Focal Sopra No.2

[BrianT]

I'm interested in what you hear.

I too was really hoping that the upgrade to the 803 cabinet in the d3 revision would let me get that instead of an 802. However the d3 version of the 804 was a bigger upgrade with a better result to my ears. Of course the 802d3 (which I heard along with those others) has both a palpable presence and fullness that I really love, so I've stuck with my 802N until I can afford an upgraded 802 or find another speaker as good as ours. To me the 804d3 gets closest within the rest of the B&W range, but is still a far smaller-sounding speaker (although I love that it is actually smaller unlike the 802 which have grown at every revisions).

Enjoy your listening, and please post your experience.

I had a chance to have a listen to the B&W804D3 and 803D3, I loved the price on the 804D3. But I really like the sound of the 803D3
The 803D3 where new, the dealer received them on Saturday so they only have around 15 hrs on them. The 804D3 he's had for 6 weeks.

The 804D3s where gooood, nice sound stage every thing stayed in place and did not wander, tight bass, loverly vocals, but in my humble opinion
they lacked some presence and fullness.
I found the 803D3 to do all of the above better, but with a lot more presence and fullness with much deeper bass. I will have to take a second listen when they have more hours on them. I do find them to be expensive, about $4K more than the Sopra2s I have on order. If the price difference was only $2K I would cancel the Sopra2s and order a set of the 803D3

Brian