SF Cremona - at a glance...

polkatese · September 2005

Equipment:

Philips SACD-1000 APL HI-FI modded with Tube output stage
B&K Reference 50 S2 - Direct mode - EQ: Flat, Volume level: -29 (plenty loud)
B&K AV125.7 - 185 W @ 4 ohms
Signal Cable classic
Signal Cable Analog 2

Material:

Acoustic Alchemy - Radio Contact
#6: Little Laughter
#12: Ya Tebya Lubliu

Instead of trying to inundated my review of its performance with superlative statements, I would, instead focus on its musical presentation. The one attribute that I am very impressed of: a very balanced presentation of detailed acoustic of vocal artistry and instruments that touches my soul. I stop paying attention to tonal characteristics (i.e. speaker), but more to the emotional quality and energy conveyed by the musicians. I picked these two songs because of the nuances of the lyrical, ballads, and superb female vocalist on Litte Laughter (Jo Harrop). The feeling of "being there", along with the *unintended* mute coverage of MSNBC on Katrina disaster, overwhelmed my soul. I have to say, this is the first speaker that I ever owned, that I can say, there is nothing I need to add or substract from its sound. It's just there! presentation of music as it's intended to be, it's taking me to an emotional journey that I wasn't even in that state of mind, amazing subtle influence when I think about it.

The sound journey continues, but it had made me stop and compelled me to share it with you, on a Friday afternoon..

Joey_V · September 2005

Glad you like the Cremonas. I had my fling with the Sonus Faber Concerto and Concertino Home speakers and they had their greatness in certain areas. I'm sure the Cremona builds upon that and is an awesome speaker to witness sonic reproduction from.

More pics (aside from your first pics) are very welcome!