Best Speakers $5k-$10k: Sonus faber Sonetto V G2 review

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@ryansudding667 Ай бұрын

What a great review. Loved how you articulated soundstage, air, tone and frequency response, both from a more objective perspective as we as subjectively. Having a comparison also completed the review. One of the best video reviews I have ever heard Tom!

@freekwo7772 Ай бұрын

I really like this type of review. It is eloquent, sound and informative wrapped up in a story like a very interesting screenplay or a novel. All good things are rare so as this type of review that combines knowledge and simplicity in transferring into 10-15 minutes of elaboration. I really really enjoy each time!

@TheTASmagazine Ай бұрын

You are too kind. But thanks.

@vicentemonsalve5884 Ай бұрын

Excellent review, way better than most hifi channels

@aa5az423 Ай бұрын

I spent a lot of time in this room at Audio Advice. Like a couple hours. They are like an enigma with me, in a good way.

@jupitorsaturn8533 Ай бұрын

What a pleasurable review! Your gift for language and delivery was delightful!

@TheTASmagazine Ай бұрын

Thank you kindly!

@Johnnytrades101 Ай бұрын

Great review! I have owned the Sonetto VIII's. I really liked them, sadly, had to let them go. In my new space I have a pair of Sonetto 2 G2's on the way! Can't wait to fire them up!! Cheers!

@joelowens5211 19 күн бұрын

Love Sonus Faber. Have a pair of Aida 2's in Wenge finish.

@bbb-ri4vs Ай бұрын

really appreciate your reviews and unique perspective and delivery!

@timothyfreeseha4056 Ай бұрын

I do enjoy your reviews.

@JamesWilliams-gf8gm Ай бұрын

Good review, thanks. As crazy as it sounds to say I think these seem like a good deal. Having the cork internals at a normal cost is interesting.

@autonomous-hm5yf 10 күн бұрын

I think this is what you call a sweet spot speaker. I much prefer dynamics that play through a darker tonal presentation.

@WILLIAMMORALES-gw1zz Ай бұрын

There are so many good ones in that price range, atc, revel, wharfedale elysians, the philharmonic floor model etc. It's personal taste.

@tonyschifano7742 Ай бұрын

Great Review Tom - What would you say to a combo of the Sonetto 2 & and great sub vs. these Sonetto V’s (with or without a Sub)?

@adrianalexander2651 Ай бұрын

Good review, nice background

@gtrguyinaz Ай бұрын

Nice review and this price range is right for most… Sonus has a signature sound up and down there line to me and sound is pleasant… bass does roll off …

@realleescoggins Ай бұрын

Nice review Tom.

@stephanlazarz1921 Ай бұрын

Beautiful.

@Nelson.Francisco 25 күн бұрын

Need a comparison with the new monitor audio gold 6G towers, similar price

@Darrylizer1 Ай бұрын

Very helpful review. I'm in a bit of a pickle as my music tastes run from extreme metal to solo piano to large and small group jazz and classical, electronica, hip hop, acoustic music and lots of rock and uncategorizable things. Needle in a haystack speakers are what I need.

@TheTASmagazine Ай бұрын

We'll keep looking in case it helps. We admit we are fans of uncategorizable.

@Darrylizer1 Ай бұрын

@@TheTASmagazine Thanks! These speakers are on my short list for sure.

@carlesjuliavallmajo3812 Ай бұрын

Hi , very interesting , as usual , how do they compare to the acoustic energy corineum ... thanks

@TheTASmagazine Ай бұрын

I have the Coriniums here and they will be up next (in this series).

@glenncurry3041 Ай бұрын

I don't get the floor stand mounted "book shelf" speaker attraction. Maybe at the lower end. But to put at least a couple $K into the speakers or even $10's of K, and then another couple $hundred to another $k for stands? Most as with any speaker do best with some distance from the front wall. So no matter the height of the speaker cabinet, they will occupy a given floor space around the same as a floor standing one of similar or even larger drivers. Here's a perfect example. These would occupy the same room/ floor space as many book shelf/ stand mount models for similar dollars. Yet none of them would get close to the low end range of a floor stander. With far less chance of someone accidently knocking them over because of being so top heavy. And no cat liter needed.

@hifiman4562 Ай бұрын

We like to play with different sets of bookshelves. It's easier to swap around bookshelves. And, there's an advantage to separate subs.

@glenncurry3041 Ай бұрын

@@hifiman4562 Many people use subs no matter how big their main speakers. And easy of swapping is not in my criteria for good sound. Also, different height stands are needed for different speakers to get the tweeter in the right height. So even that excuse does not work.

@Antibackgroundnoise Ай бұрын

Never mind, I'm listening in a small 13 x 11.5 ft (4 x 3.5 m) living room. The reason why I chose to go with stand mounts helped out with a stereo pair of musical subwoofers was to limit the room gain. Stick the floor standers up your ring piece. Only joking, mate 😂

@oohtob6685 Ай бұрын

Personally I prefer the sound of stand mounts and a pair of subs.

