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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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tablejockey
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All speakers are great at the discontinued, blowout half price sale! A good deal not long ago was the ELAC AF61. They were a flop, and were half off just weeks ago. For a second, they were the talk on Agon.

I thought the Venere sound good, but not at full MSRP. Even if made in a companies home factory can be meaningless today. How many companies get their components shipped from China, only to get assembled at the factory, so they can put "Made in (insert country)"
Seems like only top of the food chain pieces are authentic these days.

I have no concern of MIC. I have a great sound MIC amp. I believe my phono amp as well.
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