Do not buy any Sonus Faber used

Seems like this policy will kill SF resale value, and thus kill initial sales. I will no longer consider SF because if I ever want to sell them, nobody will pay much for them due to this policy.

Mtrot, You may be right, and while Sumiko's policy sort of sucks, I think folks who buy really high end stuff that costs mucho dollars in the first place really arn't thinking much of resale value. That is an affliction of the poor(er) who rarely buy pricy speakers! :-)

I’m surprised that some speaker savante hasn’t made a good business for himself specializing in the repair of Sonus Faber’s bastards.

I’m sorry if this is insensitive - I really do feel for you Naxos41 - but I have to ask. Just on principal, why would any member of this community purchase any Sumiko product?

If the speakers are dead, send the tweeter to Orange County Speaker for possible repair. Or, ask Madisound for a clone or alternative replacement. I would not hesitate to get a similar spec tweeter with more wpc rating if it blew. It may be crossed over too low. Jallen

We can service them although we are not authorized to do so and we are not in business to service other brands it is however fairly easy to service replace parts on SF!

We've used similar drivers in dc10audio for several years and even have some old stock in like drivers we have also repaired damaged SF cabinets as we have a similar cabinet construction method.

Please be advised that service/repairs and shipping is expensive.

SF still remains one of the most exciting loudspeakers made even if they have a problem with the distributor. :))