New Focal Grande Utopia EM

I'm just back from RMAF and heard those Grade Utopie EM. It one of my favorite sounds of the show. Admittedly I was sitting right in the sweet spot. Also, I was not familiar with the music, so I was not able to judge vs. what I believed to be the 'ideal' or neutral sound of a familiar recording. Still, what I heard was quite breathtaking.

There were at least two other systems at the show that had more expensive speakers (Acapella Trillion Excaliber, and Marten Designs) and they were no comparison to these Focal speakers, IMHO. But, I'm sure room-specifics and set up present less than ideal venue for effective comparison.

All I can say is that the sound had essentially all of the characteristics I could want. The bass in particular was breathtaking.

How much do these cost! close to $200K never mind how much money in electronics and cables further up the line to actually run these?

Don't you think that you should be left in awe saying to yourself and others this is just unbelievable?

This is absolutely crazy amounts of money we are talking about here which most people can not even fathom.

Looks remind me of a "SAUSAGE" with cuts in it that I get from a street vendor outside at show events. Hopefully it looks better in person.

This is the Utopia III catalogue if anyone is interested.

http://www.focal.tm.fr/catalogue-docs/EN/32/files/1826.pdf

I just want to clarify a few things about the sound of the Utopia EMs. I have heard the original Grande Utopia BE years ago w. VTL tube electronics and I thought it very good. This time it wasn't. It was the 1st day of the show and certainly rooms sounded much much better on Sunday then on Friday. This is one thing experienced show goers do know. I did list caveats on my impressions above. Since I own Wilson Speakers I guess I must not like the spitting sound of BE tweeters that several rooms had on display (but not all). In that regard, I did find several much better rooms than the Utopia EM. I was also sitting in the center spot but towards the back.

I felt the Symposium Speakers were incredible. The Bass needed to be improved & I am not sure of the limits of the bass. The Utopia EM must have incredible bass. I also felt the speed of the YG acoustics room was faster and more lifelike in speed. And finally for looks there was nothing as beautiful as Scaena w. a custom paint job. If anyone has a place to upload all pictures from the show for everyone to look at I will gladly do so. I have high resolution photos from the 1st 2 days, and I used a compact the final day.