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Sonus Faber Olympica nova 2 VS Sonus Faber Cremona M Loudspeaker vs

I am looking to upgrade my speakers, I am looking at either used Sonus Faber Olympica 2, or if I can find at a good price the Olympica Nova 2, or a used pair of Sonus Faber Cremona M Loudspeaker

I am also looking at the GoldenEar Triton 2 plus, or One R

wondering if anyone has heard these and has an opinion. 

Mostly Hard Rock some Metal, Jazz Rock Fusion, and once and a while Jazz 

 

Thank you 

drumhobo
overthemoon
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@Op I have Olympica Nova V (previously Sonnetto V) and listen to a lot of hard rock/heavy metal and rap in addition to other styles.

I've heard Olympica Nova 2s and think they sound great.  I'm sure there are other excellent options as well.  Enjoyr your journey.

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ham_firl
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I am using Sonus Faber Olympica Nova 5 and I am listening to many music genres. I love them and heavy metal sounds awesome without brightness. Such a beautiful musical speakers. I am driving it with McIntosh MA352. Awesome sounding pair. 

dynamiclinearity
279 posts
 

hey Petaluman,

Sandy Gross is not a designer. But his partner in both Definitive Technology and Golden Ear was an excellent one. But Sandy was one of the best audio businees men in audio. He was largely responsible for the initial growth of Polk, then Definitive Technology and finally Golden ear into three of the largest, important speaker companies. They would never be anywhere as important if it wasn't for his management genius.

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j-wall
372 posts
 

I run Sopra 2's and play tons of punk, metal, extreme metal and classic rock. @mofojo is probably right on with SF being too warm. You probably want a speaker more sharp, focused, detailed and fast. Focal does this, but they're so extremely overpriced I'd have a hard time recommending them now. They had a 20% off sale last week at dealers, but I'd probably wait for a used pair to pop up. 

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rooze
643 posts
 

I just picked up a pair of Cremona M and they sound very good. Nothing I've played so far appears off-limits - Jazz, rock, metal, etc, have all sounded very good.

In my system with my ears, these are not your typical warm and cozy sounding Sonus Faber speakers. I owned the Cremona Auditor M for a while and they were very warm sounding, quite veiled, and lacking in clarity and transparency. The Cremona M is far more neutral in my system....with my ears, etc.

I've driven them with hybrid amps (6H30 input, class D Hypex output) and a solid-state amp that runs Class A for 5 watts (Moon W5.3SE) and both sound great with the Cremona M.

They also look gorgeous and are fairly easy to get dialed in.

 

 

 

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