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Anyone heard the new Focal Grande Utopia EM?
Come on guys. If you want to slam a product you'll have to do a lot better than Wilson Sophia, Dynaudio C4, Revel Studio2 and B&W 802D. 
Anyone heard the new Focal Grande Utopia EM?
James63,Yes, I'm sure; I've seen the pricelist.Keithr,No. 
Dartzeel 108 vs Ayre Mr-X
Get over yourself; you're unqualified to speak with regard to either product. 
Digital inputs - Esoteric
Psacanli,The manufacturers that philosophically object to them have different reasons but the main ones are that (i) connected digital devices like DVD players, etc. degrade the sound of the CDP and most people don't know to switch them off at the... 
Anyone heard the new Focal Grande Utopia EM?
Not to my knowledge. The Scala will be $30K (fyi, the Alto when last sold was $25K; the Mezzo is irrelevant). 
Digital inputs - Esoteric
No indication it will be anytime soon. Many manufacturers (e.g., Ayre, Spectral) are dead set against them on CDPs. 
Anyone heard the new Focal Grande Utopia EM?
Phaelon,To my knowledge, there won't be a replacement for the Diva. 
Anyone heard the new Focal Grande Utopia EM?
Jb8312,You said it, not me ;)R_paton,As I understand it, there will be a gap of time (up to 12 months iirc) where there will be no Nova replacements. 
Best Digital Source That Money Can Buy?
Check my system ;) Thanks and will update. 
Anyone heard the new Focal Grande Utopia EM?
There's probably less than 30 people on the planet that have heard it; it won't be in showrooms until late September from what I understand. 
Best Digital Source That Money Can Buy?
I know, I can't wait :) It's a demo unit so it should be broken in but I hear the KX-R needs break in on every input and I haven't used the RCAs so it'll probably be at least a couple of weeks. Plus I will be getting several of the top end Siltech... 
Best Digital Source That Money Can Buy?
I can't wait to see if you're right; I have the Spectral coming in next week :) 
Nova Utopia Be or Dynaudio Temptation\Wilson Maxx
If you want Novas you need to move quickly as to my knowledge production on the current Utopia series has ended. 
Wadia 781
That's a great question because no one so far has been able to give me a real answer. It's supposed to be "improved" but no one seems to be able to explicitly indicate what actually changed internally from the 581se. 
Which is the best CD-Player up to $ 10k ?
The Meridian doesn't either, they're DVD-A guys.