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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
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jastralfu
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I recall reading he has MC901s in a previous post somewhere here. No idea about preamp.

czarivey
5,918 posts
 

@mapman $55k gets you ordinary non-luxury SUV. For luxury you gotta add another $50k

@ozzy62 

overpriced means investment would not bring desired returns and there are lots of lower priced options for the given performance.

emergingsoul OP
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@jastralfu 

I really like how your room has been set up.  I bet those subwoofers and the bookshelves are really nice.  I've always wondered about bookshelves but seem to have always been involved with floorstanding. I like the idea of effectively suspending them with lots of space underneath which probably is good for sound transfer.  My room size is 22 x 15 but I do have a subwoofer along with the mains.  I also have another listening room which is smaller and at times can be more comfortable but don't spend much time there

 

dznutz
145 posts
 

Your room is 22x15 and youre looking at these speakers???

bigby
149 posts
 

Depreciation on used audio gear is worse than cars. Since there isn’t much competition for used gear, most buyers are in the market are trying to get it for as cheap as they can on these websites. It is better to trade in for new equipment unless you are getting out of audio altogether.

 

Try EgglestonWorks speakers as an alternative.

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