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Sonus Faber sonetto II vs Harbeth 7ES-3

Hello Guys,
I'm in a search for a new set of speakers and currently I'm stacked between either Sonus Faber sonetto II or Harbeth 7ES-3. The SFs are brand new and they sell for 1700 eur pair (stands not included) while the Harbeth's are used and sell for 1500 eur. The history of the Harbeths is not known, but they are in a good condition (visually).
My amplifier is Pathos Classic One MKIII. 

What would be your choice, does anyone have experience with any of the mentioned models?

Thanks
celestial__sound
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jjss49
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harbeth over sonus faber any day of the week

unless you are a classical only music lover, even then harbeths are at least equal to sf's
fjn04
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How much power does your Pathos have? An amp/speaker combo can either work, or it can really sing. I prefer the latter. 
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op is buying on looks, as much as sound ... oh well
celestial__sound OP
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@fjn04 the pathos is rated at 70wpc at 8ohm and 135wpc at 4ohm, i think that should be sufficient for either of the speakers
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@fjn04 also, which pair of speakers do you think would be the harder load for the amplifier? The harberths are 86db with 6ohm nominal impedence while the SFs are 4ohm nominal with 87db sensitivity
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