I had a few drinks and bought some speakers

@tablejockey I was originally going to upgrade my Clearaudio Concept but it looks like I might have it for a few years now. I didn't even plan on how I'm going to get 125lb speakers upstairs by myself, c'est la vie. 

So the consensus is the Sopra 2 are a nice step up from 1028? The new price increase was severe and didn't think I'd ever get them. Guess we'll see how they sound in real life!

I think you've hit on an excuse we can all use.
Thanks! 👍😄👍

All the best,
Nonoise

Congrats on your beautiful Sopra's.

The Focal sound seems to be a polarizing one. I happen to like to line and had extensive listening time  with them.

I think they're a wonderful upgrade since your in the Focal camp. If you're into tweakery, Gaia's are purportedly the footers to get under them.

As long as you can get your backside into the room with the speakers there is no such thing as a speaker that is too big, only too small. Remember, the tweeter is really no bigger than the one in an LS3 5A.

I wonder what happens when you get stone?:-))))

Having  listen to   the Sopra 2 , compared to Electra 1038 ,I can say that you are in  another ball game :
For the better.
You may use some room acoustic treatments .