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French Speakers?

For sale on this site are a pair of JM Focal Cobalt 806S speakers. I'm interested...but French speakers? Sacre bleu! My demise as an audiophile began in 1992 with a subscription to Stereophile. I remember the great review of the Grand Utopia. But, French speakers? Favorable reviews are had online for the 806S's. An aggressive, bright treble is noted. That's my preference in a speaker, however (one person's "bright" and "hot" is another person's "detailed" and "precise"). Of course, it's all about the midrange as far as speakers and sound reproduction are concerned.
My crux question is this: my musical tastes are rock, pop and female vocals. Has anyone listened to these speakers and does he or she believe they would be appropriate pour moi?
llanger
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ronrags
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Buconero117

I guess you haven't listened to Focal speakers. I previously owned the Chorus series and now I own the Electra series and couldn't be happier. I compared them to many brands and found them most satisfying especially when it comes to voices. As someone stated above they work especially well with jazz and classical music. Focal speakers are also very revealing so if the recording is crap so will be the sound. Concerning quality, they are top notch. The craftmenship of the enclosures are made like fine furniture.

Focal drivers are also well know globally and I believe Wilson speakers still use some of their drivers.

BTW- What system do you have?
jwm
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The best French speaker I ever heard was from a company called Leedt. They used a gas filled Piezo tweeter shaped liked an egg. I heard these several times at many CES shows using the original Audio Mattiere Amp and preamp. This was many years ago.
jburidan
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Separate or they'll start humping
llanger OP
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My lachrymal Fifth Grade English teacher may be smiling if he/she was aware of the saturninity involved, if not apparent, in "My demise as an audiophile began"...
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stringreen
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I've only heard the Triangle top of the line....very tall, narrow speaker. I couldn't live with them for 2 minutes.
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