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Sonus Faber AIDA

Name: Sonus Faber AIDA
Brand: Sonus Faber
SKU: aida
Rating: 94 (22 reviews)

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Specifications 21 reviews & sources

94/100

Deliciously Crispy

Sound Quality

95/100

Build Quality

95/100

Value for Money

88/100

Sonus Faber Aida delivers immense, articulate bass, a warmly natural midrange and seamless full-range coherence on a truly grand scale. Audiophilepure highlights its unusually integrated musical performance, while Gramophone praises its wide-open dynamics, tunable soundstage and exceptionally clean low-end slam. It is a lavish reference speaker engineered to make complex music feel effortless.

Pros

Exceptional low-frequency extension combines chest-felt slam with clean detail and no reported muddiness.

Complex multi-driver design is praised for seamless integration and convincing performance across varied music.

Rear Sound Field Shaper allows soundstage size and depth to be tailored to the listening room.

Detailed highs and mids remain warm and refined rather than cold or sterile.

Cons

Flagship-level pricing makes it a highly exclusive investment.

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What Reviewers Are Saying

"This is the best representation from speakers and electronics that I've ever heard."

— Gramophone

"Aida will be able to immerse the listener in a new dimension where the emotion of music has never been so realistic."

— Best of High End

"The rest of what the Aida does—especially its ability to perfectly hang together without ever revealing a sonic seam—produced the kind of sonic thrills and solid, believable musical performance to which $130,000 entitles you."

— Audiophilepure

SOUND QUALITY PERFORMANCE 95/100

The supplied reviews describe an exceptionally complete, seamless presentation: powerful and highly controlled at the bottom end, warmly natural through the midrange, and detailed without turning clinical. They also praise a large, believable stage and an unconstrained sense of scale with demanding music.

Bass

97/100

Audiophilepure calls the Aida's low-frequency performance among the best it has heard in the same room, surpassing what it had obtained there from Wilson Alexandria XLF loudspeakers. The supplied Aida II assessment similarly praises chest-felt concert slam with unusually clean detail and no muddiness.

Mid

95/100

Sonus Faber's presentation is described as effortless, warm and involving, with the tweeter/midrange partnership forming its recognisable voice. The Aida II review finds the detailed mids fully integrated rather than cold or sterile, and praises the overall blend across the frequency range.

Treble

94/100

Review material points to detailed, extended high frequencies that remain refined and well blended with the midrange. The Aida II review specifically says the speaker avoids the cold, sterile character sometimes associated with highly detailed highs.

Soundstage Imaging

95/100

Audiophilepure praises the way the complex system hangs together without audible seams, creating a solid and believable musical picture. The Aida II review describes a big stage whose size and depth can be adjusted to suit the room via the rear-firing section.

Dynamics

95/100

Audiophilepure reports sonic thrills and convincing performance across every kind of music it played. The Aida II review calls its dynamics fabulous, saying major energy bursts remain wide open rather than constrained.

Assessments of Build Quality, Usability, and Overall Propositions.

Build Quality

95/100

The Aida is an exceptionally substantial, elaborately engineered loudspeaker, with Italian-made neodymium-equipped drivers, a curved wood/leather/aluminium enclosure, vibration-control systems and a decoupled base. The supplied Aida II review calls the speaker a work of art and finds its cabinet notably inert, with no resonance audible when tapped.

Value for Money

88/100

At roughly $130,000-$140,000 per pair in the supplied reviews, the Aida is plainly a flagship purchase rather than a conventional value proposition. Audiophilepure nevertheless felt its seamless, convincing performance delivered the calibre of experience expected at that price, while the Aida II review found its sound outstanding at $140,000.

