Sonus Faber Guarneri Evolution loudspeakers Includes Stands in San Francisco South Bay Area

If you seek beauty (has the wife approval factor) and musical mid range, look no further.

Considered one of the best two way speakers in the world. Pair this with an appropriate subwoofer and you will have incredible sound for years to come.

Originally used as surrounds in a 6 figure system and my main speakers in a 2.1 channel reference system. Wonderful tonal balance and exhibiting accurate timber and almost holographic soundstage.

I have adored these speakers, but would like to moved up the Sonus Fiber line and must allow these to go to facilitate that purchase. Glorious chrome top and accents and warm Okoume wood in red with many layers of lacquer to make these the statement piece of your audio system.

Includes the beautiful stands to give a sure footing and round off the presentation.

I powered these with an Aesthetix Atlas amp and Callisto pre to wonderful results. 4 ohm allows these to be easily powered. This is a heavy set-up and I have the original three boxes these came in for proper packaging.

Buyer pays for flat rate shipping and will add 2.9% for PayPal. Wire transfer is preferred for large purchases amounts.


Great pictures and a review can be found here: http://www.stevehuffphoto.com/sonus-faber-guarneri-evolution-review/


From Stereophile:

The reference is more apt than I intended: The first Sonus Faber Guarneri loudspeaker was made on commission in 1993, for the Salon of the Violin in Cremona, Italy, where it remains on permanent active display, surrounded by the stringed instruments produced during that city's golden age. That model's full name was Guarneri Homage, for the obvious reason. After that came the earner Memento: slightly different finish, considerably different drivers—and a bit room-fussy, or so I'm told.

That brings us to the third and most recent iteration of something that was not, at first, intended to be a commercial product: the Sonus Faber Guarneri Evolution...

There are lots of positives here and relatively few negatives. Chief among the former is the realistic manner in which the Guarneri Evolution, working in the context of my system and my room, was able to suggest the natural textures and colors of musical sounds. Listening to its way with instrumental and vocal timbres was almost like viewing and touching a rare Sarouk rug, or drinking a 40-year-old Armagnac. For the listener who delights, above all else, in the rich, saturated, velvety tones of real instruments and voices, I can think of no more appropriate loudspeaker.

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Sidebar 1: Specifications

Description: Two-way, port-loaded, stand-mounted loudspeaker. Drive-units: 1" fabric-dome tweeter, 7" pulp-cone woofer. Crossover frequency: 2800Hz. Frequency range: 40Hz–30kHz. Sensitivity: 86dB/W/m. Nominal impedance: 4 ohms. Power handling: 25–200W, without clipping.
Dimensions: 16.25" (410mm) H by 9.25" (235mm) W by 16.2" (412mm) D. Weight: 40.8 lbs (18.5kg).
Finish: Okoume wood in Red or Graphite.
Price: $22,000/pair including stands; "stand-delete" option saves $2000/pair. Approximate number of dealers: 40.
Manufacturer: Sonus Faber SPA, Via Antonio Meucci 10, 36057 Arcugnano (VI), Italy. Tel: (39) 0444-288788. Web: www.sonusfaber.com.