Enjoying My New Focal Sopra No2's

I'd agree about the bass lift. Compared to my previous 1028, the Sopra goes deeper but with a penalty if your room is boomy. 
I expect to get the sound I'm looking for, I'll need to invest in better room treatment. 
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Directstream DAC has weak bass, it’s a very inaccurate DAC. I would replace it with something else.

Also, if your equipment can take it, go with American 240V power, it’s balanced. You can get rid of the Powerplant and have more dynamics and clarity at the same time.

Personally, I'm a great fan of the active speakers from Focal, out of the world bang for the bucks.

Now that my Sopra’s have some play time they’re breaking in quite nicely. The tweeter has smoothed out similar to my 1028’s and can not be recognized as the source of the high’s. When they were new, I could locate the tweeter and hear where it was located....it did not totally disappear. At around 200 hrs, the tweeter just disappeared into the soundstage....the magic!!! They’re really nice speakers...maybe not for everyone but in my room they are far superior to the Electra series or my previous B&W speakers. The midrange is to die for.....especially with vocals and acoustic instruments recorded in natural space. They really excel in reproducing the third dimension, ambience and depth in a soundstage.

Stevizzy,

I had the Sopra's "dialed in" to the room, then later, when I added a pair of sub woofers and was dealing with the "boominess" in the room, adding bass trap after bass trap, the soundstage that the Sopra's were really great with suddenly disappeared.  No problem, just scooted them forward an inch or two and "boom" that great depth and soundstage returned.

Thanks! for the update- ejr.