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My exp. with Focal Sopra No.2 , Harbeth 40.2, Passlabs XA30.5 and Hypex NC400
Look up tuning dots at Marigo Audio - developed by physicist turn window vibration into heat Wow that really sounds like voodoo stuff :) Do they really work? I mean some tiny dots in each corner of my windows going to affect my room's acoustic... 
My exp. with Focal Sopra No.2 , Harbeth 40.2, Passlabs XA30.5 and Hypex NC400
BTW, I like your drone video of the apartment. Thank you :) A good strategy for system building is to get a loudspeaker that at a minimum doesn't have to fight your listening room. Well i might move soon , so i will look for a house with a p... 
My exp. with Focal Sopra No.2 , Harbeth 40.2, Passlabs XA30.5 and Hypex NC400
Nice write up. Thank you for sharing your findings with the amps and speakers.Have you considered speaker isolation? It may tighten up the bass and improve sound performance overall. Thank you David! The Sopra's are already quite isolated but i... 
My exp. with Focal Sopra No.2 , Harbeth 40.2, Passlabs XA30.5 and Hypex NC400
You should think about addressing your untreated room before making your final amp decision. My room is close to "untreatable" if that makes any sense.  I have glass everywhere :(   I am thinking of doing some small treatment with acoustic p... 
Hypex Ncore NC400
My experience with Hypex NC400 monoblocks : https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/my-exp-with-focal-sopra-no-2-harbeth-40-2-passlabs-xa30-5-and... 
My exp. with Focal Sopra No.2 , Harbeth 40.2, Passlabs XA30.5 and Hypex NC400
You've just discovered why amp/speaker matching is such a critical aspect of building a great system. True, but I wouldn't say "discovered" , just experimented the importance of system matching in my case. I could not believe how much of a diff...