Sonus Faber Concerto & Concertino


I know these are no longer in production and that there are two versions, the most recent being the Home. Can anyone who does or has owned them give me general impressions? How about specific differences btw the two versions? How easy are they to drive? If you sold them, what did you get that you like better?

Also, it'd be interesting to explain what kind of presentation you seek - "musical" or "accurate"? And, anybody buy Sonus Faber based pretty much on looks? I'm almost willing to at this point, along with Opera.
tomryan
I think the reference was to the concertinos and concertos being on sale here. I think a big reason for that is they hold their resale value very well ie... you can make a buck if you find a dealer or a friend selling them below retail or used below dealer cost. I have to agree with Kops I think when it comes to SF there does seem to be some generalizations or stereotypes. SF seems like one of those brands people for some reason seem to want to find a fault in. I think it is because of the luxurious cabinet.
Kops, I'm not sure of what you are saying. The combination of Cardas (which line of Cardas was it?) and Cremonas was bad sounding? Or was it good? By the way, how easy are the Cremonas to drive?

I have to agree there may be some prejudice against SF, kind of like a good looking woman people automatically think is shallow or not too bright.
Tomryan
the cardas was not good with Cremonas. They where: Golden Reference cd to pre, neutral ref. pre-to amp and neutral ref. speaker cables. All others combination with Siltech,Virtual Dynamics,NBS,Nirvana, where a lot lot better, with Nordost so and so. It ends up with Siltech IC's and NBS speaker cables. Fabulous was with all Virtual Dynamics Master Series, but couldn't afford it. Next step is to test (someday) the Siltech 110 G5 Speaker cables.....but there's no rush.
Damn, I've got Golden Reference interconnects and TG Audio speaker wires. The Gold Ref have always sounded the most neutral of any cables I've owned. There is a Sonus Faber dealer nearby and he has Cremona Auditors in stcok. I'll go check them out.
Tomryan I speak only for Cremona floorstander and the biggest mismatch was the cardas speaker cables the golden ref. IC was just inferior to the others