Sonus Faber Cremona Auditors - Room Size

I agree, the ceiling height is key. I have a room of similar size, with high ceilings, and the Auditors definitely did not cut it when I took them home to audition. It made me sad, because they are beautiful, and in a smaller room they sound great. In my opinion, they are also the best bargin in the SF line.

My room is 23x18, with a sloped ceiling that is around 16 or 18 feet at the peak, and with three walls and an opening to a foyer/hallway. My current speakers are JM Labs Electra 926s. They fill the entire house with music - music you can feel throughout your whole body. When I had the Sonus Faber Cremonas (full range) home, they did not fill the house nearly so well nor wasd the detail as good. And when I brought home the Auditors, well, they sounded so much worse than my Electras that my wife asked me to turn off my system (she really hated them).

In the small rooms I have heard them in, I think the Auditors sound wonderful. They just didn't cut it at my house. I would be very careful about buying a pair until you have heard them in your own room.

"I would not mate a REL subwoofer with Cremona Auditors. It will sound too slow."

Wow, not my experience. REL makes wonderful subwoofers and they sound great with Auditors (in the right room). In fact, I am not sure I understand at all where that comment is coming from. I am very sensitive to equipment speed, as it is central part of my taste in audio. Nothing about the REL pieces I have heard is slow.

"The Domus won't sound as open and transparent as the Auditor."

I agree entirely. The Auditors are a much better sounding speaker.