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    Sonus Faber Stradivari G2

    hi Bonzo, Nice setup how was the bass sound? When I heard it it sounded booming to much.
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    New top tier Sonus Faber speakers coming

    LL21, Actually Bill has the best experience, what I heard was on a nice Magico system I believe M2 with very expencive Magico sub so only one in the middle of the M2. With subs you hear more room, more depth the loudness of the subs where at a level you nearly don't hear them, bass on speakers...
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    Sonus Faber Stradivari G2

    Hi Joey, I recently listened to them with a friend. We were a bit disappointed with the performance. Could be because the Mac Intosh amplifiers are not my taste and because the speaker has not had many playing hours yet. The new Amati 5 sounded better. Regards Ismaël
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    New top tier Sonus Faber speakers coming

    Hi Bill, You are right I've heard it in a demo with and without sub and the difference was substantialy. Do you use one or two subs? and where do you place them? Other question How big is the difference between il Cremonese and Aida. Unfortunatly I didn't hear them toghether Is it in the mids...
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    Best Amps for Sonus Faber Aida and Later Generation Sonus Speakers?

    I use Spectral amp and preamp for about 15 years now and this is a wonderfull combination.
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    New top tier Sonus Faber speakers coming

    Hi Bill first congrats with your Aida's, that's an interesting upgrade. But why are you using Gravis 6 subwoofers? a few weeks ago I saw the il cremonese ex3ma it has 4 bas speakers didn't they diliver enough bass? Do you still use them with Aida's? Is there a big difference between Cremonese...
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    Nice review Spectral SV setup

    Hi Kenny, My first Spectral amp was a DMA150s2 about 15 years ago. At that time I used a Krell preamp and even didn't heard about Mit so I used my Siltech LS cable :) but lucky me nothing happend. about a year later I bought my first Spectral preamp DMC 30 SL then I heard about Mit and stories...
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    Nice review Spectral SV setup

    Hello Gene, Thank you for your message and your warning about not using MIT cables. To be honest, I no longer believe those stories from dealers, I have not used MIT cables for 6 years and I am very happy about that because there are much better cables for sale for a fraction of the MIT prices...
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    New top tier Sonus Faber speakers coming

    Hi Chas, The Aida 2 was powered with a complete McIntosh system and that certainly did not appeal to us. During our first listening session we played with our own CDs and we thought they sounded substandard. During our second listening session we listened to the new Stradivari and it did not...
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    New top tier Sonus Faber speakers coming

    During our visit to the audio castle we didn't hear anything about it, but we were able to listen to the Aida 2 :)
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    Spectral DMA400 main board switch

    Hi Calvin, In the past I asked the same question at the dealer More Music here in Holland :) Answer: The switch is to connect or disconnect the grounding. Position 1 is disconnecting, position 2 is connecting. It matters whether you play XLR or RCA. With XLR you have an extra ground point and...
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    Speaker Jumpers - Bare Wire Improvements

    Maybe nice to add my pictures I own SF Amati Futura a bigger model and a model before the mentioned Serafino's. I also had to use jumpers or double LS cables.
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    Nice review Spectral SV setup

    That is an interesting combination Chas. Next week my two audio friends and I have a appointment at https://audioexpertcastle.com/rooms/ this is a expierence center financed by SF group (must have a specific name) we are going to listen to the Aida II and Lilium maybee some more :) because one...
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    Nice review Spectral SV setup

    Hi Chas, I live in The Netherlands so English is not my native language :) , here in Holland we use a lot Sonus Faber speakers. I play about 15 years with a spectral system. In my opinion Mit cables don't work good. You can read it in my threads I made about Mit cables. I don't use them for...
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    Nice review Spectral SV setup

    Nice review Spectral SV setup The review is in Dutch so if you can't read is use translation option like google translate :) https://fwd.nl/audio/review-spectral-dmc-30-sv-dma-300-sv-sdr-4000-sv-en-gauder-darc-60/ Kind regards, Hiempie
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