Does the original Sonus Faber Amati Homage Rock?

Your Right mofojo , I would feel a little better even if I could bring it down a $1000. I am way more worried about how they will sound if there Magic then a weeks pay won't matter in the long run , so far my long journey for Audio Nirvana has been rough I have tried B&W 804 and 801 Matrix plus B&W 802 N and Daedalus Audio Ulysses v2 , so far only the Tyler  acoustics Linbrook Sig.one piece have pleased me long term and they are far from perfect, plus they are no longer made , so again thanks  

To report back on the Sonus Faber Amati Homage speakers I ended up paying about 10k after shipping I was surprised how well these speakers were taken care of when I got them I was unable to find any marks or scatches the woodworking was first rate   the rest of my system is a set of McIntosh MC 501 Mono's,  ModWright LS 36.5DM Tubed Linestage ,  Oppo/ModWright 205 spinner with Tube Mods,  Crystal clear Audio Silver cables, I also have two Velodyne DD 15 run in stereo I don't always use the subs but there nice for some music, to get back to the Amati's at first listen I didn't think that the Amati's were that much better than my Tylers with seas drivers but I gave them a long run in to my surprise the Amati's got better with time and small ajuments now I am getting a wide deep soundstage a buetifull airy highs and midrange to die for the Tylers had slightly more bass but the Amati's are more realistic , I admit I over paid for a speaker this old but the service I got from the store was worth the extra money my Tylers were sold for me and a check is on the way , all I wanted was a great sounding speakers and I am getting that with the Original Amati Homage speakers, I will most likely make one more move with a Pass Labs class A power Amp and a better front end, for all the Audiogon community who gave me advice Thank you very much! Happy listening 

Goofy, 

 

I am a relatively new Amati owner. I have been thankful for the thread you created a few years ago and just wanted to remark that. First off, if you luv the sound, as you know, you didn’t overpay. I have had the Cremona, a set of the (Liuto) bookshelves and the grand pianos with the granite stands for a secondary system. All beautiful. I am poking around as my treble tone after about 1/3 the way up my volume - I am getting a bit of “over treble” -almost sounds like distortion.  I wouldn’t describe it as lacking bass as much as too much treble. At lower levels Mofi Jazz, Blues and classic rock sound amazing. I am kicking the tires wondering if there is a crossover challenge- not sure how many owners there were before me. I drive these with my HUGE Mark Levinson (Red Rose) mono blocs & my Vac Reference two box Pre. 
 

I was fortunate to do a trade with a seller and received a terrific deal (provided the crossovers are fine). But wondering if I should go off in another direction as I do a great amount of listening to classic rock. 
 

I hope you have had a ton of fun listening to those fellas! Thanks for creating the thread. 
steve