Speakers suggestion help

without the sarcasm, i would submit here that it would be a good practice for folks who have a financial interest in making the recommendations they do to disclose that fact in every post in which they make such a recommendation

as a forum we expect that most of us here are just hobbyists and end use consumers, but reality is there are many ’industry people’ here posting as well, and also there is the grey area of high-dollar, long-time ’up to the waist’ hobbyists who have connected themselves in some way to some retailers/dealers/menufacturers... those who have done so should identify themselves as such when suggesting products or services to unsuspecting posters here who assume we are all just ’regular joes’ sharing our collective experiences and preferences

to be clear, industry people are rightfully knowledgeable, have a lot of share in terms of their opinions and wisdom - they simply should plainly identify themselves and what they say as financially incentivized when they say it

scott at verdant is a best practice example, obviously the good folks at audio connection in nj do so in their very username - others should follow this practice

i - for one - have no financial ’dog’ in any hifi gear ’fight’ - i buy stuff listen enjoy, recommend if i feel it is deserving

Vandersteen Treo CT may be worth a demo, nice top end from the carbon tweeters...

Or, if you like the beryllium tweeters on the Focals might look at the Magico A3 but they usually pair better with higher current amps,PL monos might do the trick. They are 89db efficient, 4ohm nominal

Best,
-JP

There’s a nice pair of Joseph Audio Pulsars in beautiful Sepeli finish for $4300 on US Audio Mart.  Just buy those. 

Among those three you are looking at, I would probably get the Focal Utopias.  I have listened to the B&Ws driven by a PrimaLuna and they are not the best match and I personally have never been impressed by the Electras.  The Kantas are a better speaker.  Among those three, Utopias, no question.  

Two alternatives that I offer:

For the same level of detail but with better imaging and soundstaging look at the Raidho X-1s.  Your room is plenty big enough for them and they need a little space to breath.  I offer these new and there is a pair of the XT-1s out here used on Agon.   The XT-1s are not from me and I don't know the person that is selling them.  

Another alternative would be the Verdant Audio Bambusa AL-1.  The way the crossover is designed, it has a slightly emphasized mid-range which will deliver exactly what you are looking for and have a full, 30 day return policy on them.  

I understand people are passionate about audio, and I myself have offended users in here, it was not my intention.

So I will state as jjss49 asks, I was an employee of a well respected loudspeaker manufacturer in Australia (almost completely unknown elsewhere). I have no financial reward for any of my suggestions.

People stating that millercarbon has a financial interest in or from Tekton, are rumor creating, and it first appeared as an insult in the Tekton Moab thread millercarbon started. There are quite a few posters (myself included) who have found devices or technologies that punch much higher than their cost, and met with controversy in posting in this forum.

If you have felt that someone like myself or millercarbon or others have an attitude or you don’t like our message, and you decide to get on your high horse to fabricate hearsay, from personal bias..
I assure you that other readers are intelligent enough to remember the incidents that created the feud, and see through the "Fake News".

Whether or not you like a person, their posts, their opinions or not, when you fabricate a rumor, you become a liar.

Liars, defame themselves. Especially hypocritical ones.



Regardless, the Tekton Designs speakers were not on that list, and others posted other models after Tektons were introduced, they were not called out.

In such a sized room I would personally go with stand mounts and a DBA system, however that was not what was asked.