Sonus Faber Guarneri vs Guarneri Memento

Could it be the quality of the Homage drivers vs the Memento's??

Pinkus,I think Flg2001 hit the nail on the head..
As I have posted before, the drivers in the GH's are IMHO
far superior to the drivers in the M. The Esotar is probably one of the top two or three tweeters in the world and the Audiotechnologie mid/woof was custom built for the GH. The current unit I believe is sourced from Dynaudio ( Yes I know Skanning started both Co's) BUT and this is a real BUT the unit in the M's is not anything special.
Also, look at the ability of the GH's to bi-wire( Which is again IMHO a MAJOR plus) the M's do NOT even offer this facility.
The cost of the drivers and the x-over with bi-wire cabability is far more expensive in the GH than the M's. Frankly, I think and I have said this before; SF wanted to freshen the line and cut costs a little. This isn't the first time a company has done this and won't be the last, but if you AB the two speakers ( which I have done and which i doubt Pinkus has done) then the superiority of the GH is obvious. One last thing, just because something is new and revised doesn't always mean it's has to be better.
In audio this circumstance seems to apply frequently, however, the reviewers and the manufacturers don't necessarily want the public to know that.

Daveyf - I understand that the mid-woofer vendor for the Guarneris is Scanspeak (custom made) - but Ican be wrong again...

Flg 2001, The mid-woofer is as a custom made Audiotechnologie unit in the GH and a Dynaudio sourced unit in the GM.

Misinformation galore. Read Fremer's review. The new Memento's have custom drivers sourced from Audio Technology and Scanspeak.

Top of the line Amati and Strad. share these same drivers for the midrange and tweeter. Are you saying those speakers are compromised cost cutting measures ?

Have you ever heard of Ferrari putting their stamp on a car that is inferior than the one they created 10 years ago ? SF being a luxry speaker builder has a reputaion to uphold (not to mention Franco).

Sorry Dave, it fails the smell test. You are suggesting that somehow Fremer, Ken Kessler and the other reviewers are pulling a fast one on us. Ken Kessler has lived with his Guarneri Homages for around 10 years, and if he says the new speakers are better, are you saying he is lying out of his behind ?