Focal Maestro Utopia EVO

FishStalkerGuy

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I started my journey to upgrade speakers and found this site on Tapatalk. I’ve been a long time listener to my Avantgarde Duo’s and wanted to take a look at other speakers. Many great ideas and systems talked about here so taking what I learned, I was able to narrow down my speakers.

I travel often so was able to visit several audiophile shop’s and listen to different speakers and found the Maestro’s to fit my listening style better.

I have a pair of Maestro EVO’s being shipped and estimated to arrive this Thursday.

My system will consist of:

~ Maestro EVO’s
~ Mark Levinson 5805 Amp
~ Lumin S1
~ Synology 10 TB Hard Drive
~ Interconnects: Nordost Tyre 2, 1 meter
~ Speaker Cables: Cardas 2.5 meter Clear Beyond

Pretty excited to get the speakers setup..........I’m opened to any comments and suggestions. Thanks.

George
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FishStalkerGuy said:
I started my journey to upgrade speakers and found this site on Tapatalk. I’ve been a long time listener to my Avantgarde Duo’s and wanted to take a look at other speakers. Many great ideas and systems talked about here so taking what I learned, I was able to narrow down my speakers.

I travel often so was able to visit several audiophile shop’s and listen to different speakers and found the Maestro’s to fit my listening style better.

I have a pair of Maestro EVO’s being shipped and estimated to arrive this Thursday.

My system will consist of:

~ Maestro EVO’s
~ Mark Levinson 5805 Amp
~ Lumin S1
~ Synology 10 TB Hard Drive
~ Interconnects: Nordost Tyre 2, 1 meter
~ Speaker Cables: Cardas 2.5 meter Clear Beyond

Pretty excited to get the speakers setup..........I’m opened to any comments and suggestions. Thanks.

George
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Welcome and congrats! They look beautiful.


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George,

Congratulations!

Those look beautiful. Enjoy. Can’t wait for more of your thoughts when they are home playing.
 
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Awesome. What were some of the other contenders?


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I listened to Magico’s S5’s 2, S3’s 2, A3. Also to Wilson’s Sasha DAW, Focal Sopra 2 and 3, Focal Scala EVO, B&W 802 and 800 D3, Martin Logan 15A all using the same CD.

Of all the speaker’s Maestro EVO just worked for me. Of the speakers I list above the Wilson’s and Magico’s were all at different dealers the others were played on same electronics and pairings.


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I left out a couple Sonus Faber’s, listened to Il cremonese and Stradivari. Workmanship on these speakers are incredible.


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Congratulations! Great looking and well made speakers. Definitely a different musical presentation than the AG Duos. Enjoy!
 
So been monitoring the shipment since the speakers were picked up on 12/26 then no progress after the pick up but eta was still 1/2. Well they didn’t get shipped still at trucking warehouse back East [emoji36]........After many calls to the trucking firm they now tell me speakers will ship this Thursday. [emoji2356]


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FishStalkerGuy said:
Pretty excited to get the speakers setup..........I’m opened to any comments and suggestions. Thanks.

George
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I would experiment a bit more with speaker placement.

Happy new year [emoji3].


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Well they finally made it but a week late, lol........Leaving Saturday for 3 weeks, so installation won’t happen until I get back! [emoji1784][emoji35]
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What a box..!!!

That boxes seems to be really big.

Let´s wait for a couple of weeks for your comments about the sound.
 
I dumped my Wilson Shasha DAW's and stepped up the the Focal Maestro Utopia EVO. What a marvelous improvement!
The Focals are so much more detailed, so much more texture, imaging is holographic, the bottom end with the two 11" woofers is tight, articulated and punchy. The realism produced with the Maestros is super realism and always impressive. Also, Focal build quality is amazingly good. Even the shipping crates were superior. The Maestro are mounted on swivel wheels so it is a one person task to remove the speakers from the massive wood crates and roll them around to where you want. There is NO assembly needed. They are pure luxury and enjoyment!
 

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I dumped my Wilson Shasha DAW's and stepped up the the Focal Maestro Utopia EVO. What a marvelous improvement!
The Focals are so much more detailed, so much more texture, imaging is holographic, the bottom end with the two 11" woofers is tight, articulated and punchy. The realism produced with the Maestros is super realism and always impressive. Also, Focal build quality is amazingly good. Even the shipping crates were superior. The Maestro are mounted on swivel wheels so it is a one person task to remove the speakers from the massive wood crates and roll them around to where you want. There is NO assembly needed. They are pure luxury and enjoyment!
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Nice. What color?


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Color is Mercedes Black Lacquer. The finish is attractive, opulent and looks a foot deep.
 
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