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Anyone heard the new Focal Grande Utopia EM?

Here is a nice write up of the new JM Labs / Focal Grande Utopia EM. There is some truly amazing technology here. Has anyone heard them?

http://www.audiounlimiteddenver.com/

Kmccarty (Threads | Answers | This Thread)

08-13-08

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08-13-08 There's probably less than 30 people on the planet that have ... Bar81

08-13-08 Wow, those are fugly...imho, of course... Jb8312

08-14-08 I've been waiting a long time to see something about the new ... R_paton

08-14-08 Jb8312, you said it, not me ;) r_paton, as i understand i ... Bar81

08-14-08 I hope they find a good replacement fot the diva. personally ... Phaelon

08-15-08 Damn, those are some hot speakers! ;-) Hulskof

08-15-08 Phaelon, to my knowledge, there won't be a replacement for ... Bar81

08-15-08 Alright, just watched the focal promo video on http://www.yo ... Audiofile007

08-15-08 So its gonna be 36k for a pair of the new altos then? (18k ... Keithr

08-15-08 Not to my knowledge. the scala will be $30k (fyi, the alto ... Bar81

08-15-08 A dealer told me the same, that the scala would be 31k. Baraeryo

08-15-08 "fyi, the alto when last sold was $25k" bar81: ... James63

08-15-08 Sorry- there is a pair on a'gon saying alto msrp is 18 and a ... Keithr

08-16-08 James63, yes, i'm sure; i've seen the pricelist. keithr, ... Bar81

08-16-08 highend audio is well on the way to pricing themselves in t ... Budt

08-16-08 yea the new focals look nice but it they don't knock the ol ... James63

08-16-08 here is a site with some good pictures, it is in japanese t ... James63

08-16-08 I am not sure in what type of setups you have hear dthe utop ... Pkancel

08-16-08 James63- "here, here" the wilson sophia was 12. ... Keithr

08-17-08 Pkancel: "i am not sure in what type of setups you ha ... James63

08-17-08 Come on guys. if you want to slam a product you'll have to ... Bar81

08-18-08 After all of this, i have been intrigued about the new focal ... Pkancel

08-24-08 I just spoke to the focal dealer in orange county that is th ... Pkancel

08-26-08 Keithr--where can you get a new 3 series for 31k? Cajunpepe

08-26-08 Dutch speaker prices (pair) dynaudio confidence c-4 €16.000 ... Mordante

08-26-08 Cajunpepe- the 328 starts at 32k. reading all of this goes ... Keithr

08-27-08 At 70k? real bargain. Bar81

08-27-08 It was 38k last time i checked.... Keithr

08-27-08 Check again: http://www.bluelightaudio.com/evo_mm3.html Bar81

08-28-08 Well, that sucks bar81. it definitely was 38k around ces. ... Keithr

09-03-08 Yes, i did. the difference between the em and the "old& ... Edward_wills

09-03-08 That's not surprising. the amount of customization by itsel ... Bar81

09-04-08 My fingers are crossed (becuase i've just paid for a pair) t ... R_paton

11-20-08 Monday morning focal delivered the grand utopia em's to my h ... Paul_goldstone

11-20-08 I'd love to get my ears on a pair even though they would nev ... Face

11-20-08 Congrats paul! what kind of amplification are you using? are ... Phaelon

11-20-08 Paul, love to read your report when you get around to it. co ... Metralla

11-20-08 Thank you guys. i bought them to celebrate my 60th birthday. ... Paul_goldstone

11-21-08 Paul, were you dissatisfied with the alexandria in anyway th ... Alectiong

11-21-08 May be you already know this trick - invert the phase and pl ... Microstrip

11-22-08 Hi paul the focal grande utopia 3 are a very good gift for y ... Seos

11-23-08 Hi phaelon, for the past 5 years i have been using the halcr ... Paul_goldstone

11-23-08 Paul--congrats! what a marvelous thing to be able to sit in ... Cajunpepe

11-24-08 Yes cajunpepe, i never forget that i am lucky to be able to ... Paul_goldstone

12-06-08 Paul, how is the grande utopia breaking in? anxious to hear ... Alectiong

12-12-08 Alectiong, we have not yet replaced the alexandria's. the ne ... Paul_goldstone

12-20-08 How is it going? Obrown

12-21-08 Paul, just curious, are you in ca by any chance? where did y ... Dhaan

12-21-08 If you're going to be in socal they're on the floor in tusti ... Bar81

12-07-09 Sorry to bring back a thread from the dead, but what happene ... Talk2me

12-07-09 That move is questionable at best. while the scala may be s ... Bar81

12-18-09 Here is a cool link to them and how they are designed, built ... Tef8568

12-22-09 Talk2me, i finally had the chance to compare the scala head ... Bar81

01-07-10 I have a pair of grand utopia em for 5 months. it takes a lo ... Autentic

01-08-10 Autentic, what amplification are you using? from the specs ... Sarcher30

01-11-10 I am currently using a pair of theta citadel 1.5, and an arc ... Autentic

07-19-10 I'm one of the lucky ones that have a local place that has t ... Mceljo

02-07-11 Yes i have....... in one word-- formidable music machine! ... Focalfan