Focal Utopia III Scala V2's in the house!

a.wayne said:
Focal Utopia III Scala V2's, appears a relative bargain in todays marketplace ...
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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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Mike said:
I know. Had to dust them the other day. That was a new experience.


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Hope Florida is not as dirty as New York! I have to dust my speakers every week! :)

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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.
 
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?
 
nile49 said:
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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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.
 
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 [emoji6])
 
kzhtoo said:
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 [emoji6])
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Agreed. Maybe that was the case 15 years ago, but it's dramatically improved today. I think the current line up has an excellent top end. Mine right now is super smooth. It was a little aggressive out of the box, but right around 300 hours it started to smooth out.
 
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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nile49 said:
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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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. :)
 
Mike said:
But I wouldn't buy anything yet. Wait until after Munich (nudge, nudge, wink, wink) - then we can talk again. :)
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That's just great!! Just when I think I have finally found the perfect speaker for my situation, they are going to tempt me with something else.:sigh:
 
Mike said:
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. :)
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Hmm.............
 
Good things come to those who wait. [emoji41]




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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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