Monster11 Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 Hey guys, have any of you done a back to back with Kanta 3 and Sopra 2? Im thinking about an upgrade for my Focal Chorus 826v. And wanted some opinions on if the Sopra’s are worth the extra dollars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bunno77 Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 Haven't done a back to back but have heard both a few times. I really like the Sopras and if it's in budget and you have electronics up to the task I'd say go for it. The Kantas are good but way, way overpriced I think. I don't really like the aesthetic either. As always best to listen for yourself even if you have to make a trip at this price range. The electronics really is a big thing. The pairing Focal use with micromega is awful to my ears. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monster11 Posted March 24, 2019 Author Share Posted March 24, 2019 5 hours ago, Bunno77 said: Haven't done a back to back but have heard both a few times. I really like the Sopras and if it's in budget and you have electronics up to the task I'd say go for it. The Kantas are good but way, way overpriced I think. I don't really like the aesthetic either. As always best to listen for yourself even if you have to make a trip at this price range. The electronics really is a big thing. The pairing Focal use with micromega is awful to my ears. Thanks for the feedback, I don’t know anywhere in Adelaide that I would have both of those for demo. Im currently using a Emotiva XPA3 which would need to be replaced? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bunno77 Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 Thanks for the feedback, I don’t know anywhere in Adelaide that I would have both of those for demo. Im currently using a Emotiva XPA3 which would need to be replaced?Melbourne is pretty close.Not necessarily but it's not an amp I'd put with them. Guessing your pre and dac are emotiva or same level too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monster11 Posted March 24, 2019 Author Share Posted March 24, 2019 1 minute ago, Bunno77 said: Melbourne is pretty close. Not necessarily but it's not an amp I'd put with them. Guessing your pre and dac are emotiva or same level too? Yeah might need to do that. At the risk needing a flame suit, currently using a Denon receiver with preouts to the Emotiva. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bunno77 Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 Yeah might need to do that. At the risk needing a flame suit, currently using a Denon receiver with preouts to the Emotiva. I would with that sort of investmentHaha gotta start somewhere mate. I started with a Denon receiver too. Try listen to as much as you can and don't jump the gun. There's some great stuff in Adelaide. The hifi shows are good learning too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monster11 Posted March 24, 2019 Author Share Posted March 24, 2019 (edited) 5 minutes ago, Bunno77 said: I would with that sort of investment Haha gotta start somewhere mate. I started with a Denon receiver too. Try listen to as much as you can and don't jump the gun. There's some great stuff in Adelaide. The hifi shows are good learning too. Forgot to mention, this is a multi purpose system with music, movies, and gaming. And will have the center speaker. Edited March 24, 2019 by Monster11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bunno77 Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 Forgot to mention, this is a multi purpose system with music, movies, and gaming. Look into HT bypass. There's a Vitus integrated in the classifieds that would be perfect with that level of speaker.Also there's an Audio Analogue Maestro but not sure if it does ht bypass.Depends how important music is though. I'm heavily biased towards it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monster11 Posted March 24, 2019 Author Share Posted March 24, 2019 10 minutes ago, Bunno77 said: Look into HT bypass. There's a Vitus integrated in the classifieds that would be perfect with that level of speaker. Also there's an Audio Analogue Maestro but not sure if it does ht bypass. Depends how important music is though. I'm heavily biased towards it. Thanks for that. So music is probably the least used out of those three. Ratio would be music, movies, gaming being 20:40:40. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sakabatou Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 (edited) 34 minutes ago, Monster11 said: Thanks for the feedback, I don’t know anywhere in Adelaide that I would have both of those for demo. Just in case you haven't checked, Vision Living has a pair of Sopras upstairs (I think it's a No 3 though) but they have no Kantas, so not a direct help Edited March 24, 2019 by sakabatou missed a word Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamiebosco Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 would be a sin to not at least consider these if they somehow haven't sold already 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyberkank Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 13 hours ago, jamiebosco said: would be a sin to not at least consider these if they somehow haven't sold already Absolutely correct. These will trump both the Sopra and Kanta. However, they have been officially sold this morning. Highly recommend the OP to look into existing Utopia lines. