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Sonus Faber Grand Piano Home for Mixed Genre?

A nice and original-owner pair of Grand Piano Home speakers has surfaced locally and what I could read online about them has peaked my interest. I probably listen to 60% classic rock and my JBL L5 are excellent for this. The remainder is pop, jazz, R & B,  acoustic guitar, and classical. However, over time I seem to be listening to these other genres more and could see classic rock slipping to less than 50% of my listening.

My current system is Van Alstine SET 400 amp @ 225/450 wpc,T-10 tube pre-amp, and JBL L5 floor speakers.

Would the Grand Piano Home have sufficient bass for classic rock and still have the clarity and detail for classical, acoustic, and jazz?  And would they be a good match with my amp/pre-amp ?

Thoughts, comments are appreciated. Are we allowed to discuss price in this forum?

foamcutter
soix
9,962 posts
 

Congrats and enjoy!

ghdprentice
7,492 posts
 

Congratulations.

That is how I got hooked on Sonus Faber. I found a used pair of Cremona M and purchase them as an experiment. They would be ~early 2000s. I loved them and knew that the newer were still very musical but more detailed. Within a couple weeks I ordered a pair of the, then, brand new (first shipment, still on a ship) Olymipica 3. A few years later when perfecting my system after I retired I upgraded to Amati Traditional. They are works of art as well as stunning sounding. Over ten years of going to acoustic concerts have allowed me to appreciate the sound of Sonus Faber speakers... and electronics by Audio Research, Conrad Johnson and VAC.

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jond
5,951 posts
 

Nice enjoy your new speakers foamcutter!

996turbo911
20 posts
 

Congrats on the new purchase, those are really nice. Probably a big change from your prior speakers. I bet you get used to them and enjoy them more in the end. 

I do agree with the others who said SF changed their sound somewhat about a decade ago. I tend to like the older tuning which was more romantic and easy to enjoy. Newer ones are great in a different way but not as much to my taste.

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