After years devoted to planar speakers and years of listening to live music I realized I needed to change speakers… I was struck by the sound of Sonus Faber. So, as an experiment I bought some used Cremona M… this was twelve years ago. I have been hooked ever since. Within a week I ordered some Olympica 3, then ten years later upgraded to Amati Traditional.
While the Cremona were really warm… they did lack some detail. This all changed with the Olympica and forward. While the fully bloomed midrange and articulated bass was still there in later models, the treble was tuned up… not just greater presence but natural and realistic so cymbals and bells sounded completely brass instead of undifferentiated treble.
Matching Sonus Faber with outstanding tube equipment produces the natural / musical sound I have always wanted.