Thinking to upgrade speakers


Hi 
I need your opinions for following speakers and knowing if anyone audited them against each other in same set-up :
Sonus Faber Serafino
Sonus Faber Amati
Focal Sopra 2
Focal Sopra 3
Revel Sallon 2
Revel Studio
Cheers
/Kevin
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I love my Serafino’s!  Wonderful sound.  If I had the money and the room to warrant it I would be happy with the Amati.  But you need to the power for the Amati pair. I power my Serafino with Tubes at 150W and I couldn’t be happier.  They can fill my room wonderfully.  What I also like about them is how they look.  They are beautiful pieces of craftsmanship that fit into the room without someone looking at them going, ayh?  Frankly some speakers these days, including Focal, IMHO, and just plain ugly and a real draw on the eye.  My Serafino’s can master any type of music I am putting through them, and they are not even broken in yet.  
If willing to spend 10K ,
one brand I would audition is VOLTI Audio..
Their least expensive line of speakers ($9,000) had me spellbound, at both LAAS 2017, and The SHOW in Oakland..
Competing against rooms with much much more invested.


Hi fellow Stockholmer!

I'm sorry but I can't help you choose from those models.

Did you go to High-end Mässan?
They played the Revel Perfoma and it sounded great. I also liked the Kii Three with bass towers, should be about the same price. And the Aequo Stilla were impressive.
Don't know about anyone else-- but it is so hard to get to demo speakers!  I live only 50 miles from NYC, but I either have to go to New Haven or NYC, and even with that, the options are very limited.

Anyway-- sound is very dependent upon listener preference!  In other words, some folks on these boards might prefer one over the other, but your tastes might not align with that.  But I appreciate your efforts, I guess that's in part why we have these boards.

I own Raidho's (XT-2's) and they are phenomenal.  Depending upon how much you want to spend, I would consider the Raidho D-line.  They can go as loud as you want-- maybe not the D-1 standmount.  But the D-2.1 and D-3.1 are killer speakers, that play any type of music really well.

I did see a reviewer mention that while at Harman he listened to both the Revel Performa F228Be and the Revel Studio or Salon (can't remember which) and they were basically indistinguishable.  So you would be getting the latest technology with the Performa, at $10K/pr they are much less than the Studio 2 and Salon 2 (which are now over a decade old) and maybe a reason why Revel haven't come out with a new Studio 3 or Salon 3.