What Are You Powering Your Focal Utopias With?

I use Vitus RI100 for my Diva Utopia Be. They are smaller than your Utopias. Similar room size.

@jjue Thanks. Looks like a mighty fine integrated.  Anything it does better than another? 

I heard that VAC and Allnic work very well with them. I bet, Ypsilon would be interesting to try, never heard of this pairing. For solid state amplification I would first try Gryphon, but I always say that regardless of speakers.

I had the Scala v1 for many years powered by the Ayre MX-R and more recently the upgraded Twenty.

The main point that you should be aware of is that the Scala has a bright/rougher tweeter so you need to have a setup that doesn’t accentuate the highs. The Ayre isn’t the sweetest up top and I ended up having to shelve the tweeter down - took away some air and sparkle but not much choice given the normal tweeter setting was typically too bright for my taste.

VAC... Hmmm.  Seems to be a common (still) recommendation.  

Tubes and that bright top end.  Shouldn't be a surprise.

@jo1mtb Vitus and other brands in the same league are all very capable. At the end of the day, it depends on your preference and system synergistic I believe. One thing I’ve noticed special about Vitus is its bass. Tight, deep, clean, fast but not over emphasized. Simply everything you would expect from a uber league integrated amp.

Kevin of VAC has Grand Utopia as his reference speakers.
Well, Focal is French. How about Jadis to power them ? Just a thought.

Octaves + Stella's = Happiness

Focal Utopia 3 Diablos with Devialet D200. Neutral, neutral, neutral.  Nothing that's not already there. More transparent and revealing than anything I've ever listened to including Magico's.  Not bright or harsh or anything like, just air for miles.  Soundstage only limited by my room and placement.   Analysis Plus Solo Crystal 8 speaker cables brought some added richness and weight.  Super tight and detailed across the spectrum.  Pretty hard to imagine anything better - apart from going dual-mono D400 or better still D1000.  Adding a second JL Fathom will probably just fill in the bass further.  Wireworld Silver Eclipse 7 power cords have been an incremental step forward.

I originally headed down the Devialet route after demoing the ARC75 with Scalas - they had the D200 also and it blew the ARC away.  Perfect match for Focal.