Totem Forest vs. Sonus Faber Home or Domus Lines

this one is tuff. they are 'all' well made and well designed (even your snells)and all all good allrounders. the forests get the nod. along with the castle harlech, they are my favorite 'current production' floorstander. a real hi-end speaker and a good buy to boot.

If your ceiling isn't too high, I would look into some used Cremona Auditors (around 3k). Try to audition these - they are awesome in the right room. I would also consider a used pair of PMC OB1s (under 3K). Quite different sounds, but both excellent speakers.

Thanks Jaybo and Newmanoc.

Newmanoc, I have not heard the Cremona Auditor's but I know they have a great reputation. I was a little concerned about the price, though. The Domus Concerto's are $3,450, and I thought that the Cremona Auditor's were way above that due to the cabinetry, etc. Do you own Auditor's? Where did you get that price?

Thanks

Auditors are $3995.00 and their dedicated stands (which Sonus Faber claims are essential) are $800.00. The Auditors are quite revealing and open with lots of detail, maybe a bit too much for my tastes. They sounded (with Linn electronics which may have been part of the problem) a little lean and overly revealing, a bit mechanical. The Concertino Domus sounded superb with the same Linn stuff and I actually liked it better than the Auditors at the store. I've been meaning to borrow the Concertinos for a home audition but the store makes that a bit difficult. Have to take them late Saturday afternoon and have them back 11am Monday.