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Several used sonos faber il cremonese for sale. why?

I've noticed lately that many used il cremones speakers by sonus faber are for sale lately.  And the price after being only 2 to 3 years old goes from a list of 55,000 all the way down to 25 to 30,000.  And they seem to be on sale for quite a while, and from dealers too.  I thought these were very nice speakers and don't understand why they're at such a discount and why many seem to be on sale these days.  I know the Amati g5 Sonos is supposed to be very good.  People aren't selling to buy the lower level g5 speaker.

I also know, and as openly acknowledged by sonos, the speakers are a lot more expensive because of all the design work to make them pretty. With these low used prices why would anyone pay 55,000 even if it's discounted by 10% or so? I know it's an older design speaker that hasn't been updated for a while but that may not be a problem.

Any thoughts about this as I was kind of interested in il cremonese. What's a good alternative speaker?

emergingsoul
kennymacc
354 posts
 

Impossible question to answer!!!  Go listen and make a decision!!! 

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mazian
387 posts
 

For me the Serafinos are a nice compromise between price and SQ and I'm saving furiously in the hope of finding a good used pair. FYI I currently have Sonata Vs and really like them  -  but you all know what this hobby is like. 

rdschicago
33 posts
 

Love Sonus Faber. The all time best pair I had were the Extremas. I found a pair of Serblin Accordos a few years back and bought them too. Prettiest speaker to come through my doorway. Can’t go wrong with any SF. If you’re going to spend north of $20k, search for a pair of Serblin Ktemas. They retail for around $30k but rarely show up on the used market, particularly in the USA. Shop used and score a great deal.

emergingsoul OP
1,075 posts
 

I looked at the Ktemas and they were very impressive, however you can't biamp them, huge disappointment

May do just fine without that ability but I'm in a biamp phase.

 

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curiousjim
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@emergingsoul 

Are you talking about the newish I’l Cremonse EX3ME or an older model?  Either way, I can’t speak on the Il Cremonese, but I just put money down on a pair of the Sonus Faber Amato G5’s. I’ve had a loaner pair since Thursday and they really sound wonderful to me,  but for $25k, I would definitely have taken a chance on the Il Cremonese EX3ME.

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