Any info on new Sonus Faber Amati Anniversario?

Branimir - How difficult are the new Amati's to drive. Would a cj prem140 ( 140 watts tube power) be sufficient to drive thye speakers in a large room.
Are the speakers revealing or kind to not so good recordings.

thanks

Thanks Branimir. Doing the sums the Amati might be past the budget.
How does the cremona do full range in a large room?.

I am looking for speakers that can be driven well by tubes.

Branimir. Yes I am looking at selling my Mahlers - too hard to drive and don't really sound that great at lower volumes - they seem to need current and volume.

I just listened to the Wilson Sophias and SF Cremona at the local ho fi shop. Wilson, uninvolving, sterile and lifeless. Cremona a lot better more natural sounding - no comparison really, however the bass was not that great so were a little lite and airy sounding - no meat on the bones.

I was about to leave and stopped by the bigger demo room and they had a pair of Strativari's. They hooked them up, quickly and switched on the pass X350's from cold and I listened for the next 25 minutes.
They sounded AMAZING. This is the first time that a store setup has sounded superior in every to my home system. The best thing is that the Strats seem to have a tonal weight and convection in the upper bass/lower mids that gave all the music a organic feel. the rest of the bass however was nice and tight. I play a lot of rock, pop,alternative, so having a warmer balance with transparency and able to rock out is what I am looking for. The Strat seemed to do that in spades IMO. They also don't take up that much room as they are quite shallow.

I am seriously thinking about buying the demo model as they are going to offer me a good deal. Trouble is I have to convince the wife to spend all our savings!.

I know you liked the Amati, however they don't have that on demo so stuck what to buy. Amati unheard or pick up a reasonable good deal on the Strats that I literally fell in luv with.

If I do buy, is it better to stick with my prem350 or go to prem140??

Branimir.

Does the anniversario have the same upperbass/lower mid tonal weight that the strad has?. I would think not( but I could be wrong), as the large baffle would contribute to that - personally that is what I like about the strad sound. Similar to the Naim DBL's I listened to a long time ago in weight.

having that extra weight in the bass is also good for rock and pop. I would be afraid that I would loose a bit of bass weight re- anniverario v mahler - of course gain in most other area's.

Branimir. Price is always an issue and we always want to spend less money. Anniversario is considerably cheaper than Strad, but I cannot hear the Anniversario. I guess if I like the Strads I will like the Anni.

Looking at your system's it would seem that you like a nice fast, pinpoint system as Krell and ARC have that in spades. me with VTL and cj, I prefer things just a little more laid back and fuller.

Did you indicate that in the upper mids and treble, both Anni and Strad sound pretty much the same?. Is it the lower mids andf below where they deviate somewhat.

Which speaker is more forgiving to not so good recordings or is that a non issue?. As I have a lot of them and want to get the maximum enjoyment out of good and not so good recordings.

cheers

Anyway, I am going to have another listen to the strad today to see if it still has the same magic I heard yesterday.