Avalon Indra vs Sonus Faber Cremona M

I guess what t will come down to is which speaker is least fussy about room placement..

Db,

I look forward to your thoughts between the Indras and the Cremona M...

I was recently talking to a friend, a Sonus Faber addicted. He loves the new Cremona, but still thinks there is some magic to the old Extremas that was rarely replicated in more recent SF speakers, Cremonas included. Sorry for going off-topic, but I thought I'd share this...anyone agrees or disagrees?

I guess before they were more on the warm side of neutral. The newer models tend to be more honest, more neutral. Maybe for some this means loss of magic, to others it means SF can finally be used with all kinds of music.

I agree with Hulskof.

I initially auditioned the previous Cremona floorstanders and was blown over by their warmth and engaging personality. I had compared them to a Verity Audio Fidelio and there was no contest. I preferred them even to the higher models of JM labs. They were "not boring".

I ended up with the new Cremona M's and they were definitely moer neutral, less "rumbly"...Maybe even more precise.

I went from a Harmon Kardon solid state receiver to a Shindo all tube setup and they became very seductive...