Am I the only one to opt-out on the Sopra 2's?


I home auditioned a pair of broken-in Sopra 2's for over a week (Clayton M 100's and Naim 272 pre).  I began by loving them but then gradually found them fatiguing.  Then I noticed that I'd been making excuses for them when high notes became painful and the sound stage seemed blurred.   So I tried Dynaudio C1's, also broken in,  and everything was suddenly better.  I ended up with C2's  and could tell a difference even when they were not broken in. All of these speakers were auditioned with a REL subwoofer.  In the end, I not only disliked the Sopra's, I disliked them a lot.  All the Sopra reviews seem to be generally favorable.  I know I'm probably in a minority, but in my system, the Sopra's were a failure.  Its been suggested that my reaction was because I was  used to the Dynaudio tweeters in my Merlin VSM's, but I think it was more than that.  Anyone else have a similar experience?
hinde

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dwhite11, if you haven't, connect the Focals to the 4ohm taps.  If that doesn't help, go with the 2ohm taps of your amp.  If that doesn't work, you may want to consider something like the DSpeaker anti-mode.  It will give you the ability to boost the bass.  Although it is anathema to many, I like having tone controls for just this sort of situation.