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Sonus Faber Cremonas or JM lab Diva

I am thinking of buying either the Sonus Faber Cremona Floor Standers, or the JM Labs Divas for my home theater and initially to be used for my two channel. I have actually never heard either, but I like the lower end models by both except the JM Labs 907be which I was not crazy about. I will admit I got the green light to do this from my wife because of the way they look, so I think that choosing between the two is something I can live with, even though I know there are more choices out there. I love the Grand Pianos which I own, nd like the concertos which I have owned in the past. The Novas and the Altos are something special but I have never heard the Divas. I of course plan to audition both, but I would like to hear some opinions of other people. I will use the following equipment

First Sound Pre amp (Deluxe)

Cary v12r (intially not the monos, but I will move to them soon)

Balanced Audio Tech Super Tube CD or Sim Audio eclipse not decided. I would like to go with the Balanced but I am scared it would sound muddy.

I have also considered the Audes Orpheus.

I have even had someone suggest using two JM Labs LR's

Any thoughts?

Ted
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Ted,
You may want to consider using 2 v12's... refer to Cary's web sight on verticle bi-amping. You can run one channel in ultralinear set at 4 ohms for the woofers, and the mid/tweeters set for triode at 8 ohms! One amp for each channel, hence "verticle bi-amping". If this sounds as interesting to you as it does to me it would require a speaker with bi-amp/bi-wire capabilities with 2 sets of speaker terminals. In the article Dennis Had claims this outperforms the mono's. Just a thought!
John
Disclaimer: I have no experience with tubes or Cary amps...just came across the article and thought it sounded like a great idea! Anyone else?
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