New Sonus Faber Electa Amator 3...anybody heard these yet?

Yep. It’s been a year for me too. Just love these speakers. 
I am thinking of getting a sub too. 

Heard these today with only 4 hrs out of the box at a dealers. 

Was really impressed. I’ve always been a fan of Sonus Faber but only when Franco Serblin was running the show. My first pair of “hi-end” speakers were his Grand Piano floor stander with the passive radiator. 

I was was madly in love with the Electa Amator 2 version but never had the funds at the time to buy them. 

I still think the Guaneri Homage are the best SF ever made but never bought these and nearly bought them years later but didn’t as they aren’t the most “rockiest” speaker and I listen to a lot of rock and blues having said all that.....

I really liked these these speakers I think SF have done a really good job at getting at the heart of the old classic SF sound. These are very midrange focused speakers with a surprising amount of bass and quite a bit of snap that the older models seemed to miss out on. The room is a medium to large sounding space and the EA3 had no trouble projecting a huge soundstage. 

Very musical and rhythmic sounding I’m going to let the dealer run them in a bit more and have another listen but I’m seriously considering buying a pair. They did give me that feeling I had when I first heard the SF lineup in the late 90’s. 

Would love to know if anyone else has heard them. 

I’m running a ARc Ref6 preamplifier with a Sugden Class A power amp. 

Still using the Kuzma TT (let’s just leave it at that 😉) 

@daveyf  I know you have the original Guarneri Homage I haven’t listened to them for over 15 years; if you get hear the new EA3 I’d be interested to hear how they compare to yours, which I still think we’re one of the best speakers made. 

Thanks. I’m very close to actually buying a pair. They do have a bit of that old SF magic.

BTW you do truly have one of the best speakers ever made!

It’s the Masterclass power amp  does 20w pure Class A then goes to 75w in A/B. I took it to the dealers today and it had no problem driving them. I think these speakers will sound great with valves. I think it’s a 1st order cross over like the old SF speakers. Your Jadis would sound sublime with them!

Couldn’t resist. Have them now at home. Only 5 hrs playing. Very airy and midrange / top focused. Has a very ethereal sound. Vocals sound astonishing and tonally spot on. Completely fatigue free and has an illuminated from within sound. I think they’ve done a great job at getting to that “old” SF sound. Listened to these against the Guarneri Tradition. These sound like instruments, GT sounded neutral and Hi-Fi. 

Will update at 200hrs

You will love them. Still running them in. One thing that’s apparent from the outset is vocals. 
Every lyric is so enunciated you have no trouble following the vocalist. 
There were so many albums I was uncertain bout the lyrics; through the EA3 they are so obvious and easy to follow it makes you wonder what the problem was in the first place. 
These are very special speakers. 

200 hours now. Starting to open up. This is the greatest tweeter I’ve ever had the pleasure of owning. Such a wide open sound and completely fatigue free. Never feels
like you’re listening to anything electronic. Very analog sounding. 

Review pretty much sums it up. 

https://www.soundstageaustralia.com/index.php/reviews/278-sonus-faber-electa-amator-iii-loudspeakers