WHAT HAPPENED TO SONUS FABER?

Yep when the Master Franco passed and the company sold
to a Vulture Capitalist Org it was only time before it was race to the bottom.
The current crop lost the plot--sad.

T212

Joey you are right.  It’s veneer. I hate to say this but when I looked at the Olympica and I was sad to see how they made it. I walked up and touched it and was puzzled. The cabinetry of a Sonus faber was special. Also the warm rich sound was the signature. It’s seems little by little they have started to go farther away from that. I heard the Lillium and I wasn’t impressed like I used to be by the sound of a Sonus faber. The sound would seduce you and you could listen for hours. It was also the most beautiful wood work I had seen in my life.  Not anymore. Watching what they have done makes me sad.

I am fortunate enough to have a pair of The Amati Tradition. This model is assembled in Italy.  The fit and finish are prefect and the sound is absolutely amazing.

My 5.2 system is SF and Rel.  Bought all the SF the same year to get identical drivers in each cabinet.  Integrates well.  It was hearing a SF concertino mini monitor that brought me back to this hobby.

Sonus Faber is not the same company anymore.  I have 3 pairs of speakers from the "Golden Age" of the company that still sound fantastic: 
Stradivari
Elipsa 
Guarneri Memento's