremona auditor. To me the orginal grand piano was much better then the new home series and was more comprable to the auditor. But at the same price would you want to sacrafice the magic of the cremona?
5) The cremona is just the auditor with more bass. But is it is still not quite full range. You might still need a sub. If you are going to get a sub anyway just save yourself 4k.
Just my 2 cents. Hope it helps. Good luck.
2) Though I have never owned one, I have been told by the distributer and my local dealers that REL subs integrate will with sf. Which velodyne were you thinking about getting?
3) I wouldn't recommend mixing and matching center and surround speakers with sf, trust me I have tried. The sf's are voiced so differently from any other speaker in world, which is what makes them so special, that it is impossible to get a speaker that is timbre match with them. How about a cremona speakers for stereo listening and b&w cdm nt or 600 series for ht?
4) The grand piano home is in another league compared to the cremona auditor. To me the orginal grand piano was much better then the new home series and was more comprable to the auditor. But at the same price would you want to sacrafice the magic of the cremona?
5) The cremona is just the auditor with more bass. But is it is still not quite full range. You might still need a sub. If you are going to get a sub anyway just save yourself 4k.
Just my 2 cents. Hope it helps. Good luck.