Sonus Faber Olympica Nova 2 vs Nova 3

How large is your living room? 

The primary difference between the Nova ii and Nova iii is that the latter has an additional woofer for more bass output. The iii shouldn’t sound any better than the ii in terms of midrange and treble. If you have to place the speakers relatively close to walls, I would just go with the Nova ii, unless the room is quite large. 

Thanks for your response My Living Room / Dining Room area is a large rectangle of 18 x 25 feet - but the speakers will be on the longer wall facing the couch/chair (less than) 18 feet away and the speakers also won't be out in the middle room but more like maybe 2 feet off the wall.

I thought maybe the Nova iii had a different overall design than the Nova ii and thus maybe had a better midrange and treble.

Thanks

Steve

With that size room I would definitely go with the Nova 3.

Rockport Atria ii would do well in your space. 

Hav8ng owned these speakers , the Pretty New Sonetto G2-8

has tons of their flagships trickle down technologies , and for sure better in several areas  for Everything is New , and $9k retail  is easilly in the $15k+ range 

read a few reviews and go to their website to see exactly what I am saying 

the only thing better is the solid wood panels on the older ones ,vs the Veneer

that being said they do veneers very well !!