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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Vanquish" data-source="post: 62975" data-attributes="member: 84">erica34 ... frankly the Focal's are over-rated. Yes, they are superb speakers ... at a price and have excellent IASCA wins track record but they are not the all and be all of speakerdom in the HiFi and ICE fraternity. But they are not without their weaknesses and many who have heard them will attest to this. The older TN series metal tweets that they used to have can be a pain to the ear if not matched to the rite kinda amp or toned down via the passives. The current TN 51 onwards are much better but still retain much of the typical characters of metal tweets.Jacques Mahul, the founder and previous CEO of the company once commented that there were no longer any respected speaker makers left in the UK which ruffled a few feathers.  B & W responded with the 800 series and topped it up with Signature 800 series which kicked the Utopia series butt in every aspect. Typical French arrogance.The Utopia BE for the car is technological tour de force but one that is simply over-rated again. For approx. RM 25K if I am not wrong ... there are better bargains elsewhere. I have listened to enough Focals to know that they are just NOT my cup of tea ... the K2 Power series are an exception but similar models from Eton, DLS, Dyna, SEAS and etc will still give it a good run for its money.</blockquote>