Sonus faber Maxima Amator

摘要

What have you been doing throughout the various lockdowns? Looks like the R&D team at the Sonus faber factory in Arcugnano, Italy, took the opportunity to spend some time revisiting a project it had been keeping on the back burner for a while - a two-way floorstander with a solid wood enclosure to slot into its Heritage collection above the Minima Amator Ⅱ and Electa Amator Ⅲ [HFN Jul '19] standmount models. The concept of the £ 14,500 Maxima Amator speaker looks simple enough: if you're going to take up floorspace with a compact speaker on a substantial stand, why not fill it with a floorstanding model? The listening-room real estate occupied is much the same at around 300x350mm (wd), and it's not even that much taller -112cm for the Maxima versus 109.5cm for the Electa Amator Ⅲ on its optional stand.