Focal Professional SM9

[o0OBillO0o]

Gotcha! Thanks for the insight!

Right now I think the Focal SM9's are awesome and I haven't even heard them yet!!

Right now, I believe that if I hook them up to my MCD500 Its all I need. Then I can have my two channel listening and my Home Theater

[C2300MC275]

I look forward to your impressions. I am a focal fan myself - run maestros.

[o0OBillO0o]

I don't know if I will find any retailer who's got 'em I might just catch word of mouth praise, but not enough to risk the money on.

[doggiehowser]

I did mention a caveat earlier but might be worth repeating.

The input impedance on the Focal studio monitors are very low. About 10kOhms or something.
http://www.focalprofessional.com/url...fication-sheet

On my Ayon CD5S which features no negative feedback, it does create weird distortions in balanced mode and less so in Single Ended.

Not an issue when I use a solid state Bel Canto Pre3 or DAC3.5VB II though.

In the past, there was also a flagship SM11 with its own DAC!! So you had to use something like a Weiss INT202 to supply dual mono SPDIFs to the speakers!!

[o0OBillO0o]

Whoa! I remember seeing the SM11's

noted: the electrical issues

I would like to see a face off of the SM9 vs the Diablo Utopias

[o0OBillO0o]

I still think the SM9's would be a fantastic pair next to my iMac.

[jet787]

My brother has a pair of the SM9's in his recording studio and they are a fantastic monitor. I really don't have any issues with their sound from any perspective.

[o0OBillO0o]

That's awesome!


p.s.We love pics!

[o0OBillO0o]

Check out this video!

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-m26dT_qxY[/ame]

[o0OBillO0o]

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