Enjoying My New Focal Sopra No2's

Stevizzy,

I had the Sopra's "dialed in" to the room, then later, when I added a pair of sub woofers and was dealing with the "boominess" in the room, adding bass trap after bass trap, the soundstage that the Sopra's were really great with suddenly disappeared.  No problem, just scooted them forward an inch or two and "boom" that great depth and soundstage returned.

Thanks! for the update- ejr.

Those Sopra 2's look and sound amazing, I am sure.  For those of you not quite in the upper atmosphere financially, you might check out Focal's pro powered speakers, particularly the top of the line, the SM9's.  I purchased them for my home studio, after mixing with the Focal Be Twin's in a large studio. The Twin's were until recently, the next speaker down in the line. They are not harsh in the least bit, have tremendous bass extension, and come with quality class AB internal amplifiers, as well as a variety of EQ controls on the back. My Audiophile speakers are Martin Logan Requests, Along with Von Schweikert VR4 Silvers, and I would stack up the Focal's against any of them.  Very enjoyable, and believe it or not, my best audio value purchase for the money even at $3800 per speaker (purchased Left and Right separately).

Enjoying the holiday weekend, too hot and humid to play outside, halfway threw the Beethoven symphonies, with these Sopra's, they just sound awesome.  I'd say that they really came into their best sound at the six month point, seemed to mellow out some, sound more relaxed.  Definitely not on my list of audio equipment to replace anytime soon.  I really enjoy the system, seems like I'm "done" with equipment purchases for a while.