I spent several months in my search for a new pair of loudspeakers and one afternoon visited a dealer about an hour's drive from home who had a pair of Focal 1038BE's nicely setup in a good sounding room. I was absolutely smitten and ready to take that credit card out, but thought I need to check with my wife, to see if large, floor standing speakers were OK with her, in our living room.
On the drive home I called one of my audio buddies and shared my experience, he said "stop the presses", that he just heard that Focal was about to announce their Sopra series.
Long-story-short, I was fortunate to "beat the rush", receiving my Sopra No2's mid-September (my dealer tells me there's a six month wait now).
I moved my system from the living room down to the "man cave", a much larger room, which could accommodate much larger speakers, and so began the process of upgrading the subs, the amp, preamp, etc. As my wife put it, by recommending the system move she "unleashed a monster".
I've had the Sopra's now for about four months and am still smitten!
On the drive home I called one of my audio buddies and shared my experience, he said "stop the presses", that he just heard that Focal was about to announce their Sopra series.
Long-story-short, I was fortunate to "beat the rush", receiving my Sopra No2's mid-September (my dealer tells me there's a six month wait now).
I moved my system from the living room down to the "man cave", a much larger room, which could accommodate much larger speakers, and so began the process of upgrading the subs, the amp, preamp, etc. As my wife put it, by recommending the system move she "unleashed a monster".
I've had the Sopra's now for about four months and am still smitten!