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Anyone hear SF Venere's? Thougts?

Hello All,

I'm planning to upgrade my current speakers (Hales Revelation 3) with Sonus Faber Venere 2.5. I did listen to them and kind of liked their price/performance ratio. I heard them through Prima Luna Dialog tube amp and Nottingham spacedeck TT. Currently I power the Hales with DK Designs VS.1 Reference MK II. The set-up sounds good but I feel it's missing the mid-lower base (about 60-200Hz). Running hales through tube amp is a tough proposition because of how inefficient the Hales are.

My question is, would it be an upgrade/downgrade/lateral move with SF Venere?

Any thoughts are much appreciated.

Best Regards/Stay Well
livin_262002

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soix
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I can get one at $1,400 mint, do you think it is a good buy?
No.  I had them on extended demo and while they have their strengths there are better options IMHO.  For the same price you can get new LSA-10 Signature monitors (here on A’gon) and try them at home for 30 days.  Build quality’s much better and they actually go lower in bass than the 2.5s, and my guess is they’ll sound better too (read the stellar reviews).  The Venere’s cabinet structure is lightweight and not solidly built, and there is an upper bass hump that is nonlinear and tough if not impossible to flatten out probably due in large part to the subpar cabinet (see Stereophile measurements).  And when pushed with music that has any deep bass the woofers hit their stops pretty readily, which again shows where SF chose to shave costs.  There’s no doubt in my mind the LSA-10s are a superior speaker for your $.  FWIW, and best of luck. 

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