Focal JM Lab

Your assessement of the 816s matches mine. I never liked the Cobalt series - particularly their midrange which isn't natural to my ears. The new Chorus V series is a very big improvement in all respects.

Arthur

Your assessment of the Chorus V series is good to hear. I listened to the 807V yesterday and loved them but will have to settle for the 806's due to footprint constraints. Only difference is a 6.5" mid VS the 7" in the 807. Focal uses 6.5 in all the other mids so I don't see that as a negative.

i just picked up a pair of 918's at sound concept in rochester ny. i auditioned B&W's, triangle's, sunus faber grand pianos, spendor's. to me, the focals were the more musical of the lot. i'm even thinking of trading them in for 928's. cable is now my main issue. anyone have any comments or input on nordost red dawn? rock on!

Gilman, glad you like your Focals. I'm very happy with the 806s. If I ever get a bigger listening room I'll go for some of their floor monitors but these have incredible sound for being a bookshelf.

Now if I can just get a quiet cooling fan set-up....

Gilman, I have the 918's and demo'ed a few cables over the past year. The best were the new Synergistic Research Accelerators speaker cables. The Cable Company will loan them to you to try.

I could not believe how these new cables transformed my system. I finally have that WOW factor I've been looking for since I bought the 918's. The bass is very tight and controlled.

Also, I have paired the 918's with a Rel Britannia B3 sub and now I have perfect full range music. I too thought the 928's would be better but they still would not go as low as adding a sub. Good Luck!