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Large speaker recommendation

I've lived with the Sonus faber Elipsa speakers for 10+ years. Now thinking about upgrading to something with a bigger sound. Elipsa sounds great with classical music but not so great with pop/percussion type of music in my system/room. I do listen to classical music most of the time though, but hope to get a pair of speakers that are good in both worlds. Have also owned Tekton DI and Audio Solutions Figaro XL (really big, too big) but looking for something better, under $30k used or new, aesthetically pleasing. My system consists of: Mark Levinson No. 33H monos, Mark Levinson No. 523 preamp, Aesthetix Io signature phonostage, Basis Ovasion turntable, Vyger Atlantis turntable, digital components include Okto Dac8 Stereo, Oppo UDP-205, AMR DP-777 dac, Schiit Yggdrasil, and Bryston BDA 3.14. Room dimensions: 20x15x9 ft. Thanks! Ron

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ghdprentice
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OP,

 

You are definitely doing the right thing. Sampling the character of speakers. I am always amazed at Wilson… they are tremendous speakers… yet, not for me. 

ghdprentice
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I guess I would say that more contemporary Sonus Faber are much more versatile without loosing their natural sound. My Sonus Faber Amati Traditional are in a room similar… but technically much bigger… and getting larger specs,ers has been strongly discouraged by my friend / dealer (with 30 years of installing high end systems). I am really happy with their performance… best system I have hear (to my tastes). 
 

Also noticed that while you have a good analog end… not at all on the digital end. I personally would look into upgrading your digital end. You might find it capable of reproducing the same sound quality as your analog end.

ghdprentice
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Wives have fondness for Sonus Faber because of their natural sound… think not shrill. They have better hearing and are quickly offended by distortion and unnatural sound… as always we (men) are pretty clueless in the world they inhabit.

It has taken decades for me to move away from overly detailed and harsh systems… finally that we are in our 70’s we are on the same page… and my system has never sounded better.

Oh yes… it is great to have fantastic looking speakers for a change… my Sonus Faber Amati Traditional in violin red are simply stunning. What a deal!

ghdprentice
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@steve59

 

I would not expect that just because you owned and liked a speaker for a long time you would perceive differences as flaws. That has never been my experience. I have heard a lot of speakers in between purchases… some sounded incredible (but not ones I wanted) some sounded incredible and sounded more like what I wanted. So, I changed brands.

 

For me, I appreciated lots of different speaker systems, bought a few. However, for me, Sonus Faber has a realism and musicality that is far superior to others. So for me that is true… but not because my last three sets were SF, but because they perfectly fit my desired sound characteristics.

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