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Old 11-27-2017, 02:54 PM
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Originally Posted by bart View Post
I find the new lines significantly better than the older ones.
If you can stretch to the Sopra, go for it!
Focal's design focus for the new Kanta and Sopra lines was clearly to allow these speakers to appeal to people who might have electronics and source components that are otherwise incompatible with their older lines. People who are very familiar with Focal speakers know that there are many electronics that just don't jive well with their somewhat forward and revealing nature. Thus, the familiar "Focal speakers sound too harsh or bright" statement. The new lines have been tweaked to remove some of that forwardness. The Sopra's sound is very close to the Electra's except with a somewhat warmer tone established by deemphasizing the upper midrange frequencies. They do an excellent job of achieving what they were designed to do. They are also physically beautiful in my opinion. The Kanta's do the same thing even more with the addition of the beryllium tweeter which smooths out the high frequencies. The flax cone drivers are not as fast and rigid as the "W" sandwich cones in the Sopra's and Electra's. The Kanta #2's I heard sounded a little muddy to me on certain tracks I'm familiar with. Female vocals were not as vibrant and less airy than what I've become used to with the Electra series. They are definitely a step up from the Aria line with the addition of the Be tweeter.
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