subs for Sonus Faber Cremona M floor standing

12-18-11: Erictye
Pshaw!! I have heard Krell and Bryston with the Sonus and although very nice in a solid state kind of way... but I believe tubes rule. Out of curiosity, what system would you recommend?

Honestly my ultimate dream system could easily be what you have, or an expansion on it, such as a more powerful Mac tube amp powering the Stradivari Homages. Also, your preamp/amp/speaker combo is capable of such high resolution musicality that I hope you have a nice turntable rig to hear its full capabilities. In that case I'd be happy with a DPS/Ayre turntable and tonearm, or something from Clearaudio in the same general price range.

Other gear I like is Wilson powered by Audio Research or VTL (they also like tubes a lot). I haven't heard the TADs yet, but based on the desriptions I think I'd like those too.

I also like Magnepans when properly set up, and they really take off when accompanied by a pair of JL subs.

Ahh yes, I could build a system in every room of my house and still find more to want. As for turntables, I have a Garrard 301 with sme3012r arm as well as a Nottingham Spacedeck, I am also waiting for a Technics RS-1700 r2r that I am having completely rebuilt. So as for analog... yes I'm good... for now ;) I must say though, that I do miss my Klipschorns but for now they had to go. As for the TADs, from what I have read as well they must be exceptional.

There is really no better subwoofer to use for music than a REL. If you argue this, you do not know subwoofers. A JL Audio is great in a car or a home theater. I have a pair of Cremona towers and a pair of REL Storm III subs.

Audiofreak32, your purely subjective (and I'm guessing ownership biased) opinion of the REL's is really a bit too much. There are many fine subs out there. You alone are not the keeper of the arkane "secret knowledge" of subwoofer excellence. There are thousands of people out there who have chosen JL, Velodyne,Revel,etc,etc with very good reason- they are excellent. So is REL. Lots of people "know subwoofers" and not all buy REL. Rant over.

Spinaker01..Dont bother with that guy.Hes on this site cheerleading for Sonus faber,Linn and spouting pure stupid nonsense about stuff obviously he knows very little about...A total wannabe.