merlin
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David those 1038's look very nice in that room. The wood side cheeks add something.
I do understand that the Focals take a fair while to run in. To be honest, I took the Diablos as part of a deal on a preamp and was really expecting to move them on and dislike them intensely.
So I have been pleasantly surprised so far. Whilst I expected the treble to be superb, I did not expect the whole speaker to be so coherent and for that tweeter to be so well integrated with the (I hesitate to call it) woofer.
What is coming out of the Focals bears no resemblance to the negativity that has built up around the brand on internet forums here in the UK. Not to my ears anyway.
And the addition of the 5150 was indeed a good idea. It just provides a degree of ease that opens up the Diablos further with delightful warmth. The Focal Field Coil sub would be very interesting.
I do understand that the Focals take a fair while to run in. To be honest, I took the Diablos as part of a deal on a preamp and was really expecting to move them on and dislike them intensely.
So I have been pleasantly surprised so far. Whilst I expected the treble to be superb, I did not expect the whole speaker to be so coherent and for that tweeter to be so well integrated with the (I hesitate to call it) woofer.
What is coming out of the Focals bears no resemblance to the negativity that has built up around the brand on internet forums here in the UK. Not to my ears anyway.
And the addition of the 5150 was indeed a good idea. It just provides a degree of ease that opens up the Diablos further with delightful warmth. The Focal Field Coil sub would be very interesting.