Tom60300
The truth hurts.
Does that mean that the Sopras are/were worse than the 1008Be that came after Diablo?
I have never listened to either of the alternative models you mentioned, so, contrary to what most forum keyboard know-it-all warriors do, I shall refrain from giving a useless, uninformed opinion on them.
I can however confirm that I own the Sopra 1 model since 2018 and with all its imperfections it has remained and will remain a constant in this particular system. They look good and they sound good (to me, which means that everything is subjective opinion).
I have also found that Naim amplification suits them quite well, when said Naim amplification does not suffer from poor component selection and implementation.