Franco was able to bring a lot of coherence into his designs, more so IMO than Paolo. Franco also had a great ear for what the sound of a natural 'unamplified' instrument sounded like. This was one of Franco's greatest strengths, and which I think very few designers can compete with him on. Franco also was more into the 'traditional' look of his speaker designs, wherein I think Paolo is more of a contemporary designer.
Paolo Tezzon has left Sonus Faber
The man behind Sonus Faber, responsible for the "new" Sonus Faber sound which I believe brings them huge success has left the company few months ago. He worked alongside Franco Serblin and successfully continued the Sonus Faber DNA.
However, I don't think this was a smart step and I believe Fine Sounds UK goes the wrong direction. I really like the company and I do own Olympica II speakers which are great but I don't see any bright future here. Who knows, time will tell ...
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@craig I think your description of the Franco designed SF's is not accurate at all. Sure, they can be made to sound as you describe, but they typically are more musical and, IME, preferred by a lot of folks to the later designs. A 'warm syrupy' sounding tube amp (not sure what that model that is??) would be far from what most people think of the old Homage line, if they are set up correctly and demo'ed with the appropriate gear. |