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monster11 Posted March 25, 2019 Author Share Posted March 25, 2019 4 hours ago, cyberkank said: Absolutely correct. These will trump both the Sopra and Kanta. However, they have been officially sold this morning. Highly recommend the OP to look into existing Utopia lines. I would love something from the Utopia range, but that is a whole different price point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irek Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 Hi, I spent some time with kanta, sopra, aria and chorus. Basically kanta and sopra are for critical listening, they require good electronics, room treatment, positioning. Extremely reveling beryllium tweeters, only for high quality audiophile recordings. In your case I would go with Arias and use the saved money on amplifiers, sources... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monster11 Posted March 26, 2019 Author Share Posted March 26, 2019 3 hours ago, Irek said: Hi, I spent some time with kanta, sopra, aria and chorus. Basically kanta and sopra are for critical listening, they require good electronics, room treatment, positioning. Extremely reveling beryllium tweeters, only for high quality audiophile recordings. In your case I would go with Arias and use the saved money on amplifiers, sources... Understand what your saying, but are the Aria’s really much of a step above my 826v? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyberkank Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 (edited) 21 hours ago, Monster11 said: I would love something from the Utopia range, but that is a whole different price point. You can look into existing Utopia range like the one I advertised. The performance is much better than the Focal lower range. 3 hours ago, Irek said: Hi, I spent some time with kanta, sopra, aria and chorus. Basically kanta and sopra are for critical listening, they require good electronics, room treatment, positioning. Extremely reveling beryllium tweeters, only for high quality audiophile recordings. In your case I would go with Arias and use the saved money on amplifiers, sources... This is also true, the higher you go up the chain. The more they demand of good electronics / room acoustics. Although once you have a pair of great speaker, you can easily hear incremental improvement in SQ every time you change things upstream or add room acoustics. In my experience, room acoustics (first reflection point absorption) gave the best bang for buck. Although they have greatest impact on aesthetics of the room, which can be bad/good depending on what you select. Edited March 26, 2019 by cyberkank 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irek Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 1 hour ago, Monster11 said: Understand what your saying, but are the Aria’s really much of a step above my 826v? I think aria 948 should give you much better experience but you can always check it for yourself. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monster11 Posted April 12, 2019 Author Share Posted April 12, 2019 So it’s all happened pretty quickly, went and had a listen to some Sopra 3 for several hours, feel in love and ordered some Sopra 2 and centre. Had them a week now, and very impressed. Such a massive improvement from the 826v. Must be time for a new amp....... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irek Posted April 12, 2019 Share Posted April 12, 2019 Wow, congratulations! It's going to be one of the best system for gaming. Very very good for movies and music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monster11 Posted April 14, 2019 Author Share Posted April 14, 2019 (edited) On 12/04/2019 at 10:23 PM, Irek said: Wow, congratulations! It's going to be one of the best system for gaming. Very very good for movies and music. Yeah the level of detail in the sound is just amazing, so much clarity and so much more precise. I can hear some much more than ever before. Makes for a very immersive experience. And things like gun shots are so real. Before I knew it was a gun shot sound, but now it actually sounds like a gun going off in the room. Will be be interesting to see how much better it gets with better electronics. So many choices there...... Edited April 14, 2019 by Monster11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bunno77 Posted April 14, 2019 Share Posted April 14, 2019 Very exciting. They will only get better and better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sakabatou Posted April 14, 2019 Share Posted April 14, 2019 On 12/04/2019 at 9:20 PM, Monster11 said: So it’s all happened pretty quickly, went and had a listen to some Sopra 3 for several hours, feel in love and ordered some Sopra 2 and centre. Had them a week now, and very impressed. Such a massive improvement from the 826v. Must be time for a new amp....... Was that at Vision? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monster11 Posted April 14, 2019 Author Share Posted April 14, 2019 1 hour ago, Bunno77 said: Very exciting. They will only get better and better Yeah I can tell they are already getting better, and I know that Focal run in time takes a lot of hours. 11 minutes ago, sakabatou said: Was that at Vision? Sure was, they are a great bunch of guys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sakabatou Posted April 14, 2019 Share Posted April 14, 2019 8 minutes ago, Monster11 said: Sure was, they are a great bunch of guys! They should give me a commission Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gpatt Posted April 17, 2019 Share Posted April 17, 2019 On 12/04/2019 at 9:50 PM, Monster11 said: So it’s all happened pretty quickly, went and had a listen to some Sopra 3 for several hours, feel in love and ordered some Sopra 2 and centre. Had them a week now, and very impressed. Such a massive improvement from the 826v. Must be time for a new amp....... did you end up getting a new amp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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