Sonus Faber

Italian company, Sonus Faber, opted to cater to the demand for loudspeaker cabinets designed to improve acoustics. Sonus Faber has redefined loudspeaker cabinets from the standard box-ones. Each Sonus Faber cabinet is made by connecting staves and giving a damped panel, which results in a considerable damping resonance. The response of sound also depends on the kind of wood used and the way it is treated for making it into a cabinet. There are two distinct materials used to make these cabinets ñ leather and wood. Most of Sonus Faber cabinets are made from heartwood staves or stratified panels. The cabinet is then covered with leather and the front panel contains speakers set-up in an appropriate way, granting apt vibration and damping responses.

Research on the loudspeaker is carried at each stage, right from initial design to the final outcome. Each of the cabinets and speakers are hand-made. In 1980, Sonus Faber undertook the ’Snail’ project. Cabinets under this range used different kinds of wood. Minima, another range of loudspeaker cabinets, have a unique attribute of extreme compact dimensions. Next in the series, Electa Amator was introduced in 1987 and produced over the past decade.