I liked the sound the CVN 500 made....clear and warm sounds resonated from the instrument.

After I had the luthier cut a new sound post the sound of all strings improved greatly, my A and E string sound a lot stronger/louder than before

Some say you should change the strings, which I can imagine may improve the sound, but I think I will do that when I am doing more than what I do now trying to accustom my hands and fingers tot he positions on the fingerboard and movement with the bow