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Old 03-29-2010, 07:10 AM
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Einstein The Light In The Dark
Sonus Faber Guarneri Memento
Acoustic Zen Absolute Interconnect
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Beautiful there!

May I be so bold to suggest you try adding some books or other sound absorbing material behind the speakers. I had a similar set up to you with the Guarneris and when I put in a bookshelf behind each speaker the sound was transformed!

Before: No books.




After: With books. (sorry the speakers have changed, couldn't find the photo with books and GMs)

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Welcome to the club and congratulations on your purchase of the worlds finest little speakers!!!!

There are several of us Guarneri Memento owners here, and we are unanimous in our love for and praise of our "little giant" speakers. I love mine more with each passing day and I'm sure you will do the same

Your Eienstein tubes should, no doubt, produce world class sound from your wonderful speakers.

The things are great. Enjoy!!! :jump3:
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MAIN SYSTEM: . . . Audio Physic Caldera III Loudspeakers, Spectral DMC 30SL Preamp, Spectral DMA 250 Amp, Spectral/MIT interconnects and speaker cable, Basis Debut V Vacuum turntable, Walker Precision Speed Controller, Graham tonearm, [B]Koetsu Rosewood or Grado Statement 1 Cartridges, PASS - X-ono Phono Stage, Esoteric K03 CD/SACD Player, Lexicon RT-20 Universal Player, Exact Power EP-15A & SP-15A power regeneration and conditioning devices. Symposium Acoustics Svelte pads & RollerBlock Jr's under speakers. ASC Tube Traps, Arcici Suspense Rack System, OPPO and Cambridge Streaming Devices.


DOWNSTAIRS SYSTEM: . . . Sonus Faber Guarneri Memento Speakers, JL Audio F112 Sub, McIntosh MA7000 Integrated Amp, McIntosh MVP871 Universal Disc Player, OPPO BDP-105 Blu-Ray Player, VPI Scoutmaster with periphery ring clamp, VPI SDS Motor Drive, Koetsu Pro IV, or Clearaudio Discovery Cartridges, Mark Levinson No. 25s phono stage, Wadia 170i Transport with a Meridian Bitstream 203 DAC, VPI HW-17 Pro Record Cleaning Machine, Five Richard Gray RGPC 400 devices scattered around the two systems, Arcici Suspense Rack System, Discovery Essence and Essential Cables, 14,000 ± LPs .
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Congrats on your new SF GM !

What do you think about them so far ?
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There are a lot of happy Sonus Faber fans here. You are in for a great listening experience.
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Beautiful there!

May I be so bold to suggest you try adding some books or other sound absorbing material behind the speakers. I had a similar set up to you with the Guarneris and when I put in a bookshelf behind each speaker the sound was transformed!

After: With books. (sorry the speakers have changed, couldn't find the photo with books and GMs)
What a beautiful room!!! And, I can't really tell from the picture, but it looks as though you have a fabulous view from your home. What do we see out of your windows?
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MAIN SYSTEM: . . . Audio Physic Caldera III Loudspeakers, Spectral DMC 30SL Preamp, Spectral DMA 250 Amp, Spectral/MIT interconnects and speaker cable, Basis Debut V Vacuum turntable, Walker Precision Speed Controller, Graham tonearm, [B]Koetsu Rosewood or Grado Statement 1 Cartridges, PASS - X-ono Phono Stage, Esoteric K03 CD/SACD Player, Lexicon RT-20 Universal Player, Exact Power EP-15A & SP-15A power regeneration and conditioning devices. Symposium Acoustics Svelte pads & RollerBlock Jr's under speakers. ASC Tube Traps, Arcici Suspense Rack System, OPPO and Cambridge Streaming Devices.


