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April 13, 2015, 07:49 AM #101
Re: Focal Utopia III Scala V2's in the house!
I would love to, but in the meantime, I think Roy Gregory's review is spot on.
http://www.theaudiobeat.com/equipmen..._utopia_v2.htm
Also, look for something new company from Focal in the very near future. Exciting times ahead!
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May 3, 2015, 04:15 PM #102
Re: Focal Utopia III Scala V2's in the house!
Focal Utopia III Scala V2's, appears a relative bargain in todays marketplace ...
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May 3, 2015, 06:12 PM #103
Focal Utopia III Scala V2's in the house!
I couldn't agree more. I will take my Scala V2's over any Magico, Wilson, YG, Vivid, etc. costing anywhere near or even double the same price. The Scala V2 tweeter needs a few hundred hours to smooth out, but now mine is like butter and paired with the Devialet, it's remarkable. What you save on cables by using a Devialet, you invest in some Siltech speaker cables and WOW! It's a world beater system for a fraction of what other comparable systems cost.
Focal is one of the true leading speaker engineering firms, with a keen focus on speaker efficiency for life like dynamics.
Will be interesting to see what new speakers they come out with at Munich - if anything. Fingers crossed.
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May 3, 2015, 09:37 PM #104
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Re: Focal Utopia III Scala V2's in the house!
Don't get too excited Mike... You're just not used to having speakers long enough to break them in.
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May 3, 2015, 09:49 PM #105
Re: Focal Utopia III Scala V2's in the house!
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May 4, 2015, 07:15 AM #106
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May 4, 2015, 08:11 AM #107
Re: Focal Utopia III Scala V2's in the house!
Hope Florida is not as dirty as New York! I have to dust my speakers every week!
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May 4, 2015, 01:57 PM #108
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Re: Focal Utopia III Scala V2's in the house!
life-like dynamics is a worthy goal
I started thinking this way after I had my old Dynaudio C1s- exceptional speakers, but I always had to crank em up to get the sound going. I found myself listening at levels really too high for my ears.Brinkmann Bardo w/ EMT HSD-006 cart, MSB Reference DAC --> Linear Tube Audio MicroZOTL --> Ampzilla 2000, 2nd Edition --> Fyne Audio F1-12
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May 5, 2015, 12:07 AM #109
Re: Focal Utopia III Scala V2's in the house!
Mike, do you have experience with Revel's Beryllium tweeter? If so do you mind comparing/contrasting the Revels' against the Focals' upper mid/treble regions?
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May 5, 2015, 04:54 AM #110
Focal Utopia III Scala V2's in the house!
Plenty! I've owned the Salon 2's and Studio 2's. The Revel tweeter is exceptionally smooth, but I often wondered if it wasn't just a tad rolled off. As John Atkinson said in his review of the Salon 2's, "Due to this increasing directivity in the top audio octave, the Salon2 might sound a bit airless in large or overdamped rooms; the Tweeter Level control, set to one of its two boost positions, will help compensate for this." I always left the tweeter position at normal....so quite possibly, adjusting this up a notch would return some of the sparkle.
The Focal tweeter takes a long long time to break in (300 hours to notice a difference, and some say 700 hours to be full broken in). I'm at that point now, and the tweeter is very smooth without giving up any detail. It's one of the best for sure.My Systems: http://www.audioshark.org/showthread...481#post158481
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May 5, 2015, 05:35 AM #111
Re: Focal Utopia III Scala V2's in the house!
The ribbon tweeter crowd (esp. dynaudio esotar fan club members) usually refers to Focal's beryllium as ear-bleeding run for the hill type. lol IME even Electra's beryllium with proper amplification is preferred over C1 MK2 esotar 2. (and..not shouty )
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May 5, 2015, 08:04 AM #112
Re: Focal Utopia III Scala V2's in the house!
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May 5, 2015, 08:19 AM #113
Re: Focal Utopia III Scala V2's in the house!
I can attest, 15+years ago Esotar was superior to anything from Focal .....
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May 5, 2015, 09:27 AM #114
Re: Focal Utopia III Scala V2's in the house!
