Sonus faber has revived one of its most celebrated lineups, and the third-generation Olympica G3 range arrives carrying technology that trickles straight down from the brand’s monolithic Suprema system. The result is a five-model family that tries — as the Italian marque always does — to make performance and beauty look like the same thing.
The full range spans two floorstanders, a standmount, a centre channel and a slim on-wall unit. Whatever your room and whatever your budget (assuming that budget is generous), there’s an entry point.
The signature piece of engineering here is the Camelia midrange driver, first developed for the Suprema. Inspired by the shape of the camellia flower, it’s a non-circular driver built from fibre materials with a fabric surround. That deliberately irregular shape is designed to break up the standing resonances that plague conventional round cones. Sonus faber leaves it unpainted, chasing what it calls “exceptional clarity, transparency, and vocal realism.”
Every model in the line pairs that midrange with a 28mm silk-dome tweeter. The floorstanders take things further with new 6.5-inch woofers — three in the flagship Olympica V, two in the Olympica III — built around an ‘organic basket’ with a honeycomb structure. The idea is to maximise airflow around the driver while keeping it mechanically rigid, for tighter, cleaner bass. An aluminium phase plug and fresh damping-ring tech round out the package.
Both floorstanders are three-way designs. The Olympica V reaches down to 37Hz and promises expansive scale for larger rooms; the Olympica III trims that to a 35Hz extension in more room-friendly proportions. Both also line their sealed tweeter and midrange chambers with cork, absorbing internal reflections to keep the midband natural. The Olympica I standmount is a compact two-way distillation of the same sound signature.
Design-wise, the range keeps Sonus faber’s hallmark lute-shaped cabinet, now dressed in a herringbone real-wood veneer borrowed from the flagship Stradivari, plus aluminium accents. Buyers can choose Walnut or Wengè finishes.
“What has always defined Sonus faber is our belief that beauty and performance should never be separated,” said Jim Mollica, president of Luxury Audio at Bose, now the parent company. Rounding out the family, the three-way Centre handles dialogue duty in home-cinema rigs, while the two-way Wall speaker slots discreetly into on-wall systems.
The Olympica G3 went on sale globally on June 30, 2026, through authorised dealers. Prices land well below Suprema territory but firmly in the high end:
- Olympica G3 V floorstanders: $30,000
- Olympica G3 III floorstanders: $24,000
- Olympica G3 I standmounts: $13,000
- Olympica G3 Centre: $10,500
- Olympica G3 Wall: $8,000
Not pocket change — but for handcrafted Italian acoustics carrying flagship DNA, that’s rather the point.