DOWNSTAIRS SYSTEM: . . . Sonus Faber Guarneri Memento Speakers, JL Audio F112 Sub, McIntosh MA7000 Integrated Amp, McIntosh MVP871 Universal Disc Player, OPPO BDP-105 Blu-Ray Player, VPI Scoutmaster with periphery ring clamp, VPI SDS Motor Drive, Koetsu Pro IV, or Clearaudio Discovery Cartridges, Mark Levinson No. 25s phono stage, Wadia 170i Transport with a Meridian Bitstream 203 DAC, VPI HW-17 Pro Record Cleaning Machine, Five Richard Gray RGPC 400 devices scattered around the two systems, Arcici Suspense Rack System, Discovery Essence and Essential Cables, 14,000 ± LPs .
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Thank you all.

Actually, I have them for almost a year. But I just moved to a new house and it's like a new system now.

howiebrou,
I am going to do a professional acoustic treatment in my room. So everything will change (again) .You have a beautiful room BTW!

1KW,
I really like them, the sound is great. But I would like to get more in large symphonic orchestras.
Recently I had some impure thoughts to replace them with Amatis or Strads….but I don't know yet.
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I really like them, the sound is great. But I would like to get more in large symphonic orchestras.

Recently I had some impure thoughts to replace them with Amatis or Strads….but I don't know yet.
I thought the same until I bought a JL Audio sub woofer (F-112), which brought the symphony into my room. Lots cheaper than a pair of Amatis or Strads - One sub has proven to be great. I'm told that two subs would "double my enjoyment". Think about it Surely, two RELs would be better than one and might bring you the sound you want..

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I have a record player and a cd player and some other stuff that sounds pretty good.


MAIN SYSTEM: . . . Audio Physic Caldera III Loudspeakers, Spectral DMC 30SL Preamp, Spectral DMA 250 Amp, Spectral/MIT interconnects and speaker cable, Basis Debut V Vacuum turntable, Walker Precision Speed Controller, Graham tonearm, [B]Koetsu Rosewood or Grado Statement 1 Cartridges, PASS - X-ono Phono Stage, Esoteric K03 CD/SACD Player, Lexicon RT-20 Universal Player, Exact Power EP-15A & SP-15A power regeneration and conditioning devices. Symposium Acoustics Svelte pads & RollerBlock Jr's under speakers. ASC Tube Traps, Arcici Suspense Rack System, OPPO and Cambridge Streaming Devices.


DOWNSTAIRS SYSTEM: . . . Sonus Faber Guarneri Memento Speakers, JL Audio F112 Sub, McIntosh MA7000 Integrated Amp, McIntosh MVP871 Universal Disc Player, OPPO BDP-105 Blu-Ray Player, VPI Scoutmaster with periphery ring clamp, VPI SDS Motor Drive, Koetsu Pro IV, or Clearaudio Discovery Cartridges, Mark Levinson No. 25s phono stage, Wadia 170i Transport with a Meridian Bitstream 203 DAC, VPI HW-17 Pro Record Cleaning Machine, Five Richard Gray RGPC 400 devices scattered around the two systems, Arcici Suspense Rack System, Discovery Essence and Essential Cables, 14,000 ± LPs .
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Thank you all.

Actually, I have them for almost a year. But I just moved to a new house and it's like a new system now.

howiebrou,
I am going to do a professional acoustic treatment in my room. So everything will change (again) .You have a beautiful room BTW!

1KW,
I really like them, the sound is great. But I would like to get more in large symphonic orchestras.
Recently I had some impure thoughts to replace them with Amatis or Strads….but I don't know yet.

Try a JLF112 sub first. Then again for about the same price of the SF GM you could move to the Elipsa
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I thought the same until I bought a JL Audio sub woofer (F-112), which brought the symphony into my room. Lots cheaper than a pair of Amatis or Strads - One sub has proven to be great. I'm told that two subs would "double my enjoyment". Think about it Surely, two RELs would be better than one and might bring you the sound you want..

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This is why I have the REL. it does a great job but you can't compare the combination to a stard

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Then again for about the same price of the SF GM you could move to the Elipsa
I tried the Elipsa in my home a while back, the Elipsa is a great speaker but it doesn't have the mid and highs of the memento, it does have much better lower mid bass but the elipsa go down "only" to 35HZ it is not enough.
BTW the memento go down to 39HZ.
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