Original Sonus faber cremona auditor again?

"I would consider getting rid of one pair of my Kappa9 speakers for the Stradaveris....but l would need a listen"

Serblin was involved in the Stradivari project, so good chance your ears would agree. 

From the 2005  Stereophile review:

"Expensive, exquisitely built, with high-quality drivers and crossover components, and superbly finished with a stylishness of which only the Italians seem capable, Sonus Faber's Stradivari Homage is, in my opinion, the finest loudspeaker Franco Serblin has designed, and the most accomplished his company has built. That was his goal, and he has succeeded."

Right now Arnie Nudell is my hero..how do you get so smart?so I'm keeping my Kappa9 as my full range system..and yes the amplifiers need a fork truck to move..(Mc1.25kw) but l would like to read about Serbin more..these guys are the greatest minds in speaker design..Can anyone add to the list?

I’m with @ghdprentice, except my SF’s are a pair of original Guarneri Homage, circa 2004. 

Endgame.

It is perhaps important to remember that Franco Serblin came to fame as creator of 'small' two way monitors (Extrema or Guarneri are not exactly 'small' but stil...)

Certainly many of his famous designs, made during the years, confirm his mastery in that field of work, Only later in his career and because of market demands, he started to create bigger, more elaborate speakers.

It is no surprise that he made Accordo's (two way monitor) as speaker with whom he reentered the business again   

Had Grand Piano, Cremona Auditor, Auditor M, Guarneri Hommage and now Franco's Lignea.

The only reason I have not taken (yet) the Accordo' is because they have lower impedance than Lignea (which never drops bellow 8ohm) as I wanted to try them with tube single ended amp of lower wattage (30w A class, but they play great even with 15w Leben 300)

Accordo's are fine sonuding speakers, but they are voiced differently than older SF designs. (re Cremona) They can sound great with tubes too (heard them with bigger PL amp) but often they are demonstrated with Accuphase gear. If I had a bigger room, would go for Ktema as my final speaker, before any other new SF designs. Some photos from the factory

I'm certainly not the level of audiophile as others in this hobby...the Accordos might be too sophisticated for me.l get a little nervous when people get near them...the original cremona auditor is plenty of SF for me....l really enjoy getting a rise out of people when they hear a small speaker sound better than there monsters they have at home...one of my audiophile friends who is a singer and l highly respect says "when listening to a new speaker l can tell within 10 seconds if l like it or not"