Loudspeakers

Sonus Faber

Loudspeakers built from solid wood and leather in the hills above Vicenza, voiced to sound like instruments rather than equipment. Absolute Sound is the distributor for Sonus Faber in Singapore.

From Monteviale to Arcugnano

Franco Serblin started Sonus Faber in 1983, in a small laboratory at Monteviale on the hills above Vicenza. He was a hi-fi enthusiast and a woodworker rather than a trained luthier, but he borrowed the logic of Cremonese instrument making: solid walnut, leather, and cabinets curved so they behave like a resonant body rather than a sealed box. The speakers still carry the names of the violin makers who worked nearby, Amati, Guarneri and Stradivari. The company builds at Arcugnano today, under a design principle it calls Natural Sound. We install Sonus Faber where the brief calls for a system that reads as furniture and performs as an instrument.

Red-lacquered Sonus Faber floorstanding speaker beside a blue plinth in a bright room with a parquet floor.

The Sonus Faber range

Tall Sonus Faber floorstanding speaker in dark wood against a stone wall and a window.
Sonus Faber bookshelf speaker in walnut on a black stand with a white stone base, against a dark stone wall.
Black Sonus Faber floorstanding speaker with chrome feet in front of tan leather panelling.

LuminaThe way in, in a smaller cabinet

SonettoThe everyday range, for music and home theatre

Olympica NovaWhere the lute-shaped cabinet arrives

HomageAmati, Guarneri, Serafino and Stradivari

ReferenceAida, Lilium and Il Cremonese, the flagship tier

AmatorElecta Amator III, Minima Amator II and Maxima Amator, heritage design scaled down

Space here allows for six collections; Sonus Faber’s full range, and its specifications, live on the manufacturer’s site: sonusfaber.com.

Sonus Faber in our projects

Questions

Where are Sonus Faber loudspeakers made?

In Italy. The company builds at Arcugnano, just outside Vicenza, where cabinets are still assembled and finished by hand. Solid wood and leather have been part of the construction since the first models in 1983, and the upper collections use the curved, lute-shaped cabinet Sonus Faber is known for.

Which collection should I start with?

Lumina is the usual entry point: it keeps the cabinet work and the voicing in a smaller, more forgiving box. Sonetto is the step up that most rooms settle on. Above that the choice is driven by the size of the room and how loudly you actually listen, which is worth working through in person rather than on paper.

Can Sonus Faber be used for home theatre as well as music?

Yes, and we install it that way often. Sonetto and Olympica Nova both have matching centre and surround cabinets, so the front stage can be voiced consistently instead of assembled from unrelated speakers. Several of the home theatre projects on this site are built around them.

Why are Sonus Faber's speakers named after violin makers?

Founder Franco Serblin was not a luthier. He worked not far from Cremona, home to Amati, Guarneri and Stradivari, and borrowed their approach rather than their trade: a cabinet built to resonate like an instrument rather than seal sound inside a box. The Homage collection carries those names as a nod, not a claim of descent.

Hear them for yourself

Come and hear Sonus Faber at our showrooms. Tell us which collection you would like to listen to and we will have it playing when you arrive.

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