Upgrading from Thiel 2.7 to Sonus Faber or Focal???

Robert no problem at all. Your suggestion is a good one. I haven’t rolled any tubes in yet and if I do probably the front 2. I’m trying not to go down that road again replacing all the tubes.

To update the thread, I purchased a barely used pair of Olympica 3 (not Nova) from a dealer. They had maybe 25 hrs and never registered to anyone. So the break-in process begins lol. For them setup Friday late afternoon and 1st impressions they are very different from the 2.7. Extremely musical and focused but I know the will get better. The bass is very nice. I have the ports to the inside so I’m not sure if switching to the outside will help? Any thoughts? They are approximately 3.5 feet from the side wall, 2 feet from front wall and almost 8 feet apart tweeter to tweeter. Listening position is almost 10 feet. Room is 16 feet wide and 16 feet deep. Vaulted ceilings.

@samzx12 

Any further thoughts on your Olympica 3 speakers after a month of break-in?

Hi Walter,

After a month break in they are sounding quite a bit better. They are relaxing more and opening up. Imaging and layering of instruments is fantastic in my opinion.  I'm guessing I have approximately 200 hours and the majority of those hours are with a Pass 150.8 amp now. Sold the Audio Research REF110 amp. Loved the REF110 but feel the Pass or solid state drives them better. 

Samzx12,

do you like them better than your Thiels? Do you think they are technically better?

James that’s a good question but for my tastes I prefer the SFO3. They both do a lot of things very well but I really think the O3s are more musical overall and versatile to various types of music. Build quality is top notch for both but I have to give the award to the 03 in a beauty contest lol. There is something about the O3 that make you a very proud owner and they ooze class. You can just feel that Sonus Faber as a company pay a LOT of attention to detail. The Thiels are rock solid as far as build quality also but at their prospective price points the O3 is a better speaker.  But this is my opinion only.