Sonus faber Omnia wireless loudspeaker Associated Equipment

Sidebar 2: Associated Equipment

Digital sources: 16" MacBook Pro M1 Max and iPhone 12 Pro Max, running Roon. Roon ROCK (Lenovo ThinkCentre). Sony S9000ES SACD player.
Loudspeakers: Naim Mu-so 2. MartinLogan Crescendo X.—Rogier van Bakel

COMPANY INFO
Sonus faber
US distributor: Sumiko
11763 95th Ave. North
Maple Grove, MN 55369
(510) 843-4500
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JRT's picture

I like to read Sterephile, and have been doing so for a very long while. I recently enjoyed reading Kal's review and John's commentary and measurements of the KEF Blade Two Meta in the September issue.

Your reviewing this audio enabled $2k plant stand from Sonus Faber seems like a waste of your precious resources.

Opinions vary, and I am just expressing mine.

jtshaw's picture

All-in-ones have improved considerably in recent years, and they can serve very well in a smaller space like a home office or bedroom. We have a Technics Ottava SC-C70MK2 and a just-add-speakers T+A CALA CDR at our house.

Both offer fine sound, excel at streaming, play CDs, and include a radio. We listen to all of these formats and appreciate their very favorable quality-to-space-required ratio. The sound does not approach our big-rig stereo, but they are always pleasant and sometimes sound startling good depending on the source.

We run the T+A Cala CDR with a pair of Wharfedale Denton loudspeakers, and I think I could live with it quite contentedly if life were to compel us to downsize into smaller quarters. I've gone through a lot of gear over the past 35 years, and the T+A unit may well be the best overall in maximizing performance per its design brief and intended market.

Dharam_Lall's picture

I've bought one of these - yes it has amazing sound but what you don't get told is that it's not fully compatible with Android.

I've contacted the the retailer, the UK distributor and the manufacturer and I'm left shocked and appalled. The unit should not have been brought to market until it was fully compatible with Android and the only solution now would be for Sonus Faber to launch an App

Dharam_Lall's picture

Following various communications with Sonus Faber, the UK Business Development Manager paid me a visit! Well I can't fault that level of service - my Omnia is now functioning as I would expect and there are some notes to be fed back to Sonus Faber themselves for them to address. The one I'm most interested in is the sound quality whilst playing from a plugged in iPod

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