My vote is for a pair of Kanta II’s
i picked a pair for half of retail $5,500
and it has been the best choice I could
have made
powering with Parasound A21+
Killer combo
good luck Willy-T
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).
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@willy-t Damn that's a steal. You get them on here or local? |
@suboost Per your last question, when you are not using bypass your integrated amps preamp section will be in use. When you are using bypass, it is removed from the equation and the integrated just becomes a power amp slave for the HT receiver powering front L/R. You never told us what you are doing for a streamer/source? Just reading between the lines it sounds like you are just getting started in upping your game. Get the Arias, get the integrated, and have a reasonable (BS node is fine) streamer directly into it. Highly recommend Qobuz as the source. Play with that for a while and then decide if you need tubes, external DAC, etc. |
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