Sonus Faber vrs Magnepan

Hello,

Thanks for all the responces thus far.
I should also note that I am not just considering the SFs. I am will consider everything. The other speaker that I am considering is a pair of Focus Audio Signatre FS-68se. My speaker will probably end up being of the above two, but I will consider everything.

So if anyone has heard both the Focus Audio Signatures and the SF Signum I would be very interested in hearing your thoughts.

I will probably post another thread for people to suggest more options.

Cheers,
Nick

I had a pair of Magnepan 1.6 QRs on home demo. There were many things I liked about them, but they just would not work in my room. I ended up with a pair of Talon Audio Hawks, which sound very similar to the Magnepans (IMHO). I even had them in the store which sold the Maggies, so got to hear them side by side in the environment in which the Mgs sounded their best, and they still sounded quite similar. You can probably pick up a used pair for a reasonable cost. Look for a pair with the Bybee filter upgrade. At one point, I had a pair of Bybee and a pair of Non-Bybee Hawks in my house, and did a blind test. I preferred the Bybee'd version.

I think maggies are a kind of contlempative music, donot have slam, and arenot good to music like ochestral. sonus faber guarniere are fenomenal to hera cello , violin and guitar they are the best.

Maggie's are not good to music like orchestral ??? you obviously have not heard magnepans properly powered by the right amplification. Sonus fabers are very well made and nice but compared to large properly driven planars, it's like listening to Mahler from the nose bleed seats with opera glasses and an oil funnel in each ear My 20.1's with 1800 watts of bryston driving them have enough slam to curl the fancy veneer off those monkey coffins. You just owe it to yourself to hear them properly set up and powered(for those who have not.)

Depends on what kind of Sonus Fabers you have in mind. The Grand Pianos are probably the starting block in their high end stuff. They are highly efficient, beautiful sturdy speakers with spot on dynamics. Clear crisp highs and tight bass. When paired up with the right source and amplification they are unbelievable. Planars usually have a more mellow sound with better staging. They require much more space and are demanding in their power requirements.
I vote for SFs any day.