ozzy3,584 postsCheck out my review of the Sopra 2's.
https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/my-speaker-journey-and-focal-sopra-2
ozzy
That matched my experience with the Sopra as well. While I was nicer to the dealer. My comment to the dealer was,
"I've spent too much time with soft domes. I would not be able to listen to that tweeter for very long."He was offended and tried to tell me that "I was not used to hearing so much detail."
Oh I hear the detail just fine with my tubes and soft domes. Thank you very much. In reality, that tweeter is defective. For proof, look at the Stereophile measurements of the Sopra 3. There is a serious resonance peak at 10k. It is annoyingly audible.
Too bad, because I really like the rest of their voicing philosophy of the gently downward sloping frequency response.
If ToneAudio says this is the best version of their BE tweeter then well, wow.
IMO, they would really be onto something if they abandoned that tweeter for a ribbon or a smooth sounding soft dome.
https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/my-speaker-journey-and-focal-sopra-2
ozzy
That matched my experience with the Sopra as well. While I was nicer to the dealer. My comment to the dealer was,
"I've spent too much time with soft domes. I would not be able to listen to that tweeter for very long."He was offended and tried to tell me that "I was not used to hearing so much detail."
Oh I hear the detail just fine with my tubes and soft domes. Thank you very much. In reality, that tweeter is defective. For proof, look at the Stereophile measurements of the Sopra 3. There is a serious resonance peak at 10k. It is annoyingly audible.
Too bad, because I really like the rest of their voicing philosophy of the gently downward sloping frequency response.
If ToneAudio says this is the best version of their BE tweeter then well, wow.
IMO, they would really be onto something if they abandoned that tweeter for a ribbon or a smooth sounding soft dome.