Sonus Faber Guarneri Evolution Reference Factory  Stands Current Models:

Like new, factory crated, Ready to ship to you?                      

One
of the very best looking monitors and matching stunning stands I've
ever seen (see pictures) & top quality MUSICAL presentation,
engaging Sound and superb imaging.

                         All and all one of the finest monitors made.

                             Like new in factory boxes (see pictures) .

Would selling the speakers or REL S-5 separately if interested best to call me.

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The Guarneri Evolution is a compact, two-way,

stand-mounted speaker, albeit one whose earnest appearance suggests something

more beneath the skin. Indeed, the Guarneri's enclosure isn't so much a cabinet

as it is a combination of complex structures. A spare wooden frame

incorporating a single lateral brace is fastened to a pair of sides that are

formed in the manner of most archtop guitars: laminated from

several thin sheets of tonewood and shaped into a graceful curve on a custom-made

press. Those elements are clamped together with upper and lower plates machined

from a proprietary aluminum alloy called Avional, then fastened to an Avional

rear structure, the edges of which extend into a pair of sound-shaping fins.

 

As in lutherie, orientation of the grain in the Guarneri's

wooden parts is taken into account during assembly. Similarly, construction

techniques are chosen that control—rather than squelch altogether—resonant

energy within various parts of the enclosure: A tuned mass-damper system

comprising a short, thick truss rod and a concentric pair of metal discs is

fastened to the top plate and adjusted to a precise (and not at all excessive)

degree of tightness, while constrained-mode damping sheets with flexible alloy

skins are applied to the inner sides, along with thick slabs of a woolly,

felt-like material. Thinner pieces of the latter are also used to line a reflex

port that's built into the Avional rear panel, while another type of damping

sheet occludes the throat of the port, and yet another type of batting fills

the area below. Finally, the entire upper half of the enclosure is stuffed with

a sort of damping "pillow"—a 20"-wide black fabric bag filled

with Bubble-Pak.

 

The baffle is made of 1"-thick MDF, precisely machined to

incorporate chamfers on the outside and some strategic bracing on the inside.

Every outward surface of the baffle is covered with a thin layer of supple

black leather—even the facings for the driver flanges. I'm told the leather

serves two purposes: blunting the bounce of stray high frequencies, and

providing just the right, pliant grip—a single organic lock-washer, if you

will—for the Torx-head woodscrews that hold the drivers in place. Having

removed and replaced one of the low-frequency drivers myself, I can attest to

the latter function.

 

The Guarneri Evolution's two drivers are designed by Sonus

Faber and custom-made for them. The low-frequency driver is a 7" ScanSpeak

unit with a very soft rubber surround and a black cone of pulp resembling

papier-mâché. (Sonus Faber describes the cone material as "real-time

air-dried and non-pressed cellulose fiber." Italy's hyphen shortage is now

explained.) The driver has a machined center hub (I can't quite call it a phase

plug, since it doesn't protrude far enough into the apex of the cone to hinder

the propagation of any waveforms), a very robust magnet, and a cast-alloy

frame. The high-frequency driver, also beautifully made, is a 1" silk-dome

tweeter designed by Sonus Faber cofounder Ragnar Lian for ScanSpeak. It

incorporates a loading chamber of its own, made of plastic.

 

The hardwired crossover network sits at the bottom of the

enclosure, apparently in direct contact with the lowermost Avional plate

(though there also appears to be a plywood or MDF structure of some sort down

there). Among the crossover elements are five very large Mundorf M-Cap

capacitors and four hefty Jensen chokes, the latter obscured with a rubbery

covering. In all, the crossover network takes up a good deal of real estate

inside the cabinet. Stranded wires with clear-plastic insulation are used for

connections where axial leads can't reach, and the two pairs of loudspeaker

connectors—also fastened to the Avional rear panel—can be used for biwiring or

even biamping, if so desired. The crossover frequency is stated as 2800Hz, and

the computer-designed network is described as comprising composite slopes.

                                                           Description:

FREQUENCY
RESPONSE: 40 Hz – 30.000 Hz, Stealth reflex
included.                                                                      

 SENSITIVITY:  86 db SPL (2.83V/1 m). 

NOMINAL IMPEDENCE:  4 ohm. 

POWER HANDLING: 25W – 200W, without clipping. 

DIMENSIONS: 410 x 235 x 412 mm (HxWxD). 

EVOLUTION STAND DIMENSIONS: 795 x 320 x 423 mm (HxWxD) 

TOTAL DIMENSIONS: 1205 x 320 x 510 mm (HxWxD Including Guarneri Evolution).                                                    

                                                           REL S5 SPECS:

Type:

Front-firing subwoofer, with downward-firing passive radiator

Drivers:

12" woofer, 12" passive

Frequency

response: 21Hz -6dB

Power: 550W

Dimensions:

17.5" x 18" x 20"

Weight: 70

lbs.

 

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