Well then, I guess I'll jump right in and ask: How do the Focal's compare overall to the Revel's? Thanks for the info by the way, getting the benefits of your experience is much appreciated.
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May 5, 2015, 09:34 AM #115
Re: Focal Utopia III Scala V2's in the house!
I would not trade the Scala V2's for the Salon 2's, if that's what you're asking. The Scala V2's are WAY more efficient, tube friendly, whatever. They have better dynamics, better mids (not recessed), and only give up a titch of overall smoothness on the top end to the Salon 2's. You can also tell that the driver integration is much more seamless.
But I wouldn't buy anything yet. Wait until after Munich (nudge, nudge, wink, wink) - then we can talk again.My Systems: http://www.audioshark.org/showthread...481#post158481
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May 5, 2015, 01:17 PM #116
Re: Focal Utopia III Scala V2's in the house!
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May 5, 2015, 02:12 PM #117Mark
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May 5, 2015, 03:00 PM #118
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May 5, 2015, 04:12 PM #119
Re: Focal Utopia III Scala V2's in the house!
Good things come to those who wait.
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May 5, 2015, 06:53 PM #120
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Re: Focal Utopia III Scala V2's in the house!
How then would you compare the focal Be to Raidho's ribbon? Or for that matter, the D3 vs the Scala overall?
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May 5, 2015, 07:14 PM #121
Re: Focal Utopia III Scala V2's in the house!
I haven't heard the V2 tweeter, but having owned the D3's, there aren't many tweeters in the world much better than the Raidho ribbon.
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May 5, 2015, 07:20 PM #122
Re: Focal Utopia III Scala V2's in the house!
The ribbon tweeter is very very fast sounding. I love it.
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May 5, 2015, 10:33 PM #123
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May 5, 2015, 10:40 PM #124
Re: Focal Utopia III Scala V2's in the house!
Yea Mike what is it? C'mon we won't tell anyone... Munich is too far away to wait.
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May 5, 2015, 10:42 PM #125
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May 5, 2015, 11:23 PM #126
Focal Utopia III Scala V2's in the house!
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May 5, 2015, 11:26 PM #127
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May 5, 2015, 11:39 PM #128
Re: Focal Utopia III Scala V2's in the house!
Not really talking about 15 years ago. I wouldn't have had much experience with either Focal or Dynaudio then. But I did have both Electra 1008 Be and Dynaudio C1 MK2 a few years back and I couldn't understand why I preferred Be over Esotar2 for the longest time, esp. people were telling me Be was bright and Esotar2 was smooth as butter (it was almost insulting my intelligence that I could not tell what sounds bright and what doesn't). Not only the top end, I also preferred Electra mid-range over C1 as well, but C1 low end was clearly better.
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May 7, 2015, 10:12 PM #129
Re: Focal Utopia III Scala V2's in the house!
I can understand the discrepancy, xover implementation and system bandwidth can also account for "brightness" , caps used will add a signature, making it not as simple as comparing tweeters from completely different speaker systems .....
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May 8, 2015, 08:07 AM #131
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May 8, 2015, 08:26 AM #133
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May 8, 2015, 11:37 AM #134
Re: Focal Utopia III Scala V2's in the house!
My guess is a new hybrid Beryllium adjustable ribbon tweeter that is adjustable for tubes, ss, listener ear height, declining frequency bandwidth for older listeners with an antisibilance & antibright toggle switch.
A guy can dream right?
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May 8, 2015, 11:44 AM #135
Re: Focal Utopia III Scala V2's in the house!
Beryllium adjustable ribbon tweeter...????
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May 8, 2015, 11:52 AM #136
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May 8, 2015, 01:59 PM #137
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I'll take mine in Tron colors please...
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May 8, 2015, 02:03 PM #138
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That too!
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May 9, 2015, 01:37 AM #139
Focal Utopia III Scala V2's in the house!
Gulp! unobtainium tweeter + EM MK2 woofers?
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October 9, 2018, 08:45 PM #140
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Re: Focal Utopia III Scala V2's in the house!
what happened with all the buzz? v2s are nowhere to be seen, the whole line abandoned, that is how "good" they were. in only 2 years..no more.
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October 9, 2018, 09:53 PM #141
Re: Focal Utopia III Scala V2's in the house!
