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Focal Stella Utopia
Looking for some opinions/views on the Focal Stella Utopia speakers...... Even better if you heard them hooked up to Mcintosh Amps.Thanks
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I have heard them powered by Soulution and they sounded very good. I also heard them powered by a underpowered GamuT and they did not sound good. In general, the last couple versions of Focal's Utopia line have always been some of my favorite speakers.
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Thanks for the feedback Jim........could you think of any other speaker they sounded like when you heard them?
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michael, i have owned the stella em now for a while and have close to 100o hours on them.initally , i used the gryphon coleseum monos to drive them, and replace the gryphons with the vac 450 statements. thse speakers need power to bring them to life, and to really extract that last 10% of perfromance.
previous pseakers included ,rockport(2) ,tidal, kharama(2), focal nova,focal g.u be... the stella em to my ears is the most autentically musical transducer i have heard to date.just right on all accounts. |
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Michael.......The Absolute Sound thought the Focal Stella Utopia EM to be tremendous speakers, awarding them 2011 Product Of The Year Award in the Cost-No-Object category. $90,000 a pair is getting on up there, for sure. TAS stated that the Focal Stella Utopia EM is a world-class loudspeaker in every way.
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I guess if you've got the goods, you don't need fancy cables. |
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Don't forget to demo the Marten Coltrane IIs which are similarly priced.
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[EDIT] Focal Stella Utopia EM Floorstanding Loudspeaker - MSRP: $95000
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Their speakers compete nicely with the best in the world. Last edited by jdandy; 01-18-2013 at 09:47 AM. Reason: Remove active link in quote. |
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That is one saucy looking speaker.
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