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Sonus Faber Concerto & Concertino

I know these are no longer in production and that there are two versions, the most recent being the Home. Can anyone who does or has owned them give me general impressions? How about specific differences btw the two versions? How easy are they to drive? If you sold them, what did you get that you like better?

Also, it'd be interesting to explain what kind of presentation you seek - "musical" or "accurate"? And, anybody buy Sonus Faber based pretty much on looks? I'm almost willing to at this point, along with Opera.
tomryan
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kops
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and who can judge accuracy between this or that ? It all depends on the WHOLE system.
I hear Sonus don't have accuracy.......a friend of mine with Dali big Euphonia with twin 8" woofers , came to my house and left impressed for how clean and dynamic my Cremonas where with the twin 6.5" woofers. We both never heard in his system (which has very good electronics) so powerfull bass and slam. So......let's not generalize so easy.

btw the new Grand piano is very good and the program was the oldboy ost and dreamtheater and not just violins or guitars.
tomryan OP
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I have heard the Cremonas at a local dealer and they sound beautifully musical. They don't have any Concertos or Concertinas but I sure do see a lot of these speakers for sale on the site here.
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kops
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Dear Tomryan,
right now there are 2pairs of Cremona floorstanders in the whole Audiogon classifieds. I don't think it's a significant sample.

But my point is other, take care the system synergy and see your hi-fi-end adventure as a whole system with the right ingredients and tuning, room also.

For example when I had Cardas speaker cables on Cremona , the whole universe was booming in my house, it wasn't the right for them so simple. Experiment first and then judge it.
The Cremona line will please all the musiclovers IMHO and if you take care of it it will please a lot all the others too IMHO.
tedmcq
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I think the reference was to the concertinos and concertos being on sale here. I think a big reason for that is they hold their resale value very well ie... you can make a buck if you find a dealer or a friend selling them below retail or used below dealer cost. I have to agree with Kops I think when it comes to SF there does seem to be some generalizations or stereotypes. SF seems like one of those brands people for some reason seem to want to find a fault in. I think it is because of the luxurious cabinet.
tomryan OP
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Kops, I'm not sure of what you are saying. The combination of Cardas (which line of Cardas was it?) and Cremonas was bad sounding? Or was it good? By the way, how easy are the Cremonas to drive?

I have to agree there may be some prejudice against SF, kind of like a good looking woman people automatically think is shallow or not too bright.
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