Anyone hear SF Venere's? Thougts?

Hello Mezzanine,

Thank you. The Hales were good speakers but the SF 2.5 bettered them in the mids and highs. You're absolutely right, the Hales had a 10" Peerless bass driver and a 4.5" custom Vifa midrange. The tweeters were off the shelf Vifas.

The Hales mids were good but the presence was missing (could have been a bad match with the amp). The SF 2.5s are a little forward (but definitely not in-my-face) when compared to Hales but I'm liking that forwardness. I did have to supplement 2.5s with a Velodyne sub to get the lower notes. I used Organ music to set-up the sub's X-over and volume. It blends in nicely with the main speakers.

Also I just replaced my phono stage, a Monolithic Sound PS-1 with the HC-1B power supply with EAR 834p. The improvement is amazing.

Good Luck with your amp hunting for the Cremonas.

I auditioned the 2.5s then bought the 3.0s sound-unheard since they only had the 3.0s in the remote warehouse. I'm tickled -pink with them only on day 2. these speakers LOVE CJ 60W/ch KT120 power tubes. I find them very involving/toe-tapping even at low volume- terrific sound per $ .

Seven years after the last post in this thread...........Today is March 6 2020 and the Venere line is discontinued. They came out in late 2012 and 8 years later...this speakers ( I have the white 2.5 ) still sound magnificent . Now they are available for average $1,500 

I can get one at $1,400 mint, do you think it is a good buy?

I heard them several times at dealers when they came out and enjoyed them a lot. A very musical and warm speaker with nice detail too.
Don't tempt me. I need no more speaker. But, at $1400 for a nice used pair, folks should smile and buy, if they like them.