19-May-2016, 13:12
Currently listening to Sonas Faber Olympica 1 with my D400. Before this I was listening to ELAC BS314. The first thing that jumps out at you while listening to the Olympica is the warm sound. Instruments sound more natural with considerable presence, as if you would be able to reach out and touch them. These speakers are made for classical and jazz music which is perfect in my case as I hardly listen to electronic. My dealer did suggest that I should use them for 100hrs before making any definitive judgement. I wanted a more relaxing sound which I was not getting with the ELAC and so I am happy to have chosen the Olympica. They are a more forgiving speaker than the ELAC, hence you can enjoy the music instead of spotting every mistake the recording engineer made.
Auralic Mini (Sbooster LPSU), Rega RP8, Melco N1A, Devialet D200, Devialet 400, ELAC BS314, ELAC BS312, Sonus Faber Olympica 1, Audioquest (Victoria, Yosemite, Vodka Cat7, Carbon USB) Chord Epic Master/Companion link, Wireworld Oasis 7 speaker cable, Inakustik Reference LS-803 speaker cable,Isotek premium mains cables, TCI mains cables, Atlas mains unfiltered distribution block, Supra filtered mains distribution block, and synergistic research (red/black fuse,sort kone), and vertexaq (silver-jaya).
