Nils-Jorgen Kjaernet

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Value Rating
 4 of 5

Used product for
More than 1 year

Price Paid:  $0.00

Summary:
This review is for the new Anniversario!
Sonus Faber Amati Anniversario is a really high end loudspeaker. Feed them with a amplifier and signal source in same high end class and you will have a music system you never get tired to listen to for ever. This speakers will give you all the musical information the orchestra can offer. From the big drums to the small piccolo flute, the wooden sound from the stings and the timbre of the cymbals and triangles. The stop and start time in the 2 new 220mm woofers with magnesium membranes are the most precis low frequency transducers available today. You can feel and hear this no over-shooting and precis bass-response.
The 150mm midrange device gives the well known Sonus Faber midrange, the timpani, brass and voices are clear and open. The new 25mm ring radiator tweeter give a superb transient response without any over-shooting in sound. The design wood and finish are in highest class. The speakers are art sculptures with high wife factor! The price is high but it is not easy to get better speakers in this class. I have experience with B&W 802 and 801 but SF Amati are better in all aspects.
Amati is no hard to drive speakers. Some times I use a 2x40W tube amplifier Hovland Sapphire with topp results but mainly I use a 2x400W Jeff Rowland 301.
No bad words can be said about this speakers only superlatives!

sams

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Value Rating
 5 of 5

Used product for
3 Months to 1 year

Visitors rate this review
3.75 of 5, 4.00 votes

Price Paid:  $0.00 from filtronique

Summary:
This review is for the anniversary model. I would recommend placing these wonderful speakers in medium to large room. I am around 20 feet away from them and they are truly magnificent. I tested many amps and went for Audio Research reference tubes (magic). The amati's dissapear and after awhile you forget about them and are calmed by the elegant music that is produced. They really are instruments. I guess you can say that they are a modern day escape. They can take you to audiophile heaven for hours. They even sound amazing in home theatre. I have them hooked up in 2 channel as well as 5.1, movies are mesmerizing and concerts sublime. I started with Guarneri's years ago which I love and now use them as rears in 5.1 and also use a rel stentor3 sub without any center (i run it in phantom mode) the amati's in front with guarneri's as rears is just amazing , the rel is also great and disappears. Also run a krell s-1000 processor with the audio research reference amps.

Strengths:
Most enjoyable music reproduction I ever heard.

Weaknesses:
none

Similar Products Used:
b&w, wilson, avalon, proac, focal, mission, opera, quad

Price Paid:  $20000.00 from none

Summary:
I dont pay $20000 for its looks. I only pay $20000 for its sound because I listen to music with my ears not with my eyes.

So dont be fooled you fools.

Strengths:
looks only

Weaknesses:
not worth the $... $20000 only listen to jazz and musical but not rock and roll?? Are you joking??

Similar Products Used:
My cheaper JBL systems are more flexible as I can listen to most music.

Price Paid:  $0.00

Summary:
I do not own this Jewel (hopefully someday) only relating my experience as i am listening/analyzing it (as audiophile?) from where I bought my Concerto. This is the best electro-acoustic transducer system for strings reproduction (violins, guitar,cello), solo piano, forthright jazz and classical. But to play a bit of rock or fast music you need bottom octave power and slam. Further analysis to complete the musical spectrum meant that it needs high quality subwoofer from 25hz down to the lowest the music can reach (9hz?) depending on canorous programme. With that in mine nothing beats it to replicate a real musical instrument. Just a suggestion to those no-cost-object buyers to try it with REL Studio or to a lesser degree two REL Storms. I read a review where JMLabs MezzoUtopia still fitted with REL Studio and everything went even better. Another appropriate design is a three-way spkr which includes a built-in subwoofer (Von Schweikert DB-99/100). The nuances and subtleties in music reproduction is somewhat filled-in or refined with added subwoofer, there is such completeness in its overall presentation. Why do they design speakers with stupendous/extravagant woofers (Alon Grand, MartinLog Statement, Genesis2, Slamms..etc). - TheNeverEndingStoryOfHighFidelity, Happy Listening, LiveOneDayAtATime.

Strengths:
Strings Reproduction

Weaknesses:
lacking bottom power slam

Similar Products Used:
Cremona, Concerto, Duntech, Apogee, Wilson Watt/Puppy

Price Paid:  $13000.00 from San Jose

Summary:
OK, owning this beauty for 2 years and its about time post the experience ! Visually, anybody saw it will praise the style and excellent wood work so is the outer beauty matches the inner beauty ? Summary of Amati's performance in one word is "Musical", even it did not have powerfull bass and highest high but it sure sounds right to my ears. I know some people (reviewer) said Amati add color to the tone/music (alter the harmonic content ?) I do not know but I do know every gear in the audio path add some thing (color,think about Tube!) but I enjoy music more then before after I have them.

Strengths:
Mid. range (Vocal) and over all musical (you have to lisen for youself).

Weaknesses:
expensive $$$$$$$$$$

Similar Products Used:
B&W silver sig. (25), Elac Doles Vita, JM Lab Mini-Utopia, Utopia, Thiel 6, Wilson W&P 5.1,Avalon Duo, Audio Physic Virgo