Focal Utopia Scala V2 or Persona (9H/7F)

HI Audiotroy,

Does your shop sell both focal Kanta and paradigm persona 3F ? I am wondering how do they compare ? 
Their pros and cons ?

Atacgene,

We don’t sell the Focals, the Kantas are good the Sopras are much better.

As per Kantas vs Personas both are really good, we prefer the more holographic imagey of the Personas and their incredible coherency and more detailed sound.

The Kantas are very good speakers, to our ears they are a bit richer in the midrange, the treble isn’t as intergrated and the bass isn’t as deep.

The Kantas may be a bit easirer to get right, as the Personas are uber clean and can sound a bit too cool unless the gear match is correct.

Dave and Troy
Audio Doctor NJ Persona dealer

Has anyone compared a 9H to a Scala V2 or Scala Evo? I'm guessing no way a 9H could compete?

I can think of almost no scenario where I’d recommend a Scala evo over a pair of 9H.  And I love focal.  The value of the Scala is just not there in comparison. 

If you want to start discussing value then that’s a tangential discussion where there is going to be a lot of divergence.   I’m also not sure such discussion is of any value unless someone has articulated a hard budget and that becomes a primary factor in the selection (and then there’s used versus new).  In any case, you could raise the same complaint against any of the top names - Focal, Wilson, Magico and so on.