Anyone heard the new Focal Grande Utopia EM?

I am not sure in what type of setups you have hear dthe Utopias but comparing it to the usual suspects made them shine as the clear winner for me and i listen to mostly classical music. Real and complete dynamics without exageration of the lower octaves or fatiguing top end. Real staging, trasnsparency, and just plain enjpyable. The prices do seem to be going up. For example, the W/P 8 is now $30k. I think it makes the purchase of everything in life has gone up and european product seem to have suffered from the currency situation. But then, why has Wilson raised their price? The bottom line is we all are buying toys for our hobbies and the monies spent is not going to put us in the poor house or we would put the entire hobby aside permanently.

After all of this, I have been intrigued about the new Focals and visited my dealer. I saw the actual print material and photos for the new lineup and wow,, it is just plain sexy! they ae available in painted finishes and so are even more flexible in matching your room and decor. My Focal dealer had seen and heard the Grandes and Escalas as well as their new bookshelf, the Diablo. He does not speak with much excitement about many produts and this is the first time that saw him almost salivate during the explanation of the new product. Between this and the Burmester electronics, he said, you'd have a match made in heaven. granted that i already have purchased the Burmester gear, I am eager to hear and experience the new products.

I just spoke to the Focal dealer in Orange County that is the largest Utopia dealer I have seen in my travels in the U.S. they have Grande Utopias, Nova Utopias, Altos Utopias, Diva Utopias, and even the Micro+Sub. They are going to have the Grande EM's as well as the new Altos(Escalas?), and new Micros (Diablos?) Anyhow, they are talking of dong a release event that I signed up for. I am not sure when it is going to be but I am eager to hear them.