Sonus Faber Cremona I need input on this

Never heard them, but they are one of the most beautiful pair of speakers these eyes have come upon. Gorgeous piece of workmanship. They weren't hooked up so I have no clue about the sound. I would think long and hard about spending $10k on any speaker that you haven't auditioned. You have oodles of possibilites, at that price, of killer sounding speakers. If looks help you with the sound, you're way ahead with the Cremona.

I extensively auditioned the Cremona and found it to be warm, smooth and pretty dynamic. They have a very spacious sound when positioned well out into the room. Bass response is impressively deep, but not as tuneful as I would have liked. My major problem with this speaker is that it does not produce piano in a believeable way--I don't know if there is a crossover issue or what but it really did not produce this instrument with a very high level of realism. Pretty to look at and relatively good sounding I ultimately decided the Cremona was not worth the money. At 8+K there are more musical choices like the Proac D38. Hope this helps.

I really suggest you go hear the speaker. DO not buy without hearing it. It is a nice speaker. I really enjoyed listing to it.

I owned these speakers for about a year and a half and enjoyed them tremendously. They are not the most neutral and are certainly not the most transparent in sound however they are quite musical and enjoyable. The wife liked them as well because of their looks. They were easy to sell on the used market so if you do buy them and them move on to something later, it should not be difficult to find a buyer. Good luck!

I listened to them at a dealer near me for about an hour and liked them very much. They seemed to do all things well good bass and high end extension with very nice midrange. I listened to some chamber music (strings and piano) and some large scale symphonic music such as Mozart and Beethoven. Placement is important with SF as it is with most speakers. I felt they would have been better had we played with placement a bit more. They are, however, on the polite side meaning they are a bit laid back in their presentation. That same day I also listened to Wilson Watt Puupy 7's and prefered the SF's over the Watt Puppies. I must qualify that statement by saying if I were going to spend this kind of money on speakers I would need to do a home audition and both dealers kindly offered that option. For reference I own Thiel 3.6's and conrad johnson electronics. Hope I could help.

Chuck