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See the complete review for the Sonus faber Maxima Amator Floor Standing Speakers.

For almost four decades, Sonus faber has made loudspeakers, like the new Maxima Amator, that are as much art as they are music makers.

For their early designs, bookshelf and stand-mounted speakers made of real hardwood (no MDF) were a hallmark of Sonus faber. The visual appeal of the speakers themselves received as much in terms of accolades as did the sound quality.

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During those years, Sonus faber has worked hard to make a floor-standing speaker out of real wood but has been, up to now, unable to achieve the necessary build quality to do so without compromise.

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In a few weeks, we will be releasing a review of the Maxima Amator Speakers that started in February. We will discuss how the design team finally realized their dream of building a solid hardwood tower. Hundreds of hours of listening were done, and measurements were taken.

How much sound quality can one get from a relatively small tower with a single seven-inch woofer and 28-millimeter dome tweeter? That’s what we set out to research for you, the results will be public before Labor Day.

See the complete review for the Sonus faber Maxima Amator Floor Standing Speakers.

Craig Chase

Craig Chase intends to become the rebel of our team. (We welcome one more rebel to the SECRETS Team!) He got his start in audio while still in high school in small town Pennsylvania, and took his love of audio to Penn State, where he was a campus rep for Electrovoice, Advent, Altec-Lansing, Pioneer and Technics. This mini career with audio set him on the path to making audio a lifetime passion. After graduating Penn State at the low point of the 1982 recession, a terrible time to start a career, he took a job selling cars at a Ford-Datsun-AMC-Jeep dealership in Erie, Pa. What started off as a job until something better came along turned into a tremendous career, and now Craig has a thriving financial services company and owns a Chrysler-Jeep-Ram-Dodge dealership in the university town of Edinboro, Pa. These companies have allowed Craig to build two things he loves: a 20-year-long stint writing reviews for audio equipment on several forums and helping people and animals in need. Few things are more rewarding to Craig and his family than rescuing a dog, cat or even a horse. The Chase family currently has 11 rescue animals and has helped place hundreds of others. Craig also works with several shelters in northwest Pennsylvania that provide direct aid to people in crisis. It is this love of helping others that has also made his tenure in audio so enjoyable. From the time he installed his first system in a friend's dorm room as a college rep to more recent experiences in the forum world helping someone assemble a system, Craig knows the sense of accomplishment of letting someone in on our SECRET: a music system can make life more enjoyable. 

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