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Old 12-30-2012, 01:36 AM
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Default Stradivari Cabinet - Similarity to Violin Arching

Coming from a violin-playing background, in looking at a picture of the removed top of the Sonus Faber Stradivari cabinet, it struck me what an appropriate name for this speaker. The curvature of the front and back of the speaker cabinet have similarities to the low arching of the belly and back of a Strad pattern violin!



Interesting how Sonus Faber, an Italian company, has been inspired to successfully use arched shapes from acoustic stringed intruments such as the lute in their Amati model and violin in the Stradivari to associate themselves with the fine Italian Cremona lutier tradition. Other tie-ins to fine stringed-instrument building are the beautiful Sonus Faber solid wood craftsmanship of the speaker cabinets and the fine quality varnishes.

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I would love to see more pictures
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Coming from a violin-playing background, in looking at a picture of the removed top of the Sonus Faber Stradivari cabinet, it struck me what an appropriate name for this speaker. The curvature of the front and back of the speaker cabinet have similarities to the low arching of the belly and back of a Strad pattern violin!



Interesting how Sonus Faber, an Italian company, has been inspired to successfully use arched shapes from acoustic stringed intruments such as the lute in their Amati model and violin in the Stradivari to associate themselves with the fine Italian Cremona lutier tradition. Other tie-ins to fine stringed-instrument building are the beautiful Sonus Faber solid wood craftsmanship of the speaker cabinets and the fine quality varnishes.

Roger
You should read up on the history of Sonus faber. Franco Serblin was a luthier by avocation. Franco wasn't associating with a tradition. He lived it. Everything you see in Sonus fabers built before 2008 reflects that.

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The Strads are Franco's absolute masterpiece while he was at Sonus faber..
He put his heart and soul into them...
...that's why there will never be anything like them..
Anyone who has them..should hang on to them for dear life...
...and anyone contemplating letting them go should stop and think..REAL HARD ...what their about to say goodbye too.

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I firmly believe that Sonus Faber made a huge mistake by discontinuing the Stradivari.
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Im glad I scored a pair
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Im glad I scored a pair

How do you feel about the size compared to the Elipsa? I would love a pair of Strads. But I look at my Elipsa SE and wonder if the size of the Strads might be just a little over whelming in my room (13x24x8).
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How do you feel about the size compared to the Elipsa? I would love a pair of Strads. But I look at my Elipsa SE and wonder if the size of the Strads might be just a little over whelming in my room (13x24x8).
Your room is bigger than the one I have my Strads in.
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How do you feel about the size compared to the Elipsa? I would love a pair of Strads. But I look at my Elipsa SE and wonder if the size of the Strads might be just a little over whelming in my room (13x24x8).


If given the chance, you could make them work with no issues.
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