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Coinciding with its 40th anniversary, Italian company Sonus faber has reintroduced a second-generation model of its Stradivari loudspeaker, enticingly described as: “an artistically redesigned and technologically improved rendition of the brand’s first Stradivari launch in the early Noughties”.

Inspired by its namesake, Antonio Stradivari, the world’s most famous violin maker, the reworked Stradivari features a new pentagonal shape that the company claims: “allows for an enhanced listening experience from its original elliptical footprint”.

New features include a low-frequency adjuster, which offers control of the ultra-low range tuning and an: “anti-resonant organic basket” within the bass driver designed to avoid vibration modes generated by its membrane. Meanwhile special clepsydra technology has been incorporated into the reflex port to maximise low-frequency descent performance while simultaneously containing the length of the reflex duct, while INTONO technology is claimed to: “guarantee the most natural possible reproduction of the medium frequencies, significantly reducing the size and the filter components of the crossover”.

Described by Sonus faber as a: “3.5-way midrange sealed box,” the second-generation Stradivari boasts a 28mm DAD Arrow Point tweeter paired with a 150mm neodymium magnet system midrange driver and two 260mm Dual Drive bass drivers. Sensitivity is quoted as 92dB with a nominal impedance of 4ohm. The choice of finish options includes red, wenge and graphite.

Available to buy now for the princely sum of £45,000, you can find out more about the Sonus faber Stradivari here.