The third option of piano black is probably more to British tastes, however, but it would be interesting to know what the market for a more sophisticated stand-mount actually buys. The cabinet comes in three variants, all of which look very swish my preference is for the dark wengé veneer with maple inlays forming horizontal stripes but the lighter walnut with the same pattern of inlay is very nice too. A front-firing slot port is discreetly placed under the front baffle which means it can genuinely be placed in a bookshelf for stereo or surround channel duties, best results for music will of course be achieved with the Lumina II on a stand but it’s nice to have this option. The Lumina II is the larger of two stand-mounts in the range and was introduced earlier in the year to cover a variety of roles for the music and movie enthusiast.
The company became part of a much larger organisation a decade ago but its early success means Sonus faber still has a favoured status on these shores, one that should become more widespread with the introduction of the relatively affordable Lumina range.
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We now know there were many other Italian speaker builders many of whom employed the walnut stave cabinets favoured by Sonus faber, but they never cracked the UK to the same degree. Thanks largely to the efforts of the distributor at the time, the brand enjoyed a high-end reputation matched only by the beautiful finishes of the speakers themselves. There was a time not so long ago when Sonus faber was the only Italian loudspeaker brand that had any real profile in Britain.