Sonus Faber, ****.

RuSsMaN
RuSsMaN Posts: 17,986
edited November 2005 in Speakers
That's 'Hand Made Sound' in Italian for those that don't know.

MMMMM Good. Nothing like a reference monitor, BOLTED to the matching factory stands (wood finish, copper rivets and all). Model Concerto, 7" woof, 1" sweet clean silky dome.

The bad news - sold the Spendor 1/2's

The good news - sold the Spendor 1/2's to Paul (pjdami)

Be you. Be me. Be you wanting to be me.

Cheers,
Russ
Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,735
    edited August 2005
    Dibs
    Political Correctness'.........defined

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  • trubluluc
    trubluluc Posts: 2,067
    edited August 2005
    .....whoa....nice looking speaks Rooster!
    Looks like the drivers and tweeters are surrounded in black leather, ;)
    Those Italians got style man.

    -Luc
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  • Joey_V
    Joey_V Posts: 8,584
    edited August 2005
    HAHA!!

    Those look an awful lot like the ones I have!

    47b5d629b3127cce9318e978657400000016108AatnDJo5ZNm

    :D
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  • LiquidSound
    LiquidSound Posts: 1,261
    edited August 2005
    From what I was taught, it's not leather, but so closely resembling leather..customs considers it leather. Take it with a grain as I did. Those are awesome speakers. I've listened to them a bunch..paired up with B&W 2 channel seperates. They have clarity, depth, and sounstage that is to die for. Heavy suckers too. Hand tuned and no joke.
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  • TroyD
    TroyD Posts: 13,085
    edited August 2005
    If I weren't at work, my pants would be OFF

    BDT
    I plan for the future. - F1Nut
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  • polkatese
    polkatese Posts: 6,767
    edited August 2005
    Very nice find, Russ! congrats!
    I am sorry, I have no opinion on the matter. I am sure you do. So, don't mind me, I just want to talk audio and pie.
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  • Schris22
    Schris22 Posts: 983
    edited August 2005
    just saw those at tweeter...demo models for 600 i believe...didn't sound too bad but didn't get them for cosmetic reasons and they've been there for 4-5 years is twhat the employee said...

    Cool though

    Chris
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,986
    edited August 2005
    They were closing out the smaller version, Cocertino I believe for $600-$700, if you saw THESE for that price, you should have jumped. Easy flip, easy money in your pocket. The stands alone go for $450. (I paid $58)

    It's like leather, yeah LS, I hear what you are saying.

    Jesse, roger that. It'll be at least 90 days or so before I come to any conclusions.

    Cheers,
    Russ
    Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,735
    edited August 2005
    I'll be here. :eek:
    Political Correctness'.........defined

    "A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."

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  • izafar
    izafar Posts: 819
    edited August 2005
    Congrats. They are one hell of sweet sounding speakers.
    -izafar

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  • W WALDECKER
    W WALDECKER Posts: 900
    edited August 2005
    top shelf!
    Rogue Audio stereo 100 tube amplifier - Lector Zoe preamplifier with 6H30 pi's
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  • gregure
    gregure Posts: 871
    edited August 2005
    Congrats on the Concertos. Those are some of my favorite speakers for two-channel. We have a couple set up at my work and I'll go in and listen from time to time. They truly are superb speakers.
    If you would really like them to sound their best, I would recommend a unit from Primare. The I30 integrated amplifier would be a top choice to run those. You can look up the info here.
    We are using the previous model called A30.1, which is basically the same. You may be able to find a floor model of one of those too. They go for around $1500 on clearance. These units do not have subwoofer outs, so you would probably have to use a sub w/ Speak-On like a REL if you wanted to add a sub.
    Current System:

    Mitsubishi 30" LCD LT-3020 (for sale**)
    Vienna Acoustics Beethoven Concert Grand (Rosewood)-Mains (with Audioquest Mont Blanc cables)
    CSi5-Center (for sale**)
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    Martin Logan Depth-Sub
    B&K AVR 507
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  • Joey_V
    Joey_V Posts: 8,584
    edited August 2005
    Mine arrives tomorrow... mine arrives tomorrow..... yayayayay!!!

    Looking forward to seeing a pair of speakers on my doorstep. Lets hope DHL doesnt run it over with a truck.
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  • MacLeod
    MacLeod Posts: 14,358
    edited August 2005
    TroyD wrote:
    If I weren't at work, my pants would be OFF

    BDT


    WAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHA!

