Sonus Faber Homage Guarneri G5 - Bookshelf Speaker (Pair)
An homage to Giuseppe Guarneri, the Italian luthier of the Golden Age of violin making. The Guarneri speakers pay tribute to his precision, craftsmanship, and devotion to music. The original Guarneri was the first high-fidelity speaker with a cabinet structure inspired by the lute. Maintaining what has become a signature design of Sonus faber, our Research and Development team has continued to advance Guarneri with every new generation. Guarneri maintains Sonus faber’s commitment to classic artisanship that harnesses the power of innovation. The fifth generation Guarneri introduces a groundbreaking new midwoofer that reduces resonance and delivers nuanced acoustic detail. Utilizing new crossover technology, the midwoofer lowers the noise floor and eliminates background noise, delivering three-dimensional sound with the timing and layers of a live performance.
The most iconic Sonus faber design pays tribute to the titans of music history with a new technology that brings the sensation of live music to every listening space. Each upgrade is aimed to elevate its sonic power, while maintaining pristine musical detail. The result is transformative, three-dimensional sound, replicating the sensation of a live performance inside any space.
Ultra-crafted design is a hallmark of the Homage series. In the newest generation, old-world artisanship matches contemporary elegance to give a new twist to the iconic wood lute-shaped cabinets, and please both your eyes and your ears.
Entirely Made in Italy and inspired by the Italian master artisans of music - Andrea Amati, Santo Serafino, and Giuseppe Guarneri - Homage continues the tradition of sound quality and design.
The iconic wood lute shaped cabinets balance the old-world artisanship and contemporary elegance. Quality materials and fine details make our products something you’ll be pleased to keep in plain sight. The Sonus faber Homage Collection speakers are built by dedicated artisans in our factory in Vicenza, Italy.
The Guarneri speakers boast a cabinet design that mirrors the curves and elegance of a violin. This design serves both an aesthetic and acoustic purpose, reducing internal resonances for a refined and natural sound. The iconic Lute shape also enhances the speakers' rigidity, further optimizing their acoustic performance.
The most detailed artisanship meets upgraded patented technology and iconic Sonus faber design queues on the latest generation of Guarneri.
An integral component of Guarneri’s evolution, the fifth generation midwoofer has been optimized for phenomenal control. The pristine neodymium motor system and new tuning frequency are designed to deliver powerful sound free from distortion.
Phase Coherent Crossover is designed to deliver immersive, three-dimensional sound throughout the room. The hand soldered high-end custom spec capacitors and inductors create sonic clarity while handling high power levels and lowering the noise floor.
A standard soft dome tweeter's apex anti-phase behavior is responsible for early high-frequency roll-off. The D.A.D. tweeter ensures better high-frequency reproduction by dampening the apex of the silk soft dome tweeter, avoiding anti-phase behavior. The silk-dome tweeter echoes the precision and musicality of Giuseppe Guarneri's instruments, contributing to the speakers’ clear and harmonious audio quality.
Thanks to its design, the Stealth Ultraflex— functioning as the exponential section of the duct — improves the aerodynamic flow of the air stream emitted by the reflex ducts and is an integral part of the system. The extruded aluminum parts give further structural rigidity to the cabinet and now come in a beautiful deep gray brushed aluminum finish.