New sonus faber Cremona M version

TDA,
My Cremona Auditors will arrive in 2 weeks or so... so I'm pretty excited to hear them in my room. I will keep an eye out for the Cremona M (if it hits my dealers) and most definitely, the Cremona Auditor M... and reassess my position with SF at that time.

I dont think this will drop the resale value of the original Cremonas just yet as there wont be any new Ms on audiogon just yet.

Joey

Hi joey

i also dont think that the org cremona line will loss value in a major way becaus the will proberly sound signifently different.
Remember it was franco serblin that made the auditor .

By the way those enyone know if the new tweeter in the elipsa and the new cremona line are a Vifa unit as in the org cremona or a scanspeak revelator unit as in the strad ?

It looks like the scanspeak r29 rinradioator based apone on the spike in the middel but maybe its just the spike that is from scanspeak r29

thanks

tda
regarding Amati Homage and Amati Anniverario, Branimir covered the issue correctly. Anniversario has all the qualities of Homage, has not the problems of Homage (boomy bass) and goes further in Dynamic range (117db with red hot chilli peppers! and not pushed or sweat!), bigger soundstage, bigger holographic picture, way better high frequencies and a bit more organic midrange.
Now as for musiallity the new Anniversario reflects your choices in the chain before it. You can have it the way you want it, put some tubes and get musical sound, put a Krell FBI and enjoy rock and hard rock, put a Gryphon and enjoy large classical orchestras in your room. Mix tube and solid state and make it the way you want it!
Anniversario likes power too and good sources also.
Emm labs cdsa se and Esoteric p03/d03 showed Anniversarios capabilities to the maximum.
It's a true reference speaker in it's price category.
The only alternative I can think of is the new Gryphon Atlantis which is in the same "flavor".

As for Cremona if you liked the original get the original.

I think i will buy the new cremona M i a couple off weeks when the finanses is ready unless somone hears it in the mean time and say the are horrible and bright.

maybe the build on the cremonas strong points but just sound better plain and simple just as you describe with the old homage vs the anniversario.

It will take forver before i get a chance to demo the M versions on linn klimax amps
im also getting a pair off yter cables for free from my sf dealer if i buy the new m version.

Only thing that buggers me is that the Klimax amps sounds so damm beatiful with the old cremonas namely because off the romantic forgiven tweeter in the cremona.
If this kvality have changed in a big way with the new M version the system balance may be ruiend .

The topend/tweeter from the speakers is the most important aspect for me if it stiks out to much its xtremly annoying and completly ruins music listning because i keep hearing it instaed off the music.

This the org cremona have completly avoided.

Tda,

Keep a non-biased, non-hyped view when you hear your M's... I want to know exactly how you think it fares against the originals.

Thanks much friend,
Joey