Sonus Fabers and Dagostinos

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  • Joey_V
    Joey_V Posts: 8,552
    tonyb wrote: »
    Joey_V wrote: »
    tonyb wrote: »
    Nope Skip, never in person. Kinda afraid to.....think I can only get half that for the grandkids.

    I softly caress them when I see them at the dealer...

    I've got a feeling once the Strads are in house, your gonna caress them all right....with every part of your naked body. lol Maybe the wife's too.
    Daaang why you gotta bring the wife into this tony bruh.., lol

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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,963
    Joey_V wrote: »
    tonyb wrote: »
    Joey_V wrote: »
    tonyb wrote: »
    Nope Skip, never in person. Kinda afraid to.....think I can only get half that for the grandkids.

    I softly caress them when I see them at the dealer...

    I've got a feeling once the Strads are in house, your gonna caress them all right....with every part of your naked body. lol Maybe the wife's too.
    Daaang why you gotta bring the wife into this tony bruh.., lol

    C'mon man, once you visualize it you know it's kinda hot eh ?
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,963
    nbrowser wrote: »
    tonyb wrote: »
    Joey_V wrote: »
    tonyb wrote: »
    Joey_V wrote: »
    tonyb wrote: »
    Nope Skip, never in person. Kinda afraid to.....think I can only get half that for the grandkids.

    I softly caress them when I see them at the dealer...

    I've got a feeling once the Strads are in house, your gonna caress them all right....with every part of your naked body. lol Maybe the wife's too.
    Daaang why you gotta bring the wife into this tony bruh.., lol

    C'mon man, once you visualize it you know it's kinda hot eh ?

    And you say us Kens don't have both oars in the water...dude I think your missing some screws...and you lost your oars a long time ago...lol

    Yeah well, I'm a lot older than you and allowed to drop an oar in the water every so often. lol

    So who has had a good ear on those Dags ? Sure hope they sound as good as they look.
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  • txcoastal1
    txcoastal1 Posts: 13,286
    Heard them @ RMAF 2013 Dagostino paired Vandersteen 5a, sound was good but not great, but I am also not a big fan of speakers with built in sub woofers and amps.

    The RMAF 2014 (I was not there) but Dag/Wilson Alexia's pairing has had great reviews, and that's a positive because the Alexia's paired with the top of the line VTL's was bad at RMAF 2013.
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,963
    Interesting....the Vandy 5a I thought was one speaker that actually incorporated built in subs well. Not really a fan of that either though.

    I like an amp to take charge of the whole speaker, that's just me though, but maybe explains the big difference with the Wilsons.
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  • WLDock
    WLDock Posts: 3,073
    edited April 2015
    Joey_V wrote: »
    Quintessence audio.
    The Aida's were at a dealer. I have noticed that owners of gear like Aida's are very busy and it's tough to get face time with them.
    OMG, I hate those guys! In a good way :) They were the featured exhibitor and had four amazing kick **** systems at AXPONA last year. They were a bunch of nice guy and very approachable even though they had BIG rooms.1) SF Adia /Audio Research, (The Aida's had that full orchestra in the big room presentation, amazing!)
    2) Focal Stella / Aesthetix, (The Stella was doing some really deep and clean bass that you just don't hear everyday.
    3) Dynaudio Evidence Platinum/Simaudio
    4) Magico S3/Pass Labs.
    The only rooms I ran across that had no issue with letting one play their own material.... even in the $200K rooms! If I were wealthy those guys would have a ton of my money. ($200K system? Wow, maybe not that much?) They were not just equipment guys...they were music lovers also. Great staff there from what I can tell.

    Joey, you and yours must be doing something right and have a good relationship. Good for you that your SF dreams are going to come true.




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  • Joey_V
    Joey_V Posts: 8,552
    tonyb wrote: »
    nbrowser wrote: »
    tonyb wrote: »
    Joey_V wrote: »
    tonyb wrote: »
    Joey_V wrote: »
    tonyb wrote: »
    Nope Skip, never in person. Kinda afraid to.....think I can only get half that for the grandkids.

    I softly caress them when I see them at the dealer...

    I've got a feeling once the Strads are in house, your gonna caress them all right....with every part of your naked body. lol Maybe the wife's too.
    Daaang why you gotta bring the wife into this tony bruh.., lol

    C'mon man, once you visualize it you know it's kinda hot eh ?

    And you say us Kens don't have both oars in the water...dude I think your missing some screws...and you lost your oars a long time ago...lol

    Yeah well, I'm a lot older than you and allowed to drop an oar in the water every so often. lol

    So who has had a good ear on those Dags ? Sure hope they sound as good as they look.

