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re: Audiophile/Vinyl Thread - Post Pics, Advice, Questions, Setups, etc.
Posted on 11/17/18 at 2:01 am to Marco Esquandolas
Posted on 11/17/18 at 2:01 am to Marco Esquandolas
Hey Marco, I should be getting in some new toys next week. I just went through a year of looking for new speakers and paired it down to the top 2:
Focal Sopra 3
B&W 802 D3
I was fortunate enough to have a month long in home audition process with each pair (2 weeks each). It was an agonizing decision, but I ended up going with the 802 D3's. I will post unboxing pics and my thoughts on both and why I went with the B&W's next week once my dealer brings them over.
Unfortunately, my wife wouldn't allow me to get both. I tried to get her to let me put the Sopra's in the living room where the Focal Aria 938's are now.
Focal Sopra 3
B&W 802 D3
I was fortunate enough to have a month long in home audition process with each pair (2 weeks each). It was an agonizing decision, but I ended up going with the 802 D3's. I will post unboxing pics and my thoughts on both and why I went with the B&W's next week once my dealer brings them over.
Unfortunately, my wife wouldn't allow me to get both. I tried to get her to let me put the Sopra's in the living room where the Focal Aria 938's are now.
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Posted on 11/17/18 at 3:13 pm to ever43
Wow! Good for you man!
I am interested in you take on the differences between the 2. I know you were a B&W owner in the past, and they pulled out all the stops when they redesigned the new series.
I have heard the Sopra and they are fantastic as well.
The Focal Utopias are simply amazing, but the recent iterations have driven the cost up considerably...the new versions of mine are now $41,000–Holy price increase Batman!
Look forward to your post...glad you are a part of the audiophile thread.
I am interested in you take on the differences between the 2. I know you were a B&W owner in the past, and they pulled out all the stops when they redesigned the new series.
I have heard the Sopra and they are fantastic as well.
The Focal Utopias are simply amazing, but the recent iterations have driven the cost up considerably...the new versions of mine are now $41,000–Holy price increase Batman!
Look forward to your post...glad you are a part of the audiophile thread.
Posted on 12/31/18 at 4:20 am to ever43
Sorry for the time between responses. The new 802 D3's took about two weeks to come in and the matching HTM D3 took about 10 days to come. My dealer was kind of enough to send out a crew to get these beasts up the stairs into our media room.
Here's the box of one of them:
Just removed from box (2 person job) with moving bracket still bolted on:
Acesssory kit, manual, etc for each speaker. I will say this is the first piece of audio equipment that gave hardback books. ha:
Rear mid-range end caps for installation post move and attached
Rear binding posts. 100 times better quality than my old B&W Nautilus 802's:
Assembled and wired up for placement games:
One of the speakers with the driver protector on. A nice comfort to have with two kids under 4.
The new matching HTM1 D3
Thanks for everyone reading along here and sharing in my enthusiasm for new toys! In fact, I got a sub-woofer for Christmas from my thew wife, a McIntosh MHA150 headphone amp from my toddlers, and a pair of new Focal Utopia headphones from Santa!
I will show some cools pics of the sub and amp unless there are objections! Have a Happy New Year, guys!
Here's the box of one of them:
Just removed from box (2 person job) with moving bracket still bolted on:
Acesssory kit, manual, etc for each speaker. I will say this is the first piece of audio equipment that gave hardback books. ha:
Rear mid-range end caps for installation post move and attached
Rear binding posts. 100 times better quality than my old B&W Nautilus 802's:
Assembled and wired up for placement games:
One of the speakers with the driver protector on. A nice comfort to have with two kids under 4.
The new matching HTM1 D3
Thanks for everyone reading along here and sharing in my enthusiasm for new toys! In fact, I got a sub-woofer for Christmas from my thew wife, a McIntosh MHA150 headphone amp from my toddlers, and a pair of new Focal Utopia headphones from Santa!
I will show some cools pics of the sub and amp unless there are objections! Have a Happy New Year, guys!
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