Looking for Advice on Focal Speakers
Hey everyone, so currently I have a 9.1 Klipsch RP system. I’m looking to upgrade big time with new towers and a center channel. I was able to audition some Focal 936s last week and was really impressed. The store offered me a pretty good deal on them and also a good deal on the Kantas which I love the look of, but haven’t been able to audition them. Are they worth slightly over double the price? Any help would be greatly appreciated!
These will be used in a living room, open floor plan. I have a Marantz Receiver and a Parasound Halo for the tower speakers. I am mostly upgrading for music listening, but of course I would also appreciate the extra quality for movies/tv.
I’m drawn to focal for the aesthetics and sound quality. I also like Sonus Faber but all of their speakers have leather on them which is a non starter for me. I only mention these so you can get an idea of the style I like. I dislike the more futuristic plastic looking speakers out there. I’m open to suggestions. I did audition some Paradigms and I did not like them (too bright for me).
I have the 926 powered by a Quad Artera. I demoed Sonus Faber and Quad S-5 side by side in my room and neither was able to nock the 926 from their perch. Although I really loved the imaging on the Quads. 926 sensitive to placement and mine have a sweet spot at lower volume but can sound a bit hard at higher volume but i attribute that to a few bare wall spots in my room.
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@suboost happy to help. If you click on my virtual system you'll see my setup....I went through the same path as we are recommending and have a very satisfying best of both worlds combo using HT bypass. I personally. wouldn't use tubes in this system. I don't want to burn time on tubes just to have my wife watching Frank N Gracie on Netflix while I'm out of town. I have my second system for that, and you can see it in the virtual setups also. Here's a list of amps that support HT bypass. Good luck and keep us posted.
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