Do not buy any Sonus Faber used

Naxos41, pick up the phone and call Sonus faber directly in Italy and explain your situation.I have done so on three different occasions and each time Sf fixed the problem - no questions asked.I don't live in the US and had purchased from an authorised dealer in my country, but he and the distributor were so slow in making an effort to sort out my problem(s) I got frustrated and made the calls.It was a while ago when Franko Serblin was still there.In one of the instances the CEO at the time, Cesare Bevalaqua attended to the problem himself as he was the one who picked up the phone.Once we got past the language barrier they couldn't have been more helpful.

Good luck.

Seems like this policy will kill SF resale value, and thus kill initial sales. I will no longer consider SF because if I ever want to sell them, nobody will pay much for them due to this policy.

Mtrot, You may be right, and while Sumiko's policy sort of sucks, I think folks who buy really high end stuff that costs mucho dollars in the first place really arn't thinking much of resale value. That is an affliction of the poor(er) who rarely buy pricy speakers! :-)

I’m surprised that some speaker savante hasn’t made a good business for himself specializing in the repair of Sonus Faber’s bastards.

I’m sorry if this is insensitive - I really do feel for you Naxos41 - but I have to ask. Just on principal, why would any member of this community purchase any Sumiko product?

If the speakers are dead, send the tweeter to Orange County Speaker for possible repair. Or, ask Madisound for a clone or alternative replacement. I would not hesitate to get a similar spec tweeter with more wpc rating if it blew. It may be crossed over too low. Jallen