Interested in Focal Scala Utopias

It does, thanks! :)
My Diablos sound amazingly smooth with solid state amps so haven't experienced any harshness. They're actually the smoothest souding speakers I've had, probably due to the low distortion of the tweeter.

I wansnt ment to say harsh, I mean realitive to Maestro with the same gear. I replied to your email more extensively. have fun

That was clear. I didn't want people to be worried about the Diablos as I've read so many weird opinions about the Utopia line... :)

Cheers

JB

Elviokai,

I like how you put it. Intolerant to sibilance is I think a *huge* understatement. I was going crazy from the sibilance which I never had with the Alto. I tried everything and then figured out the problem. The Scala must be spiked directly to a hard floor. You cannot use coasters under the spikes and you definitely cannot use something like a Herbie's pad under coasters. So, if you have the Scala and hardwood flooring, you will need to get some granite slabs or similar and spike the Scala to them.

Spearit Sound in Northhampton MA has the Scala on the floor - I believe they also have the Diablo now. No problem at all getting an extended audition.

Scala sounded really good to my ears - I sure didn't hear any issues with sibilance. They were hooked up to Esoteric P1/D1's and Krell amplification.