(19-Feb-2016, 13:01)samurai7595 Wrote:(19-Feb-2016, 02:45)Dr Tone Wrote:(19-Feb-2016, 02:10)Osamurai7595 Wrote: Well, tonight was my third audition of the Focal Sopra 2 via the Devialet 200.
Long story short, this speaker is off my list of possible speakers to replace my ProAc Response D30R speakers. The Beryllium tweeter still sounds harsh to me and I really don't get what the whole hype or magic is all about.
Again, I got to compare them to the B&W 804d3 speakers and the B&W sounded sweeter, more coherent and a joy to listen to. It's truly an amazing speaker for it's size that produces some really deep & powerful bass (so does the Sopra 2) but the Diamond tweeter sounds better (to me) than the Beryllium tweeter.
Did you pay attention to the speaker cables they had on the Sopra 2? It's just recently become quite apparent to me that the beryllium tweater needs transparent cables. The brand that is, they mellow that tweeter out nicely.
The dealer is using AudioQuest Rocket 44 speaker cables.
Now that I have my speakers on the long wall with first reflection points almost non existent, it dawned on me to reduce toe in more than my last room. Well I'll be damned if everything didn't just come together. Treble backed off and bass and mids just locked in.
I have to give props to the transparent cables i have on loan right now as well. They mellowed things out.
So what kind of toe in did the dealer have on the Sopras? I've come to the conclusion you want almost no toe in with the beryllium tweeter, and the sound stage will still be there.
Roon->HQPlayer->McIntosh C47->McIntosh MC301s>Transparent Super->Wilson Audio Sabrinas w/ Shunyata Denali, Rega RP8, Rega Apheta 2
