v nice 

How much?

Wow, what a beautiful, astonishing original speaker stand ! Congratulation to you, PcWork.  I wish i would get this one day. 

Trust me, one day if you move to a special/dedicated listening room with room acoustic, i.e. diffusor, bass trap and absorption panel on wall, carpet or rug on floor, you will hear a better soundstage.

After having my room acousticly treated, i really enjoy the soundstage deliver by SFCD speakers, just wonder if i am having the original speaker stand, how would the soundstage be? Haha.

Now my next target is to get a external DAC, i.e. Cambridge Audio DacMagic.

Well, you can listen again to all your CD collection one by one , enjoy the music. 

Cheers

Auronthas

I hope that I can hold my emotion to let go my Concertino now...if not, scare that will spent more money to maximise potential of SF...like PcWork~

Super nice PCWork! Enjoy the music more now...and for the record, I am sure you agree you broke your wallet for a good cause

Hey, bro...
You will feel like the speakers are incomplete if the spike shoes are not ori Sonus Faber.
Get the whole set in original form better lar..
After all, you have spent so much on the speakers and stands, rite? 

I guess you just dont waste time for sleeping tonight.
Better sit in front of the speakers and listen.... 

How much is toy going for?

The Toy speaker is a small size speaker indeed but very cute. 

The notable difference between the Liuto and Domus is the firing ports.
Liuto's at the back. Domus' at the front.

The Guarneri Homage set up is very nice.
What sort of wall is that, behind the speaker?
Looks shiny...

Yesterday, or perhaps this morning, you listen till what time? 
Actually, I dont know how to differentiate Memento or Homage. 

Oh ya.. those Toy speakers still Made in Italy, right?
Aikss.. I think I am poisoned...

Nice one PC works!! congratulations.
How big are the spikes of the original stands? Can you take a few photos? Do they sell the shoes for that? If yes, how much?

Wah.. Good info..
After looking at the photos, I know how to differentiate them now.

Hehehehe.. Bro... I keep scratching my itchy hands now..
Aiyoyo... macam mana boleh tahan... 

eh... no need to take them off. But looking at the pics you posted, I'm guessing that the spikes are like mine. They are more rounded than sharply pointed like normal spikes. How long does it take to order? I might want to get them too.

I think it's worth to spend on my Concertino Home too...maybe I didn't go to audit other speaker to avoid poison

bro, wait until u try out on the tightness of ur screws and ur spike shoes
u will go crazy

Carpet on floor is very good.
Here's a school of thought ... try not to put anything too absorby (yeah i just made this word up) behind the speakers (aka front wall). But put foams and stuff at the back wall instead. The whole idea is that let the speaker pairs excite the front portion of the room to present a big and generous sound-stage towards you. Best speaker placement is when u get superb focus, and the "disappearance" of the speakers' individual presence (this one really really really hard to do). Then all u get is the depth and height and overall soundstage effect.
Yeah i got triangluar pillows (CornerTunes™ ) at the ceiling corners but i doubt if they do anything to absorb much bass. Its more for stereo imaging enhancement only.

If you have bass boom problems, the most effective "acoustic tuning" device would be to place a BIG FAT LONG COUCH behind your listening position. Guaranteed to work wonders. The more foam and padded the couch is, the more bass absorbing effectiveness it is. Then having tube-traps at the rear corners also helps to cut out more peaky booms. But too much of these bass traps can also create a suckout effect in the mid to upper bass regions. So use them sparingly. Bigger tube traps isn't always the best.

For ceiling treatment, try placing those styrofoam diffusors (RPG Skylines). This will make the room seem larger than its physical dimensions without overdamping the sound too much.  Same goes for the sidewalls.

Hifi listening rooms should not be dead-sounding unlike recording studios. A well-tuned live-sounding listening room is an absolute joy to listen too. And this has the biggest effect on your hi-fi system , even more than the hardware themselves.

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Added on May 30, 2009, 11:13 am
... and the right material for treatment as well.

For example, to control bass, you need stuff like heavily padded boxes (Helmholtz resonators) like the RealTrap & BassTube type of stuff.
Different sized traps work more effectively for certain bass frequencies.
Foam pillows won't do much to control bass.

But Foams are superb at cutting down echoes, reflections and mid-to-high freq comb effects and overly excited or long reverb times.
The best way to go about room tuning would be a combo of absorption and diffusion.
Anyone here using Chicken-egg cartons in their listening rooms? 

I'm using a pair of SF Concertinno Home...

1.) I check with a lot of old concertino advertisement place a outer tweeter position, thus i guess that should be the standard one?
    However, you should test it with your own ear coz every ppl get different space and taste...

2.) I saw quite a number of SF Concertino users using Generic speaker stand...especially 3 to 4 pillar stand.

What auronthas is right,

I found that the best heigh is to match with your ear level for Concertino series...

For me, I found the sweet spot is my ear place in between the tweeter and mid

Opss...just knew it 

I found that place the tweeter outside with toe out sound better for me coz i sit very very near to the speaker

Tweeter inside will feel that there is veil in the middle of the speaker...maybe my amp not powerful enough

Thanks a lot Mugenfoo, This is important information for me!

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Added on June 2, 2009, 12:35 am

Thanks for your info, I am nearfield condition, but i dont feel sound is cramp together when using inner tweeter. Lucky.

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Added on June 2, 2009, 12:48 am

Dont be afraid for SFCD. SFCD is easy to be drive. I try my 60w integrated amp to drive sonus faber concerto domus  floorstand with 9 o'clock volume is loud enough. But old concertino is terrible, I increased volume more than 10 o'clock also not enough. But sonus faber vocal is poison, even concertino bass  quality & quantity also far better my existing floorstand speaker.

Actually when listening to hi-fi, one must not get too hung up about where the tweeters or woofers are.

The whole idea is to listen to the "music"; Not the round domes and cones vibrating like a monkey on caffeine.
Just try a few times one way vs the other, then stick by it and enjoy the music. Nevermind what other people say.
If tweeter outside seems to sound better, then go with it. Heck, why not ?
If placing the speakers upside down (Mission is already doing it from the factory) would sound better to you, go for it also!
That way only can the listener truly hear the music and enjoy the artistry of sound. 

Yup..every person have their own opinion, preferences, space and difference machines...

Perfect has no limit in HIFI...(erm, exclude billionaire)

The most important is, enjoy music

Headphones provide a different kind of satisfaction. For a while, I ventured into Head-Fi. Started off with a Grado SR-125, then the SR-325i before going flat out serious for the GS-1000. From personal experience, they just cannot replace the "feel" I have grown to appreciate from a full blown hi-fi setup.

That is not to say they are not engaging whatsoever. They are in their own ways and they sound really good but it fails to reproduce the emotion and feel I get from listening to hi-fi.

Interesting...

You got a pair to offer? 

Bro PcWork,

Giving me moral support eh... 

Money no enough wor...  too bad...