Welcome to the forum, thank you for joining.
Fleetwood Deville by Oswald Mills Audio, Vienna Acoustics Haydn Jubilee, Wharfedale Linton w/ stands, Klipsch RB-75, Klipsch RP-160M.
Job INTegrated. Luxman L-595aSE
NAD C 658 streamer.
First Watt SIT-3, Job 250 Monos, NuForce STA200, AkitikA GT-102 amp, ASL Wave monos, Dennis Had 45 monos. Absolute Audio Labs PCF 25 amp (improved First Watt F7 super clone)
Topping D90, RME Audio ADI-2 DAC FS, ModWright Ultimate Sony XA-5400ES.
Burmester 948, McIntosh MCLK12, Kimber Kable, Siltech, Cardas, Avanti Audio cables.
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October 10, 2018, 12:12 PM #142
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October 10, 2018, 01:39 PM #143
Re: Focal Utopia III Scala V2's in the house!
bran , Welcome to the forum
Flemming
Lumin X1
Rotel Michi S5
Focus Audio FS788
Inter connect : Nordost Tyr 2 ( 2 Meter )
LS cable : Yter
Power Cables : Nordost Frey 2 ( 2 Meter )
Nordost QB8
Fibercable for feeding the Lumin X1
Rack : Finite Elemente Pagode
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May 8, 2019, 02:10 PM #144
Re: Focal Utopia III Scala V2's in the house!
Scala are also amazing. Definitely a great choice. I seriously wanted to buy them but since I got the brand NIB Stella EM from a distressed sale, for the same price as I would have bought the NIB Scala Evo, I definitely went for the Stella.
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May 8, 2019, 03:58 PM #145
Re: Focal Utopia III Scala V2's in the house!
Jim
D'Agostino Momentum M-400's MxV’s & HD Pre-amp
Wilson Alexandria X2 Series 2 speakers
Digital: dCS Vivaldi APEX DAC, Clock & Upsampler
Analog: SME 20/3 with Esoteric E-03 Phono
Transparent Opus Speaker Cable & Interconnects & Opus Power Cords
Power Cords on Digital: Shunyata
Power Conditioner - Shunyata Everest
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May 8, 2019, 04:08 PM #146
Re: Focal Utopia III Scala V2's in the house!
Devialet Expert 1000 Pro Dual Mono. After listening to a lot of other options, I still believe Devialet fits extremely well with the Focal Utopia range.
I will try soon to connect 4 Devialet 1000 together so that I see if there is any difference between using just the 2 Devialet 1000 vs. Devialet multi-amp system (4 units).
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May 8, 2019, 04:18 PM #147
Re: Focal Utopia III Scala V2's in the house!
Jim
D'Agostino Momentum M-400's MxV’s & HD Pre-amp
Wilson Alexandria X2 Series 2 speakers
Digital: dCS Vivaldi APEX DAC, Clock & Upsampler
Analog: SME 20/3 with Esoteric E-03 Phono
Transparent Opus Speaker Cable & Interconnects & Opus Power Cords
Power Cords on Digital: Shunyata
Power Conditioner - Shunyata Everest
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June 29, 2019, 09:20 AM #148
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Re: Focal Utopia III Scala V2's in the house!
Just picked up a pair of scala’s
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June 29, 2019, 10:20 AM #149
Re: Focal Utopia III Scala V2's in the house!
Scala EVO in ash grey
focal scala evo ash grey 001.jpgDealer / Manufacture Disclosure:
Jeff Whitlock
A/V Solutions / Unity Audio Design
www.avsolutionsca.com
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February 28, 2020, 05:04 AM #150
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Re: Focal Utopia III Scala V2's in the house!
Noticed this tread has been quiet for awhile. Currently I am driving a pair of Estelon XC with the Devialet OdA. I am thinking of upgrading to a full floor standing pair of speakers and have shortlisted the Focal Scala Utopia Evo and a lesser known brand Vimberg (a sister company of Tidal) the Tonda speakers. Reason, have always been a fan of Tidal but can’t afford their speakers. Pricing wise, the Tonda is pricer. Any comments would be appreciated.
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