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Specifications

System: 3 and 2/3 way, Sound field Shaper technology, Zero\nVibration Transmission technology, para-aperiodic\nvented box Stealth Ultraflex System and staggered low\nfrequency floor standing loudspeaker system
Loudspeakers: Tw: 28 mm, H28 XTR-04, High Power Neodymium, Extended Range Soft Dome, DAD Arrow Point.\nMd: 180 mm, M18 XTR-04 Neodymium Magnet System, \nW: 2x220 mm W22XTR-12, \nSw: 320 mm SW32XTR-08.\n\nSOUND FIELD SHAPER:\nTw: 29 mm, 29XTR2, DAD Arrow Point.\nMd: 2x80 mm, M8XTR.
Crossover Points: 55, 150, 200, 3000 Hz\nPremium High-End components
Frequency response: 18 Hz 35000 Hz
Sensitivity: 92 db SPL (2.83 V/1 m)
Nominal impedance: 4 Ohm
Recommended power amplifier: 100-1000 W
Connectivity: 6 connectors binding post: Mid-Hi, Low, Sub
Decoupling Systems: ZVT
Product dimensions (HxWxD): 1725 x 482 x 780 mm / each\n68 x 19 x 31 in / each
Dimensions with packaging (HxWxD): 1930 x 740 x1170 mm / each\n76 x 29.1 x 46.1 x in / each
Weight: 165 kg / each\n363.8 lb / each
Packaging weight: 275 kg / each\n606.3 lb / each
Cabinet: Double curvature - Lute shape\nHigh gloss wood\nBlack leather\nAluminum
Sound field shapers: Tweeter (Tw): 29XTR2 DAD Arrow Point, 29 mm\nMid-range driver (Md): 2 x M8XTR, 80 mm

Bi-Wire Capable

Manufacturer's Description — Sonus Faber

The pinnacle of acoustic immersion.

A reference to Giuseppe Verdi’s timeless opera. Inspired by tradition, reinvented with innovative technology.

A unique project

Born from the heart of Italy's rich musical heritage and artisanal tradition, Aida maintains its typical lute shape with sinuous lines, clad in refined wood and leather. Every curve is deliberate, calculated to enhance both the aesthetic and acoustic experience.

A familiar design,  elevated to new heights

While maintaining its captivating design elements, Aida presents upgrades in sound engineering. Its “Silent Case” curved on both sides ensures great control over the energy within the speakers.

The signature warm and involving timber is preserved through Mid and High frequencies that encapsulates the “Voice of Sonus faber”, determined by a 28mm silk dome tweeter and a mid-range with cellulose pulp cone.

UNFORGETTABLE sound

Accurate sound. Wider dynamic range. Aida delivers enhanced bass depth and minimized sound distortion, reducing external noise interference while giving better control over the sound’s dimensionality.

AIDA'S NUANCED ESSENCE

A beauty that seduces with natural shapes.

Embracing cutting-edge sound tech

Aida manages sound complexities with advanced resonance control technology. Its precision crossover ensures smooth transitions between frequencies, preserving the dimensionality of sound and perceived size of the sound-stage.

TUNED MASS DAMPER

The TMD (Tuned Mass Damper) is a device normally used in the biggest world’s skyscrapers and consists in some suspended masses placed inside of the speakers - while vibrating in antiphase, the TMD erases main vibrations and allows a clearer bass reproduction and a better silence reproduction.

Stealth Ultraflex System

This patented system allows a great reduction of the THD (Total Harmonic Distortion) and a better bass extension while eliminating spurious vibration coming from the air passage inside the reflex duct and allowing a reduction of dimensions of acoustic chambers.

Neodymium magnet system

The most radical among the changes between the two generations of Aida is the selection of all-new driver systems, all of them featuring a Neodymium motor system that enhance the “Ultra Dynamic Linearity” characteristic.

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Absoulute Audio plus Video — in-store — Aiken, South Carolina, United States (website)
110Hz — online and in-store — Kielce, Województwo świętokrzyskie, Poland (website)
A Tube High Fidelity — online and in-store — Almere, Flevoland, Netherlands (website)
ABSOLUTE ADOBE — in-store — Port Erin, Port Erin, United Kingdom (website)
Absolute Sound (SG) — online and in-store — Singapore, Singapore (website)
Acoustic Designs Inc. — in-store — Scottsdale, Arizona, United States (website)
Ahead Stereo — in-store — Los Angeles, California, United States (website)
Alpha High End — online and in-store — Brasschaat, Vlaams Gewest, Belgium (website)
Anquan — online and in-store — Glika Nera, Greece (website)
Arctic Audio — in-store — Fargo, North Dakota, United States (website)