OLYMPICA III or ELIPSA ?

[Sultankat]

Originally Posted by william13

Love the Elipsa SE. I never heard the Olympica. But certainly have been hearing a lot about it. (ie marketing) Marketing should not be equated to performance. Marketing is Marketing.

[pkelly1504]

I have not demo'd The Olympica 3 vs The Elipsa SE next to each other however I did demo the Olympica 3 vs The Cremona M side by side on the same equipment.

My friend and I listened to 8 songs of various artist between The Olympica 3 & Cremona M and we both preferred The Cremona M's each time. Very surprising!

At a later date I demo'd The Elipsa SE's and they were far superior to The Cremona M.
A bigger sound with a wider and deeper soundstage, more detail and a much better bottom end. For the difference in price they should be superior.

The Olympica is a beautiful speaker however I feel The Elipsa SE is a much better speaker in both sound and looks.

[KMC45]

Elipsa, all day long.

[George Prentice]

My primary concern was the physical presence. They are 22" wide, if you leave 2 feet to the side walls and 5 feet between the speakers. You get about 13' Move them out two feet from the wall and place your chair 2' from the rear wall, assuming 120% distance between the chair and speakers as is between the speakers (I get 6') so the minimum length of the room would be around 12'. So, I would think the minimum room size would be 13' * 12'... bigger would be better. I would guess that is a small room, not a tiny one. Tiny, I would guess is 10' by 12'? 10' by 9'? Admittedly the Elipsa are better speakers. Hopefully we'll learn what tiny means to

[Marmarosa]

First of all, thank's for your answers.

Actually, distance between both speakers are 63 inches. Both are separated from rear wall by 9 inches.

Distance between speakers and my ears are 94.5 inches.

Distance between speakers and side walls it's bigger.

My current speakers are Dynaudio Contour 1.8. (37.7*8*10.8) (H*W*D).

I own an integrated tube amp, Unison Research P70, wich I would like to change for a McIntosh C2500 + Mc 275 combo in a future.

P70 – Unison Research

I only listen to jazz, and of course I have volume restrictions.

One last question, when you talk about Elipsa SE, What do you mean? Browsing SF web, I can´t see the "SE" specification.

Well, that´s all. I hope this information could help you in your advices.

Thank´s again.

[George Prentice]

Marmarosa,

I was trying to guess the size of your room. I wasn't too far off on guessing your setup... although going from 8" wide to 22" is going to consume some space. What is the size of your room? Sounds like it is bigger that what I would call tiny, but small sounds right.

his is on the Sonus site:

ww.sonusfaber.com/ContentsFiles%5CSF_ELIPSA_SE_TONE_8_12.pdf

The P70 looks nice.

[Monisi]

Originally Posted by william13

Love the Elipsa SE. I never heard the Olympica. But certainly have been hearing a lot about it. (ie marketing) Marketing should not be equated to performance. Marketing is Marketing.

I'm curious about the matching McIntosh - SF Elipsa Red.
I own a C 50 & Mc 302, and i'd like to listen it with Elipsa Red. What your experiences? Please if you could tell me more
Thanks , Roberto from Italy

[1KW]

Originally Posted by Monisi

I'm curious about the matching McIntosh - SF Elipsa Red.
I own a C 50 & Mc 302, and i'd like to listen it with Elipsa Red. What your experiences? Please if you could tell me more
Thanks , Roberto from Italy

I have my Elipsa's playing with a Mcintosh c2300 and a pair of MC501's and have not felt the need to change the combination in years

[william13]

Originally Posted by Monisi

I'm curious about the matching McIntosh - SF Elipsa Red.
I own a C 50 & Mc 302, and i'd like to listen it with Elipsa Red. What your experiences? Please if you could tell me more
Thanks , Roberto from Italy

I exhaustively investigated speakers before I bought and had a completely open mind when I started the process. I purchased them after auditioning several brands. They go well with my c2300 and MC275 mono'd. They handle any type of music but If you like punk or heavy metal with a room chilling bass it might not be the first choice. The bass is "musical" and meant to be listened to as opposed to creating an adrenalin response. The mids and highs are smooth and real. For what its worth my wife loves them not only for their beauty but for their sophisticated way of handling music. I listen to a lot of classical, jazz, and classical rock on them. I have no intentions to move on or up.

[Apexorca]

Originally Posted by pkelly1504

My friend and I listened to 8 songs of various artist between The Olympica 3 & Cremona M and we both preferred The Cremona M's each time. Very surprising!

Yes! I agree! That's very surprising. I'v heard them both quit a lot. In my ears, Cremona M is a very good speaker, but it can't compete with Olympica III or Olympica II for that matter. They are much more true to the music. More neutral, much betted definition in and deeper bas. Very much more clear and fresh from high to low frequencies and more open. Still with the presence and magic that SF is so good at. Cremona has that magic, but in comparison, lacks resolution and clear sound.

I respect your opinion about this matter, but I wonder if something was wrong about the set up. Were the Olympicas properly broken in? I'v also heard upgrades to better speaker reveal shortcomings of other equipment that the more simple speaker did not show. The acoustic can also do this trick. It's very important to position them in the right way.

I'v heard them sound extremely well. But for sure there has been a very dedicated work to get them there, as with al speakers and systems.

Maybe, Olympica III is SF's best speaker at it's price range and further, I think.

In my world there is not even a race between them. Olympica III is a so much better speaker, I think.