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Your Thoughts on the Best Bookshelf Speaker

I am searching for the Sonus Faber Signums which I sold 8 years ago and have regretted.

I listen to jazz, classical, folk, world and rock music. Ok basically everything except RAP.

I have a wanted ad for Sonus Faber Signums on Audiogon, but do you have a suggestion for a favorite bookshelf speaker which would blow me away if I am unable to acquire the Signums?
jcbach
reubent
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Not sure of your budget, but I think the Ridge Street Audio Sasson is an outstanding stand mounted speaker. I hesitate to call it a bookshelf speaker because it required dedicated stands, is fairly large and I think they weigh around 200 lbs each . However, if you are looking for an exceptional stand mount 2 way speaker, the Sassons are really good.

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roxy54
8,206 posts
 
Another small beautiful Italian speaker that sounds phenomenal is the Diapason Adamantes.
knownothing
1,709 posts
 
Kind of "Sophia's" frumpy English sister "Emma", but the newer Harbeth Compact 7ES-3 sounds awfully nice. The Harbeth P3ESR also sounds great in a smaller package. I find these have a similar balance and presence to what I remember about the older SF's. Super musical.

By the way, have you seen that SF has re-released their Minima stand mount speaker from around that era?
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