You have a wonderful quandary! Enjoy the process. I am on my third Sonus faber speaker and love them ~ yet there are so many excellent speakers it is hard to not wonder what other options sound like.
Kanta No.1 vs Olympica Nova 1?
I've been considering a pair to complement my Revel speakers.
Since the Revel's are neutral originally I was going Kanta as Focal has a brighter sound and seemed like a good complement.
The issue then became after I heard Sonus Faber's Lumina V's. While they don't have the detail or imaging of say Revel F226Be, they have a certain smoothness that the Revel's lack. The Olympica Nova 1 would likely have more detail and better imaging (nobody near my can demo these for me).
As a result I'm torn here.
On one hand there is a price difference, Kanta No.1 is around $6000 for a pair of them refurbished, while Olympica Nova 1 is around $7500 new, and $6900 open box.
The last thing to mention is I can obtain a pair of older Olympica III for $7500 or Olympica II for $6000.
In terms of appearance Focal and Sonus Faber are far better looking than Revel's 1990s budget speaker look IMO.
At this point my main concern is detail and a good complement to the Revel F226Be and M105.
Focal Kanta No.2 are $8400 for a pair refurbished.
Thank you!
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Thank you all for your replies, especially @overthemoon @mrteeves @l1975r. I actually managed to find a dealer locally (about 2 hours out), on the weekend I’ll see if I can make it into the city and audition the Olympica Nova.
About 30 minutes from Grid there is a store, NAIM Focal, and they offered a Kanta audition, so I will see if I can audition them on the weekend.
Been on call at work so fingers crossed this works out. Thanks again to all that replied. |
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