Sonus Faber Maxima Amator without the fancy


Aesthetics?  Love the sound but want to see if there’s something just like it without the fancy leather, marble stand and walnut casings.  I’m really new to this and shopping for speakers for my 11x22 space at home.  Tried these out in a store and they’re amazing but don’t care about t he fancy design.  Would love some advice!  Want to make it sound like the band is basically in my room, would love some pointers

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Having Listened to the SF's if you are looking for a similar type of speaker 2 way 6.5" mid/woofer 1" dome tweeter in a slim tower GR Research offers completed speakers for $2700/pair, Encore X-SLS, as opposed to $19k.  Based on your no frills statements I am not sure if $$$ are an issue.  If new is NOT a requirement you have a lot of  options in the sub $10k range.  Compare the freq response curve and waterfall plots.  Also there are independent reviews on youtube you can look at.  I have heard the bookshelf version of the Encore I don't think you will be disappointed.  They both start to roll off below 50hz.

SLS Tower dimensions:
Width: 8.5″ (216mm)
Height: 37″ (940mm)
Depth: 12″ (305mm)

vs 

SF Maxima 44.1″H x 11.8″W x 13.8″D

 

OP     without the fancy leather, marble stand and walnut casings. ~~~ Want to make it sound like the band is basically in my room, would love some pointers

All speakers sound different. Wavetouch audio (me) Antero speaker sounds the most live and close to the original music. Antero video. 

Chris De Burgh - Lady In Red, Wavetouch audio live recording

The room in video is 13’5’w x 22’L x 8’h. The speaker pair is $3,500. Speaker is very easy to drive (92db sensitive). Amp in video is solid state amp (35watts).

Below is very low cost set up (Marantz int amp $200, Project phono-pre $50) in my large shop (32’w x 44’L x 12’h).

Well Temper record player turntable 

Below are videos of Sonus Fabre. I hear how SF sounds like from these videos. They all sound similar. 

MAVIS M90 drives SONUS FABER Maxima Amator

Melbourne Hifi Show 2022 Sonus Faber Maxima Amator

Sonus Faber - Maxima Amator

Sonus Faber Maxima Amator - AMR 777

Alex/Wavetouch audio

My ProAc recommendation above was based on your liking the SFs but wanting less bling. Based on the discussion on placement you might consider large Ohm Omni speakers. They are very placement friendly. The presentation is the music is all around us rather than live on stage.

https://ohmspeaker.com/