LWA Staff Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 Price: $169,000 Item Condition: Brand New Shipping Options: Pickup available but audition is not available.,Shipping is included in price. Suburb or Town: Lane Cove State: New South Wales Payment Method: Credit Cards, Bank Transfer, Cash (hehe), PayPal, No ZipPay on this one! Reason for selling: Retailer Further information: (taken from Len's Blog on lenwallisaudio.com) How does one describe the offer of a pair as a ‘bargain’? By special arrangement, LWA have just received the last new pair of Focal Grand Utopia EM speakers (in white). This discontinued model is the predecessor to the current EVO model, which sell for a cool $450,000 a pair. When still in production, the Grand Utopia EM sold for $295,000 a pair with much of the increased price coming from the falling Australian dollar and rising costs coming out of the factory in France. What is the difference between the new and old you may ask? The EVO range has added a new suspension system to the mid-range driver and the structure of the speakers have been strengthened. Together, with minor improvements to the crossover the new models sound better– marginally. Is the difference worth $281,000 – we don’t think so. Yes, it is a lot of money to pay for a pair of speakers, but this is a lot of speaker and surprisingly, represents an outstanding bargain. The pair are available for sale on our website: click here view the product page for the Focal Grand Utopia’s 7 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TDX Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 E.... spent me a few seconds to count for the 0! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fell off the boat Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 Wow!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anandpkumar Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 Wow! That's probably the most expensive speaker that I have seen in the classifieds during my 2 years here!! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
betty boop Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 amazing... dream speakers ... no matter the price 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awayward Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 Buying a Powerball ticket for tonight's draw, these should be mine tomorrow. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AudioGeek Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 25 minutes ago, betty boop said: amazing... dream speakers ... no matter the price Agreed. Buy them and I will bring the beer! 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spider27 Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 Here is a short video how it was made and tested. Impressivo.... 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hi-Fi Whipped Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 21 hours ago, anandpkumar said: Wow! That's probably the most expensive speaker that I have seen in the classifieds during my 2 years here!! And funnily enough they look like they are worth every penny! Beauties! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffwbrown Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 (edited) Edit: removed unnecessary banter. Apologies to LWA Edited April 22, 2020 by Jeffwbrown Un necessary banter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Marc Posted April 17, 2020 Administrator Share Posted April 17, 2020 OK guys, I am up for a bit of humor (especially at times like this), but this is a commercial sponsors ad, and could be considered white-anting, or at least a little disrespectful. Thread cleaned. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrismwpcs Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 (edited) Apologies for any previous comments but what would you need to drive these awesome speakers? What kind of pre-amp and amp/s would be considered worthy of making these fantastic creatures come to life? Cheers Chris Edited April 17, 2020 by chrismwpcs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LWA Staff Posted April 19, 2020 Author Share Posted April 19, 2020 Replying to Chris. We have sold a number of these speakers over the years, all with different amplification, and all have worked well. One was an a pair of Krell KAS mono-block power amps, old but fabulous. Another is running them with Musical Fidelity TriVista KW1000 power amps and matching pre. Again an old combo, but equally as impressive. One recent install was with a Naim Statement pre/power amplifier. In the showroom we are running them with Halcro Eclipse mono blocks with a Krell Illusion pre. We also use the Krell Solo 575 mono power amps as well. Regards, Len 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrismwpcs Posted April 19, 2020 Share Posted April 19, 2020 Thank you for the reply Len. That is some impressive amplification. Appreciate the reply. Cheers Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
audiohippo Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 Would love to hear the Focal the spirit of sound albums on the speakers, it's made for it. Would be 8h26m of bliss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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