#31 Re: Sonido SWR-145/a Satellite speakers
Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2020 1:59 pm
The Sonido 145s are a trial to see if I like and could live with the Sonido sound - that they partner my Ruark subwoofer so well is serendipity as I was planning on a pair of SB Acoustic subwoofers to partner them... they were to be a quick trial to use with my quick amp to get an audio system back up and running rather than just using my TV speaker system for audio... I certainly have fallen down on the quick bit! I've been enjoying the Sonidos on their open baffles so much with the sub that it has taken a lot of the urgency away - plus I'm buried in doing things on the house and everything takes much longer than I first think it should for all the usual domestic reasons plus I'm slower than I was 20 years ago....
But back at the questions - The Sonido 145s are really fine widebanders if not the last bit of fullrangers. They are a step up from the Fostex FX120s as they are faster and more detailed and possibly better tone - although the FX120s are by far the best Fostex I have heard. The little Sonidos will be Satellite speakers in small sealed cabs rather than OBs really for ease of placement as second system speakers. I intend to get a pair of 8" Sonidos for the Quasar OBs inplace of the AERs as they may not not as capable but I can really enjoy them and I've been without the AERs long enough not to worry about the omission of the last bit of detail and high frequency extension - the Sondios are a little recessed in the extreme high frequencies compared to the AER - judging from memory and, of course, as I'm over 60 the extreme HF worries me less and less...
I would say they the 200SFRs would be an acceptable replacement for the 208eZ - its a long while since I spent time listening to 208eZs but the Sonidos don't have any of the Fostex sound - they sound like updated Phillips/Telefunken fullrangers and that isn't surprising as the company history is one of contributing to Philips and Telefunken speaker design and development
But back at the questions - The Sonido 145s are really fine widebanders if not the last bit of fullrangers. They are a step up from the Fostex FX120s as they are faster and more detailed and possibly better tone - although the FX120s are by far the best Fostex I have heard. The little Sonidos will be Satellite speakers in small sealed cabs rather than OBs really for ease of placement as second system speakers. I intend to get a pair of 8" Sonidos for the Quasar OBs inplace of the AERs as they may not not as capable but I can really enjoy them and I've been without the AERs long enough not to worry about the omission of the last bit of detail and high frequency extension - the Sondios are a little recessed in the extreme high frequencies compared to the AER - judging from memory and, of course, as I'm over 60 the extreme HF worries me less and less...
I would say they the 200SFRs would be an acceptable replacement for the 208eZ - its a long while since I spent time listening to 208eZs but the Sonidos don't have any of the Fostex sound - they sound like updated Phillips/Telefunken fullrangers and that isn't surprising as the company history is one of contributing to Philips and Telefunken speaker design and development