When your system is a performance

VR3

And not a reproduction

Changes everything. You listen for the music and not the system. The way your system presents the music is a performance.

Can't get enough of it, any genre, any song, it all sounds amazing. Goose bump meter is high with this one.

VR3

Where I ended up

Yamaha wxc50 >>>> musical fidelity tri Vista dac
Odyssey Kismet Integrated with mullard tubes
Jm lab mezzo utopias

Supra Quadrax speaker cables
Supra analog and digital interconnects
Supra Lorad power cables except on Yamaha, that is pangea

pitdogg2

Congrats Trey

lightman1

I'll be in town tomorrow......

VR3

Call me when you are coming lol

VR3

Agreed there. The super towers were amazing if you wanted to know the exact height of a singer and whether they used a. 47 bass string versus a. 52 on a guitar but they were hard to enjoy for daily listening.

The Utopias are just fun

halo

Congrats Trey! That's a very nice place to be

jdjohn

VR3 wrote: »

The Utopias are just fun

Yes...yes, they are Congrats, Trey!

steveinaz

So you're saying "Utopia" is a fitting name?

tonyb

If I didn't know better, I'd say Trey just did a Kramer.....slapped his coin on the counter and declared "I'm out".

pitdogg2

can't pull his arse out of the sweet spot

tonyb

pitdogg2 wrote: »

can't pull his arse out of the sweet spot

That's what his wife said too.....

VR3

Lol you guys are funny.

Definitely one of the first pair of speakers I can listen to while albums, play lists with minimal skips, etc. Everything has an enjoyable presentation, good stuff

Tony M

I had many magical times listening to a ton of speakers. We ask ourselves, can it get any better than this?

This passion we have is a ton of fun and enlightenment too.


I hope your not thinking of upgrading those crossovers in them, are you?

VR3

I don't think I will do the crossovers, I feel adding any resolution may be a bad at this point lol.

tonyb

VR3 wrote: »

I don't think I will do the crossovers, I feel adding any resolution may be a bad at this point lol.

Agreed....too much resolution can be a bad thing and takes away from the musicality. You become too focused on hearing a pin drop than listening to the whole musical portrait presented in front of you.

mikeyb128

VR3 wrote: »

I don't think I will do the crossovers, I feel adding any resolution may be a bad at this point lol.

Hell yeah buddy! I’ve been on the focal train for a while. I find them to be a very transparent and non-coloured speaker, with accurate timber, and realistic sizing within the soundstage. Soundstage depth and width has me hooked on these things, the midrange is absolutely fantastic. They play honestly of anything you give them. I’ve heard countless times from friends say, “holy shi! This sounds live!”

My only experience has been Electra and aria in my home. And of course sopra 2,3, and utopia in stores. Sopra No 2 being my next speaker.

VR3

I've always been fascinated with the focal utopia and Wilson Alexandria stuff. I'm more of a focal fan than a Wilson fan though.

The mezzo is a cool speaker because it is basically a monitor speaker with an integrated sub, granted I know it is a 3 way speaker, but it does a good job getting out of its own way.

I also like that it is a low maintenance speaker, the tweeter is easy to replace and can be sourced. The next generation Be tweeters have to be sent back to focal and cost over a grand to replace per tweeter.

Big difference for a speaker you may want to keep a while...

Anyways, focal is solid stuff for sure

tonyb

VR3 wrote: »

The mezzo is a cool speaker because it is basically a monitor speaker with an integrated sub, granted I know it is a 3 way speaker, but it does a good job getting out of its own way.

Many bigger floorstanders are. My Legacy Focus was the same way as described by Bill himself. Not everyone though can integrate that design well. Focal does an excellent job at it as well from the few times I've heard them.

Not keen on the powered subs in speakers though. For some reason, they don't integrate as well as the passives.

VR3

I like powered subs if you are going for Ht, for music it is a tough pill to swallow. Especially in Def Techs newer line where the subs are going upwards of 120hz plus... Very very localized bass and they are no longer mirror imaged which adds. Insult to injury.

Legacy makes some nice speakers, heard great things

gce

Congrats Trey...enjoy!

mhardy6647

sounding real as opposed to realistic, to me, is what single ended direct-heated triodes and high-sensitivity loudspeakers bring to the party.