    Are those really hand made? I didnt think anything but Focal were handmade anymore.
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,986
    edited August 2005
    http://www.sumikoaudio.net/sonus/prod_concerto.htm

    Spec sheet for those interested.

    That's what the name means, and it's true.

    Cheers,
    Russ
    Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
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  • AsSiMiLaTeD
    AsSiMiLaTeD Posts: 11,728
    edited August 2005
    MacLeod wrote:
    WAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHA!

    Are those really hand made? I didnt think anything but Focal were handmade anymore.
    Man, you gotta get out of the CA world more often :D
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  • Joey_V
    Joey_V Posts: 8,584
    edited August 2005
    Russ,

    You and I are like SF buddies!

    Are the stands a necessity?

    I dont have stands with mine - atleast not the bolt down stands.. am I losing some sonic advantage by not using the SF stands?
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,986
    edited August 2005
    I don't think you are loosing anything. The match up nice (obviously), and are heavy, and well built. Personally, I think I would like them a little bit lower (shorter).

    I hope to get some stuff moved around here tonight, and get them semi-setup.
    Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
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  • TroyD
    TroyD Posts: 13,085
    edited August 2005
    What gear are you planning to use with them??

    BDT
    I plan for the future. - F1Nut
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  • Dennis Gardner
    Dennis Gardner Posts: 4,861
    edited August 2005
    Great looking speaker with the matching stands.

    My only negative observation:

    I personally don't understand why high end speaker companies put protective tweeter grids on their soft domes tweets. It seems that anyone buying them would be well heeled enough to not require them. They aren't part of the acoustical qualities are they?
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  • MacLeod
    MacLeod Posts: 14,358
    edited August 2005
    Polkmaniac wrote:
    Man, you gotta get out of the CA world more often :D


    Im working on it bro!

    My first love is still car audio but Ive been infected with the HA disease so Ill be spending plenty on that in the near future. ;)
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,986
    edited August 2005
    It's actually referred to as a 'phase shield'. I don't know enough about speaker design, but I believe it has to do with the curvature of the dome, and the timing differences of sound due to the depth of the half-sphere.

    As far as electronics, I've got Dodd building me a custom preamp, and that's it so far. I'll probably bag one of the high end Marantz CDP's, and I've got my eye on a pair of highly-modded Eico HF50 tube monoblocks.

    Cheers,
    Russ
    Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
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  • Joey_V
    Joey_V Posts: 8,584
    edited August 2005
    Tube monoblocks.. yummm..

    For me, I'm looking to go from my Headamp GS-1 as my discreet Class A based Preamp to my Rotel RB1070 then to the Concertos.

    I had the Concertinos in my room, but I definitely missed some lower end action.
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  • Systems
    Systems Posts: 14,873
    edited August 2005
    I think sonus faber sounds like ****. :o Sorry I just do.

    They have nice finishes though.
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,735
    edited August 2005
    Zach, the room and upstream components will and do make a huge difference with speakers like these. I've heard them sound great and I've heard them sound like crapola.
    Political Correctness'.........defined

    "A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."

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  • BrentMcGhee
    BrentMcGhee Posts: 548
    edited August 2005
    Man i got to bre honest i did nto even read most of the forum bnut ui saqw thoses speakrsd and i got to say those look pretty secu..... man i shou ld prgb not go to this site when i am drunk.. sorry guysd for probably makjhg menasingluis posts/. oi am probabluy not eben typinhg anyt jhign t hatis e legible....... sporry guys...
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  • Systems
    Systems Posts: 14,873
    edited August 2005
    F1nut wrote:
    Zach, the room and upstream components will and do make a huge difference with speakers like these. I've heard them sound great and I've heard them sound like crapola.

    Good point.
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  • Joey_V
    Joey_V Posts: 8,584
    edited August 2005
    Mine arrived today.... PIMPIN!!!!

    AWESOME with the Rotel!

    *Happy Dance*
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  • George Grand
    George Grand Posts: 12,258
    edited August 2005
    Well that's it! You and Russ are just like.........SF BUDDIES! You lucky guys. Being so buddy-buddy and everything. That's nice. There's not enough of that in this world today.

    George Grand (of the Jersey Grands)
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  • W WALDECKER
    W WALDECKER Posts: 900
    edited August 2005
    male audio bonding!
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