Any experience with Sonus Faber Electa Amator II?


Hi all-

I've just landed a nice pair of Electa Amator II and stands, a speaker I've been keeping my eyes open for over the past few years. I have great memories of my old Signums, and was hoping that the EAII were similar in voicing, with added bandwidth. Haven't received them yet, but I'll be driving them with a Karan KA-I180 MkII integrated amp, using a Meridian CD source.

I'd like to hear about member's experiences with them, both positive and negative - system matching, setup, opinions, etc.

Thanks,
Bob R
bob_rodgers

Showing 1 response by souljasmooth

Good choice on the EAIIs. I owned EAI, EAII, and Extremas in the past, and they are all excellent speakers. IMHO the older Sonus Faber speakers are better than todays lineup. Going off of memory, the EAI has the Dynaudio Esotar tweeter, and Scanspeak woofer. EAII has Scanspeak tweeter, same Scanspeak woofer as EAI but adds a passive radiator in the back. Extrema has Dynaudio Esotar tweeter, Scanspeak woofer, and Kef passive radiator in the back. I believe Dweller is thinking of the Extrema. Original Extrema is one of the best looking speakers ever made. New Extrema (actually spelled Ex3ma) is funny looking. Sonus Faber EAIIs like some power. Its been over 15yrs since I owned them, but I remember running them with a 180 wpc Accuphase amp with good results. They liked all the power the Accuphase amp threw at them. I remember room size wasnt a huge issue, as long as the room wasnt an auditorium. Like a lot of speakers, they like some room away from the walls to breathe. The only negative thing I can remember about the speakers(if you want to call it negative), is I remember them having a slight dark sound to them. I enjoyed that sound, to me it was smooth and musical. however I had some friends who thought they lacked a little detail. And then of course their bass wont rattle your windows. But nobody buys small monitors for that anyway....Overall very good choice. They can hang with the best of them today, with build quality thats hard to find nowadays