Welcome
All good things come to he who waits... or so the saying goes. And we have waited so very long before finally getting our hands on the rare Accordo standmount loudspeaker from the late, great Franco Serblin. The man who launched Sonus faber may not have been a classically-trained engineer but that never prevented him from breaking the mould of traditional loudspeaker design and, ultimately, setting trends and styles in motion that would inspire pretty much every other forward-thinking speaker brand. You can read more about the man, the myths and the magic, alongside our in-depth technical report, in our review on p64. We have also waited an interminable period before levering a new Vivid Audio loudspeaker into our lab and listening room. As you might expect from your favourite hi-fimag, we’ve…