@timothyfreeseha4056 Ай бұрын

Well...unless you have cats. My cats would eat a flloorstander for lunch. They do not know how to navigate my stands, which are sufficiently heavy and stable, and rigged with angry nuns and dinosaurs. Otherwise, you are right in all your points

@PickanPop Ай бұрын

You should qualify the title as "best home theatre speakers..." as I would think that a well-informed, middle-class audiophile would spend around $5-10k on a six-inch stand-mount as you can only do so much with a large floor-stander at this budget. I mean, take cables, for example: the longer the cable, the better it needs to be. It's the same with speakers. The larger the room, the larger the speaker, the better the amp, source and cables & accessories need to be. Furthermore, the more materials, manpower, transportation cost, etc. all add to the cost of a large speaker, relegating quality to a lesser concern. Use a smaller room and think quality over quantity. I wouldn't get into a floor-stander until $10k-20k and even then it would be a 7-inch, two-way floor-stander.

@djtranceporter855 Ай бұрын

check out Focal Aria 948

@edsinger8900 Ай бұрын

I have the Sonetto V’s. Would you upgrade to the G2 or another Sonus Faber ?

@TheTASmagazine Ай бұрын

It will depend to some degree on what the G1 lacks that you really want. Thoughts on that?

@edsinger8900 Ай бұрын

@@TheTASmagazine - looking for more transparency & detail. Does it make more sense to look at the Olympia collection?

@chrislj2890 Ай бұрын

The speakers look nice, but that room has me a bit confused. There are all of those big acoustic panels on the walls but then all of those large areas of glass windows are exposed. The room looks rectangular, do you ever orient the setup 90° from this?

@TheTASmagazine Ай бұрын

I'll do a ~full report on the room acoustics in a bit. But to address your questions briefly: the windows are positioned outside the primary reflection points (note that glass and drywall have similar reflection coefficients so this is equivalent to having some exposed wall area); most of the panels are bass traps; the room is designed for this lateral arrangement based on hundreds of simulations of both configurations -- the advantage of this setup is placing the symmetrical seating null at a lower (below 30 hz) frequency but it does mean that SBIR is at a higher frequency. There are tradeoffs with each arrangement.

@chrislj2890 Ай бұрын

@@TheTASmagazine Thanks Tom, looking forward to the report.

@raynabozny2338 Ай бұрын

Where are they made ?

@thomasmartin2219 Ай бұрын

Italy

@Kukkema Ай бұрын

Are the big beige sound panels homemade?

@thomasmartin2219 Ай бұрын

No. Rediacoustics. I’ll do a report on the room treatment in a month or so.

@Kukkema Ай бұрын

@@thomasmartin2219 cool. Thanks

@stimpy1226 Ай бұрын

Is soundstage the same as Soundfield?

@thomasmartin2219 Ай бұрын

We tend not to use ‘sound field’ as a term, so I can’t say for sure what people mean. Sound stage is an easy mental image for the sound you hear from the performers. Left to right, front to back, bottom to top of a virtual stage as in a concert. Sound space is the sense of the overall concert venue size and shape. You can try this out just with someone speaking in a gymnasium and in a bedroom. In both cases you will be able to locate the speaker (on ‘stage’) but the sense of the ‘venue’ will be quite different.

@DavidGilden 15 күн бұрын

Nice review, but not my favorite speaker….

@stimpy1226 Ай бұрын

HP defined dynamics pppp to fffff

@jonathanmoore8886 Ай бұрын

Idk man, maybe they sound good...

@CarlVanDoren61 Ай бұрын

If it looks like a box 📦

@robertdavis1976 Ай бұрын

Lol. I understand exactly what you are saying 😊

@dougdavis8986 Ай бұрын

If you listen to modern pop you only deserve Spotify quality.

@morrisg5060 26 күн бұрын

oh come on, don't be a snob. That attitude is not going to entice new blood into audiophilia.

@n0b34ts 21 күн бұрын

This is exactly the reason I don’t engage in this community. I came here excited to learn about the Sonus Fabers. What’s the top comment? Another gatekeeping audiophile jerk. What is even the point of this comment? Why would you even feel compelled to turn someone off from taking part in a love of music? I just don’t get this attitude and why it’s so pervasive with audiophiles. Constantly a bunch of asshats…

@Squarewave39 Ай бұрын

One cannot get bass from 6 inch drivers

@SGTOldSchool96 Ай бұрын

Purifi PTT6.5X04 says otherwise.

@peterw2714 Ай бұрын

Audio Group Denmark (Borresen) would disagree with that also.

@silicone6827129 Ай бұрын

Not true.

@Squarewave39 Ай бұрын

Physics Are facts your perception is a different thing altogether

@peterw2714 Ай бұрын

@@Squarewave39 true but, designing speakers nowadays is more than just taking an average ordinary speaker and sticking it in a box, much more engineering goes into today’s speakers. While they won’t match a good sub, there is real bass there. To imply otherwise would be incorrect.