Sonus Faber monitors vs. ???


I have a set of Sonus Faber Concertino Domus powered by a Musical Fidelity A380cr amp. I guess I am pretty happy with the sound, but always wondering what other speakers would sound like in my room.

I am very interested in hearing other monitors like Dynaudio C1, other Dynaudio speakers, Totems, Spendor, Epos, PMC, etc. - along those level of speakers.

I live in Phoenix, AZ. and would be interested in talking to anyone that has some great monitors out there and would maybe want to meet and listen or willing to bring their speakers over for me to demo.

I would also consider trading speakers for a few weeks or month. So if anyone may be looking to hear the SF monitors, maybe we can make a temporary exchange?

Would be interested to hear any other suggestions as well.

System is as follows:

Raysonic CD-168 w/ Sovtek tubes
Muscial Fideliy A308cr amplifier
Sonus Faber Concertino Domus w/ OEM stands
REL Q-108 sub
Richard Gray Pro-400
Nordost power cords on everything
Tara Labs Reference GEN II+ speaker cables
Tara Labs Air One IC's

Thanks for reading.
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Showing 1 response by jprice


It appears that you have a very good, well balanced system. The Sonus Faber Domus speakers are qute good and probably well matched with the Musical Fidelity 308cr amp.

Unfortunately, and as I am sure you are well aware, if you do go to a more refined "better" speaker, you may well have to consider a "better" amp (and other components in your system) as well. The A308cr is gettiing a "little long in the tooth" and there are amps capable of better performance at quite reasonable prices in today's market.

I guess what I am saying is that at some point we as audiophiles should decide that what we have is "good enough"

Now, if you are like me, you will continually find need to try something different, (for right or wrong reasons). I have tried dozens of speakers (currently Avalon Eidolon and Sonus Faber Guarneri Mementos), but at each point during my quest, I have had to evaluate the speaker in relation to the other components in my systems and have found need to upgrade them as well.

ADVICE: borrow, beg, or steal some of the speakers you listed and perhaps others and see if they sound more to your liking in YOUR system and go from there.