Sonus Faber Sonus Faber Homage Vox Center

Sonus Faber Homage Vox Center

I’m downsizing my home cinema setup and making some changes to the cinema/music room.
Unfortunately, I watch movies very rarely these days, so my Sonus Faber Vox Center Graphite center speaker is up for sale. Over the years, it has not seen much use either — I estimate it has around 200–300 hours of total playback time. I am the first owner and unpacked it myself. Condition: 10/10.
In my personal opinion, it has a very open and natural sound, thanks in part to it being one of the last Sonus Faber models with a paper-cone midrange driver. Back then, it replaced the newer large Sonus Faber Nova center speaker in my system, as I found the Nova’s sound less natural.
Within the Sonus Faber family, this speaker is on the Homage / Amati level.
Its original new price was €12,000, while the newer version now has a list price of €20,000.
It comes with the original packaging, and shipping within the EU is included free of charge.
Selling price: €6,500.
More picture: in e-mail.

SYSTEM
3 way, low spurious vibration optimized, stealth reflex para-aperiodic loading, horizontal loudspeaker system.

CABINET
Lute shape design, multilayer, constrained-mode damping, enclosure formed using hand selected wood layers, quality graded and oriented for carefully optimized resonances control. Sub-structural ribs are strategically placed for absolute rejection of spurious vibrations. “New Era” avional (from “The” experience) exo-squeleton clamp structure inhibiting the residual resonances of the wooden structure.

TWEETER
29XTR3. A Sonus faber designed 29 mm moving coil driver. The ultra dynamic linearity is given by the new Neodymium motor system.

MIDRANGES
Sonus faber M15XTR. A totally Sonus faber designed 150 mm ultra dynamic linearity midrange. CCAW wire is used on a composite former “eddy current free” voice coil. The dynamically linear magnetic field motor incorporates triple Kellog/Goeller rings. A special custom diaphragm is made with a real time air dried non pressed blend of traditional cellulose pulp, kapok, kenaf and other natural fibers, developed according to the most natural sound. To further inhibit any residual cone coloration we are using a transparent viscous surface damping coating. Special coaxial anti-compressor are used, designed to remove cavity resonance and distortions.

WOOFERS
180 mm, lightweight elastomer foam damped Aluminium/Magnesium alloy cone driver in an acoustically amorphous “stealth reflex” chamber. A long-throw motor system with a 1,5” controlled “eddy current” voice coil is implemented for high speed, performance and linearity. Special coaxial anti-compressor are used, designed to remove cavity resonance and distortions.

CROSS-OVER
Non-resonant “progressive slope” design, optimized amplitude/phase response for optimal space/time performance. “Paracross topology” on both tweeter hi-pass and midrange band pass, cross-over points 250 Hz – 1.800 Hz. Highest quality components are used including Mundorf Evo Oil capacitors and Jantzen inductors.

FREQUENCY RESPONSE
50 Hz – 30.000 Hz, tuning port included.

SENSITIVITY
89 dB SPL (2.83 V/1m).
NOMINAL IMPEDANCE 4 ohm.

SUGGESTED AMPLIFIER POWER OUTPUT
30W – 300W, without clipping.

DIMENSIONS
310x825x390 mm (HxWxD).

WEIGHT
37 Kg – net weight / 43 Kg – shipping weight