Are Sonus Faber speakers "Hi-End"?

[Charles]

Thank you! I appreciate the compliments much because I have worked so very hard to get a truly synergistic absolutely full range system that is without obvious weakness. The last upgrade was the cables, power conditioners, and cords which hit my wallet hard.

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Originally Posted by bart

No, you are high end, he's ultra high end.

Thanks Bart[emoji1360]

[keef]

I enjoy Paul’s youtube education videos, anything that creates interest in the high end hobby is good by me. However, as a manufaturer in industry or insider I do not think it makes a lot of sense for him to describe another as “not high end” when their intent and reputation is high end.

His opinion of course, I have never owned Sanus Faber but have heard many and was always impressed. More musical than revealing or over resolving, but nonetheless, extremely satisfying. And in the end most of the time we listen and enjoy our system alone - so aren’t we the only one we need to impress?

[RLF]

Everyone has a right their opinion, but for a CEO of an audio manufacturer who is soon to embark on building and selling “high end” speakers to publicly make a negative comment about another “high end” speaker manufacturer stating that “they are not what I would consider high-end” is rather cutthroat in my opinion. I would have thought that the CEO of a highly respected major “high-end” manufacturer like PSA would have been above making such a public comment about a soon-to-be competitor. Just my 2 cents regarding this topic.

[crwilli]

Originally Posted by RLF

Everyone has a right their opinion, but for a CEO of an audio manufacturer who is soon to embark on building and selling “high end” speakers to publicly make a negative comment about another “high end” speaker manufacturer stating that “they are not what I would consider high-end” is rather cutthroat in my opinion. I would have thought that the CEO of a highly respected major “high-end” manufacturer like PSA would have been above making such a public comment about a soon-to-be competitor. Just my 2 cents regarding this topic.

Fair point, I learned long ago never to bad mouth your competitors in front of your customers. There is simply no upside!

[Grasshopper]

I love my Sonus Faber Cremonas for my secondary system.

In many ways it is my go-to rig for enjoyment.

[Stranger]

Psychoacoustics = human subjective opinion of sound. You can't change what you don't acknowledge. I have seen many people not being honest with themselves when expressing their subjective perception of sound, which means that you both fool yourself and others.

[tdelahanty]

Lets not forget each person hears differently, our ears are not calibrated all the same. Personally I don't care for hyper detailed sound. Piano and female voice are very touchy elements for me.

[JHellow]

Paul apparently has never heard a pair of well set up and supported Extremas.