Sonus Faber Olympica nova 2 VS Sonus Faber Cremona M Loudspeaker vs

@dynamiclinearity 

Thanks for the correction!  I didn't mean to give the front man undue credit, although his continued success with innovative designs is commendable.  Do you know who the designer(s) are behind these speaker lines?

I don't know his name. A friend of mine who knew Sandy well would but we lost him a year ago. I do recall he was Canadian I think and was a full partner in both Definitive Technology and Golden Ear. I don't know who the Polk designer was although I know it wasn't Mathew Polk. He was chosen as company 'head' because he looked the part especially in a lab coat.

By the way, no big deal. All 3 companies would never have been anywhere what they were without him. Sandy was brilliant in knowing the market and dealing with retailers and the public.

By the way my friend actually built the first Definitive Technology speakers from a Sandy Grossman idea before Sandy took on his partner who then did the designs. And my friend designed the technique for putting the cloth sock on the definitive speakers without tearing them on the MDF.

I have not heard the Cremona M but SF are known to have been a nit soft and great for jazz. Maybe not the best for rock. I would go with the Golden Ear or look for other brands. Unless you can listen to the SF first and compare to other brands. 

I have Canton and would guess that their Reference 3K would work great. Someone mentioned Focal and their Kanta 3 can probably rock (I have mostly heard them with typical hifi show music).

Fyne has a Vintage Classic XII that might work. Or their F703 which are great.

Just some ideas.