    Those dags rarely come up for sale but when one does and I'm ready, in reeling the fish in. But probably need to heal for a year or two first.
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  • Joey_V
    Joey_V Posts: 8,552
    WLDock wrote: »
    Joey_V wrote: »
    Quintessence audio.
    The Aida's were at a dealer. I have noticed that owners of gear like Aida's are very busy and it's tough to get face time with them.
    OMG, I hate those guys! In a good way :) They were the featured exhibitor and had four amazing kick **** systems at AXPONA last year. They were a bunch of nice guy and very approachable even though they had BIG rooms.1) SF Adia /Audio Research, (The Aida's had that full orchestra in the big room presentation, amazing!)
    2) Focal Stella / Aesthetix, (The Stella was doing some really deep and clean bass that you just don't hear everyday.
    3) Dynaudio Evidence Platinum/Simaudio
    4) Magico S3/Pass Labs.
    The only rooms I ran across that had no issue with letting one play their own material.... even in the $200K rooms! If I were wealthy those guys would have a ton of my money. ($200K system? Wow, maybe not that much?) They were not just equipment guys...they were music lovers also. Great staff there from what I can tell.

    Joey, you and yours must be doing something right and have a good relationship. Good for you that your SF dreams are going to come true.



    Thanks W!

    Man I still wish I was able to pull off the Houston Craigslist thing with the Mac monoblocks zzz but yeah... Wife is great and she allows this craziness to occur. She reminds me to be very careful with the purchase and make sure I'm not putting anything in jeopardy by buying a speaker of this level. Jeopardy as in financial status.
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  • WLDock
    WLDock Posts: 3,073
    edited April 2015
    Such amazing designs and craftsmanship:
    http://www.hifi-notes.com/sonusfaberstradivari1-en.htm

    Man do I love the look of the Amati Futura in graphite:
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    So sharp, contemporary, and luxurious that one would want to make sure the room decor and furniture are up to snuff. These just don't work in too casual or country decors.
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  • txcoastal1
    txcoastal1 Posts: 13,286
    edited April 2015
    WLDock wrote: »
    So sharp, contemporary, and luxurious that one would want to make sure the room decor and furniture are up to snuff. These just don't work in too casual or country decors.

    If i had the coin to throw down on a pair, they would go with anything...because I wouldn't give a #@%k what people thought :D

    They are beautiful and would deserve better

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  • erniejade
    erniejade Posts: 6,321
    I used to go to Quintessence when they were in Naperville in the late 70's / early 80's That is where I heard my first set of Vandy's
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  • Joey_V
    Joey_V Posts: 8,552
    edited April 2015
    erniejade wrote: »
    I used to go to Quintessence when they were in Naperville in the late 70's / early 80's That is where I heard my first set of Vandy's

    Yep Mick no longer carries vandys. He is still there though... Good guy. Easy to demo with.

    His main gear is sonus and magico, dagostinos, TA, ARC, Chord.
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  • erniejade
    erniejade Posts: 6,321
    WOW thats going on 30 years! Since I am in Bolingbrook, I have Holm close to me. They have Dali, Sony ( don't laugh they realllllllyyyyy sound good) and PSB. The newer line of PSB like the T2 and T3 Ienjoyed quite a bit.
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  • WLDock
    WLDock Posts: 3,073
    edited April 2015
    erniejade wrote: »
    WOW thats going on 30 years! Since I am in Bolingbrook, I have Holm close to me. They have Dali, Sony ( don't laugh they realllllllyyyyy sound good) and PSB. The newer line of PSB like the T2 and T3 Ienjoyed quite a bit.
    Man, I listened to their rooms at Axpona. Those Sony SS-AR1 mated with the Rogue Audio really did it for me. One of my favorites of the show and I did not even listen to that that long. I really want to listen to those again, and again, and again!

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  • brianle
    brianle Posts: 572
    there is one on agon :smiley:

    http://app.audiogon.com/listings/solid-state-dan-d-agostino-momentum-integrated-amp-2015-04-14-integrateds-95864-sacramento-ca
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  • Joey_V
    Joey_V Posts: 8,552
    D'oh!!
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  • [Deleted User]
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    Them Dags are nice.

    Joey, if you pull the trigger on the Strad's, I am gonna have to bribe you with some aged steak and lobster! Haha

    Halen
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  • Joey_V
    Joey_V Posts: 8,552
    I'm in healing mode halen!!
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  • xsmi
    xsmi Posts: 1,798


    [/quote]


    So who has had a good ear on those Dags ? Sure hope they sound as good as they look.[/quote]

    I have heard them on Alexias and Aidas. They were both superb. I've never considered Krell equipment to be warm. But the D'Agastinos had just a shade of that.
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