Without hesitation in talking about audiophile luxury today, Cremona-based manufacturer Sonus Faber, owned by McIntosh group, is adding a Maserati Folgore finish to its Amati G5 and an Amati Supreme version to its catalog.
Amati x Maserati Folgore – Limited Edition
For this new finish, the Amati Homage G5 takes on the finish featured on the Maserati GranTurismo Folgore, the 1,200 hp electric version of the GranTurismo.
To mark this collaboration, this limited edition features the car brand’s trident logo laser-engraved on the top. And while this Amati version still uses aluminum on the top and bottom, the multi-ply wood case has a matte orange-gray finish that is both luxurious and sporty, while the front features the patented Econyl material used by Maserati for the coupe’s seats.
Apart from the design, this limited edition retains the technologies of the Amati G5, so it remains a 3.5-way speaker with a closed midrange and woofers ventilated by “Stealth Ultraflex” technology. The 28 mm soft dome tweeter features a DAD™ arrowhead and is powered by a powerful neodymium magnet. The 15 cm midrange driver also uses neodymium in the magnet ring, while the two 22 cm bass drivers are powered by a dual motor drive system.
This limited edition model is priced at 55 000 € in Europe and 60 000 $ in the United States.
Amati Supreme
A new model, the Amati Supreme is a 4.5-way speaker that inherits the “VOS” technology from the Suprema model.
Its 38 mm silk dome tweeter is topped by a 20 mm super-tweeter, also made of silk, both powered by powerful neodymium magnets. The midrange is a 16.5 cm driver with a neodymium ring magnet, but like the two 22 cm woofers, it is also driven by a dual motor.
With such a setup, the Phase Coherent filters are obviously refined to allow for four crossovers, in addition to being visible through a small transparent cross-shaped window on the top. While the relatively conventional 230 Hz and 300 Hz crossovers allow the two woofers to be slightly differentiated, leaving the midrange to handle frequencies up to 1.8 kHz, the super-tweeter’s 5.6 kHz crossover is less common. Thanks to this latter component, the Amati Supreme delivers a high frequency of up to 40 kHz, compared to 35 kHz for the Amati G5, both capable of going down to 28 Hz.
For the finish, if the wood is maintained in the cabinet structure, as well as the lute shape of the enclosure when viewed from above, it is similar to the Maserati edition with aluminum on the outer parts and a matte paint finish—here Sabbia Oro or Terra Rossa—covering the cabinet. The price also contributes to making this Amati even more supreme, at €78,000 or $78,000.
25/10/2025
