Sonus Faber Guarneri vs Guarneri Memento

Dave,

lets look at it a little logically...shall we :-) After designing the Guarneri Homage, Franco went on to design the Cremona lineup, the old Amati Homage, the new Amati Anniversario, the new Strad. and finally the new Guarneri Memento.

Are you saying that Franco did not learn anything new in the time period that he was designing all these great speakers ? I don't think you will get too many people claiming that the older Amatis are better than the newer Anniversarios.

Why then would you think that the Mementos would be inferior to the Homages ?

You can find a review of the new Guarneri Memenoto where Ken Kessler from hifinews compared them to the old ones. He claims that there is no doubt that new ones are considerably better.

Pinkus
Franco semi-retired from Sonus to join Yter cables with his son-in law sometime before/during the developement of the newest speakers. This may lend credence to a preference for Franco's designs as opposed to the newer models....... can anyone update?
http://www.sumikoaudio.net/yter/index.htm

Jamnesta, the Memento was designed by Franco. All SF designs beyond the Memento -- ellipsa, new Cremonas -- are designed by the new team.

Could it be the quality of the Homage drivers vs the Memento's??