Sonus Faber Omnia: Premium sound at its best? 

The whole family will certainly enjoy the Omnia.

Sounds better even than the Formation by Bowers and Wilkins?

These all-in-ones are hot air balloons. Manufacturers got these concepts all wrong; the design ideas and protocols they rely on are unsound, which makes all-in-ones dated in a few years. Just look at all-in-ones from 7 years ago? Nearly unusable, when broken, can't be fixed. External connectivity is bad to nonexistent. And yet, they are at least 2-3x more expensive and audibly severely inferior even to the entry level integrated amp A/B class + DAC + bookshelf speakers, with the same total footprint.

Ordering mine on Monday. Cannot wait. Plus a discount of 5%. Great start to the world of Sonus Faber

Snap :)

Dumb. And there's better audio out there than Sonos

@@bobbulgi880 it’s all down to personal preference. I used to like Bose until I heard the Sonos playing at John Lewis, from that point on I was converted.

I guess bose is a thin in comparison and maybe bloated bass, sonos much less fussy

@@bobbulgi880 obviously sound is very important and we all hear this differently but another big part for why I like Sonos is the customer support. I bought a Beam from Very and it was faulty, Very were not easy to deal with and in the end Sonos took charge and sorted it all out for me. For me it’s a great company with products that I find pleasing to listen to. Ultimately other peoples milage may vary.

​@@bobbulgi880, I bought the BOSE 900 soundbar with the 700 sub and 700 satellites after listening to the SONOS ARC and Sennheiser AMBEO. In a fully controlled environment with measured distances, bouncing walls, roofs, bass traps, and panels, the Sennheiser has no equal, it has 6 subs, 5 tweeters, and 2 mids. But you need a dedicated room for that to reach its potential. The SONOS ARC is extremely crisp and great for music. As it usually does, the BOSE has the best "true to itself" surround. It is that classic, balanced sound that audiophiles hate and cannot tolerate because they cannot tweak the sound to their liking. Because BOSE will not give you the opportunity to EQ almost anything. I was surprised that they gave us some control over treble and bass in this iteration. I still have not heard a Football game that sounds better than on BOSE. There is a reason why pilots and football coaches all use BOSE communication equipment. Yes, I understand it might be boring for some, but that is how life sounds.

Why bother, just get the Vifa Stockholm 2.0...

Thanks for the sub and great to have you as part of the SHS community.

I listened to all 3 extensively... i bought the Sonus Faber after that long listening sessiob

You can on top of to Sonos sub gen 3 and you won't get a ripple

Zepllin? Faber?

Naim is a disappear in the room speaker. This doesn’t quite catch-up. For those on tighter budget the Marshall Stanmore III is a spectacular full range option.

​@@morespinach9832it's just not... It's average to bad at best. Even the harman kardon go+play 2 is better which is half price.

Omnia is much more expressive and powerful than the Wedge. The Wedge was one of my favourite wireless speakers to date but this may well have overtaken it now. However, they are of course in much different price points.

Thank you, and unfortunately, we haven't tested ifi aurora but we will add this to our feedback.

Which one did you get?

@@kencur9690 I actually ended up going a different route with the KEF lsx ii. I read some good reviews about the KEF, liked the looks and figured physically separating the speakers would give me a better soundstage experience than I could get in a one speaker setup. I really like the KEF and I’m happy with the decision but hard to say if it was the right decision because I never hear the Sonus Faber.

@@danb821 yup, always better to go with real physical separation. Still, the convenience and neatness of an all-in-one is very tempting and can be very useful. What about the aurora? I’m guessing you didn’t get to hear that either... even more since it’s so uncommon to find it in stock. Thanks for the reply by the way, and I’m happy you are happy with the KEF. Thinking about those too...

@@kencur9690 unfortunately didn’t get a chance to listen to the Omnia either. Neither speaker seems to be easy to find available in a showroom near by. I’ve always been impressed by Crutchfield’s customer service, you could order one or both and return it. My guess is that they will sound similar and it will come down to appearance and which one has the inputs/interface which best matches how you will use it. The KEF LSX ii Soundwave finish that I got looks really classy IMO….

It is better

@@MrLancy44 do you have both. I have the Naim

@@HabitualFixation I have the Sonos Arc. Gen3 sub and 2 x sl1s. They are great for TV but not as great for HiFi. I have pre ordered the Sonus Faber Omnia which hopefully will be here later this week.

@@MrLancy44 ok thanks. I thought you had experience with the Muso also

The Duos give much better stereo separation as they are a dedicated stereo pair and are also much more powerful due to the components used. Having said that, they are very different price brackets!

Thanks for sharing.

Vifa Stockholm 2.0 blows the Kef Lsx away or any speaker system for that price so I would suggest you to just get that. There's no way that Omnia sounds better, maby nice but Vifa is soo amazing sounding...

@@lukabosnjak3829 Interesting - I’ve just watched Oluv’s review and it seems an impressive choice.

@@hypnotoads You need to listen to his comparison with Naim with neutral pair of headphones, you can really hear the detailed, open and extremely precise sound of the Vifa. I own the Copenhagen 2.0 and can't imagine how great does the Stockholm sound since Copenhagen sounds better than Dali Opticon 5 stereo in mids and treable, just that bass can't quite keep up in power...

@@lukabosnjak3829 I thought you may have owned one 😉

@@hypnotoads Copenhagen is enough for the estimation and you get around 95% of Oluv's recording when listening through something like an Etymotic...

Hi there, some great questions there. Sonus Faber claim it can go as loud as 108 decibels but in practical terms, that is too loud for any room. I don't think you'll take any issue with how loud it can go. I would recommend the Omnia for a larger room say more than 20sqm but having said that, it doesn't sound bad in rooms smaller than that. You wouldn't be able to connect a subwoofer with it but in all honesty, I don't think you're going to need more bass. For TV, due to the build quality of the drivers, it sounds better than an average soundbar and the sideways drivers really help but it cannot compare with a dedicated soundbar system with added sub and rear speakers such as Sonos. The TV would take a back seat to the music. I would maybe ask yourself which is more important to you, TV or music? If music, go for the Omnia. If TV, go for the Sonos home cinema. But you can technically have both on both options. Hope that helps a bit!

@@smarthomesounds Good information, thanks. As for what is more important, tv or music the answer is both. 50/50. Very hard decision for sure now.

Hi. Just had a thought. What turntable would be suitable for the Omnia? Any chance of a review on this?

What do you mean by more musical I have the Mu-So2 already and was thinking of upgrading to this speaker 🔊 🔈. Does this sound better or worse especially for bass heavy genres like hiphop and reggae music in your opinion?

@@jonathanbarnes7641 hardly an upgrade. An upgrade would be two speakers. That makes a clear difference in how sound stage is created in the room and for your ears.

Marshall stanmore is a garbage speaker.

We will be doing a review of the Panorama 3 as soon as we can get our hands on it! Watch this space.

Hi Dan, yes it is a stereo speaker in its own right. Hope that helps :)

These companies aren’t related other than their name sounding a bit the same. And actually Sonus Faber was founded in 1983 while Sonos was found in 2002.

@@William_CD I see that now, thank you. I guess neither company engaged a Trademark lawyer or did a proper search before picking a name.

I have the complete sonos arc setup but when playing audio it doesn't quite do it for me. Hence the reason for buying the Omnia

Sonos make sound bars costing a couple thousand. Sonus Faber are a fabled speaker manufacturer making speakers up to a few hundred grand.

The naim Mu su is great product but we would say the Omnia pips it.

Exactly. We know speakers...not electronics or bluetooth.