Hello!
I am considering sonus faber top tier in wall speakers to match with my supernait 3. I currently have a pair of sonus faber lumina V speakers which I love but I will be moving to a smaller space which could benefit from inwall speakers. I want to have a home theater setup and of course use it for listening to music aswell.
What are your thoughts on inwall speakers as main speakers?
Don’t do it!
Sonus Faber do some very nice On-Wall speakers …
Well, in-wall speaker are fatally flawed by using the wall cavity as an enclosure. On-wall speakers are unnecessarily compromised (IMHO) when compared to their normal-cabinet brethren.
The SF Olympica Nova on-walls sound like very good stand mounts. Not cheap mind…
Have you heard them? Those are the ones that I want to buy…
They are on-wall not in wall.
Have you heard the on-wall sf olympica nova speakers?
Only at a HiFi show - not a proper demo.
Actually in-wall speakers have some inherent advantages by their lack of rear reflection combing. They are popular in studios for good reasons.
The main problem is that changing them is a huge job. You need a new wall! You then need to repaper or paint.
On-wall speakers, are a good compromise. They still avoid rear teflection combing but their bass response is more limited by their small enclosure. That said, I have had absolutely fantastic results with on-wall speakers. I’d really written them off decades ago and now I’m kicking myself. So many apartments in my past with no real hifi because I could not accommodate speakers. Except it is clear that I could have had a serious system with on-walls. I think I really missed out by carrying a misconception with me for decades.
Considering in-wall and on-wall can be very good indeed and Sonus Faber have a good reputation I’m confident you can great results. But auditioning will be very difficult. PMC, KEF, Dali and several others also make in/on-walls for serious hifi.
I had the Sn3 in combination with Sonus Faber Sonetto 2 for some time. It was a fantastic match. The Sonetto 2 can be placed very close to a wall, on a shelf, because it is closed on the back and the bass vent opens to the front. Very curious how the Olympica Nova wall version would sound like.
