SonusFaber GrandPiano Center Speakers

The claim in favor of the single midbass and tweeter overhead is better coherence and the absence of lobing when a tweeter is flanked by 2 midranges. That is the claim, I have the former, and have never heard the latter so YMMV.

If I understand your description correctly, the single mid-bass one is the center from the Home series and would have been the one that orginally matched your Grand Piano Home mains. However, I never thought it was not a great center for movies, espcially loud movies. It is just not dynamic enough or full enough. The 2 mid-bass speaker sounds like the Domus center, which I have not heard. I think it is actually a 3 way speaker. It may be fuller and more dynamic than the Home center. However, in my opinion the new Domus line does not match particularly well with the Home series, but others may feel differently. I originally had GP Home mains and now have Cremona but I went with a Thiel SCS 3, then a SCS 4 center. The Thiels match better than you might think and are definitely more dynamic than the original Home center. The SCS 4 is less expensive than the Domus center (at list). As much as I like SF (I have the GP, Cremona, 2 pairs of Concertino home and a pair of Concerto home) I would be careful about either of the SF centers. If I had to take one, it would probably be the Domus. The Cremona center is very nice, but it is at a different price point. The specs for the Domus center are on the Sumiko website. Not sure where to find the original Home center specs.

Dtc,
First, gotta ask, how do you like going from Home mains to Cremona, was it worth the money?
- I agree, the single woofer one is called Solo and it's from Home series, but how about the the dual woofers one that I post link bolow?It is not a CURRENT Domus, so is it an older model of Domus then?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=130280151353

Jamnesta, your post was valueable as well, thanks.

I have owned the Sonus Faber Solo Home which has the tweeter on top. I have no other center speaker for comparison but agree with the poster above on the lack of volume for dynamic passages. Nevertheless, voices on the Solo Home are quite real and organic, a trademark with most Sonus Faber speakers I guess.