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| Enthusiast's Review A/B Focal Sopra 2 and Electra 1028be (II) Not sure why this almost one year old post was bumped — but if you heard 1028be at a shop and thought you heard magic, maybe they just actually had them set up properly. To say that Focal speakers are “painful” is just hilariously ignorant. Sop... | |
| B&W.....Focal.....or Focal How big is your room? For the average room size, I’d always recommend Sopra no2 over 1038’s if your budget allows.I also think you’d be crazy not to listen to the Paradigm Persona 3F for “only” $10k.I heard the top of the line Monitor Platinum at ... | |
| "Best" mini-monitor? Persona B, absolutely.Definitely listen to Raidho though (higher price). I’d also suggest Gamut, but above your budget as well. I stick with my Persona B recommendation. Absolutely magic. | |
| Move your sub The key is to realize that a phase knob can only add delay.The real magic to sub integration is being able to delay the main speakers so that you can have the sub where it truly performs the best in the room without compromise. Also, crossing over... | |
| Sonus Faber Olympica III vs. Focal Electra 1038BE Very different sounding speakers. For one, the 1038be is hopefully the 1038be2 -- a far better version with a bigger tweeter and not as bright. The 1038 is an incredible speaker but needs to be paired properly, and lots of time needs to be spent ... | |
| Focal Maestro Utopia III vs. YG Acoustics Hailey 1.2 Just so you know, the EVO is a hugely different speaker than the v2. Sounds dramatically different (better).Not sure why your dealer is down playing it. I’d try to have a listen to them if you can — you will be blown away. | |
| Paradigm 3f, KEF reference 3, Monitor Audio PL300II Your perception of analytical vs musical is so hilariously skewed. Literally every speaker you mentioned in either category is very musical. Then you go on to say you like tubes... which are usually more “musical” and not analytical at all.My h... | |
| Focal Maestro Utopia III vs. YG Acoustics Hailey 1.2 Maestro utopia iii EVO is what you want. Drastically improved over the last version. | |
| Goldenear Reference Vs. Focal Sopra #2.....pocket the $5k difference and don't look back? Gdhal, it’s funny you say that, yet you don’t understand the difference between the Focal -6db bottom end measurement and the golden ear “12hz” (likely at -10db or more) sandy gross marketing bottom end measurement since you compared the two as if... | |
| Contemplating move from Elac UniFi FS’s to ex-demo Devore Super 8s You got all the cables for free huh? Nice. I’m sure you hear big differences with them as well. As someone who would call someone names online, I’m sure your brain would hear it.Good luck with your learning process. | |
| Contemplating move from Elac UniFi FS’s to ex-demo Devore Super 8s 1: that amp isn’t anything I’d ever recommend to drive those speakers, even though it is a great amp.and b. You seem to be proud of them but it looks like you wasted a lot of your original budget on cables. It’s too late now, but that money would... | |
| KEF and Paradigm Both are great speakers....however — what were the listening environments like for each speaker? What gear, what was the room like etc?I’d personally go with the Persona, but either way you’re going to be happy. | |
| Goldenear Reference Vs. Focal Sopra #2.....pocket the $5k difference and don't look back? Gdhal: apparently you don’t understand. The Sopras can go lower than you are suggesting, but it’s not any reasonable output. Just like the output at 12hz isn’t reasonable output on the GE. You seem to fail to understand basic speaker measuremen... | |
| Goldenear Reference Vs. Focal Sopra #2.....pocket the $5k difference and don't look back? gdhal: You calling me ignorant is truly hilarious considering that you are taking the measurement from focal at -6db, but not the Golden Ear. The -6 on the GE is 18hz (which is impressive of course, but not that impressive considering that it h... | |
| Goldenear Reference Vs. Focal Sopra #2.....pocket the $5k difference and don't look back? 12hz..... at 12db. |