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[MyPal]

Hi Struts001.... Welcome. Beautiful loudspeakers. Superb cabinet craftsmanship. I've seen these Serblin Ktêmas advertised in HiFi mags. There seems to be a Sonus Faber element there? Is there some cross association?

[MyPal]

Originally Posted by Masterlu

Show her these!

Ivan they've got to be Chinese? Karaoke?

[struts001]

Originally Posted by MyPal

Hi Struts001.... Welcome. Beautiful loudspeakers. Superb cabinet craftsmanship. I've seen these Serblin Ktêmas advertised in HiFi mags. There seems to be a Sonus Faber element there? Is there some cross association?

Thanks MyPal. Yes, Franco Serblin was the founder of Sonus Faber but he left in 2005 up until when I think he designed all their speakers (his last Sonus Faber model was the Ellipsa iirc). Then in February 2007 he sold his remaining interest to Quadrivio SGR who one year later bought Audio Research. So there's more than a little shared DNA there..

[Freestone]

Originally Posted by struts001

Thanks Mike. Yes, they're Serblin Ktêmas (although afaik they aren't exactly new, they've been out a couple of years) and I'm pretty pleased with them so far. I've just bought them so I'm very much at the beginning of the burn in period (which I am told is between 50-300 hours) but so far there's nothing not to like

Great imaging, clear and smooth, and they seem to mate well with my room (BOSS doesn't interfere too much but draws the line at acoustic treatments - it's very much a combined listening and living space). Funnily, although everyone else seems to love the way they look she just rolled her eyes and said they were "monstrosities", although she added "..they do sound nice though".

Let's see how things go through the burn in and as I fine tune the positioning, footers etc.

My wife has the same reaction. Basically speakers are ugly furniture to her. Beyond that its relative. The solution is to use them a lot so she appreciates how much they mean to you.

I think your set up looks great.

[TommyC]

Love the set up!

[Car commander]

Originally Posted by Freestone

My wife has the same reaction. Basically speakers are ugly furniture to her. Beyond that its relative. The solution is to use them a lot so she appreciates how much they mean to you.

I think your set up looks great.

The real solution is no wife, just girl friends. LOL.

[howiebrou]

Originally Posted by struts001

Oh alright then..

Outstanding. I was very close to buying a black pair of Ktemas. I am guessing you are based in Europe somewhere? The Schuko plugs are a giveaway...

howie

[struts001]

Originally Posted by howiebrou

Outstanding. I was very close to buying a black pair of Ktemas. I am guessing you are based in Europe somewhere? The Schuko plugs are a giveaway...

howie

Yup, Sweden. Home of your Coltranes..

[jdandy]

struts001.......Welcome to Audio Aficionado.

Your system is beautiful. The size of the room allows the form of the Ktêma's to be displayed perfectly.

[struts001]

Originally Posted by jdandy

struts001.......Welcome to Audio Aficionado.

Your system is beautiful. The size of the room allows the form of the Ktêma's to be displayed perfectly.

Thanks jdandy!

Yes, it's a great room, about 400 sq ft, which really allows the speakers to breathe. We're very lucky.