Acoustica DR amp and Sopra demo

Posted by: dayjay on 14 November 2015

Spent an interesting hour or so at Acoustica this morning listening to dr and non dr amps back to back and the large Focal Sopras.  Speakers were impressive and the 300 dr was very impressive making a fabulous system but far and away the most impressive thing for me was the difference between the 250 and the 250 dr which was remarkable.  If I owned a 250 I would be doing what ever it took to add the dr because the difference is huge to my ears.  As it is the 250 dr is firmly on my upgrade path.

 

I took a friend with me who isn't especially into hifi because he wanted to hear a muso which he subsequently bought and took home so all in all a good morning.  Thanks to Geoff and Peter for setting it all up.

Posted on: 14 November 2015 by matt podniesinski

Thanks for the post David,

 

I was afraid that the 250 DR was going to be a major step forward. Now I have to figure out how to upgrade a pair of them. Also looking forward to hearing the Sopras at some point.

Posted on: 14 November 2015 by Dan43

Was at Sopra demo on Tuesday. Hi-Fi Cinema ran it.

 

552/500, LP12, NDS, Sopra 2. NACA5, SL IC.

 

Large and heavy, very accomplished speakers. Well driven and fast, handled everything with ease and good hi/mid/low separation that was well joined up.

 

Got a chance to play some of my own hi-res files and 24/192 Hotel California was excellent.

 

I am personally looking at Aria 926s for my system but these speakers were brilliant, but they had great sources too.

 

Great demo.

Posted on: 14 November 2015 by dayjay

I have Aria 926 on mine and like them very much.  The Sopras sounded great though with every amp they used and brilliant with the 250DR.  Think they may a little too large for my room even if I had the amp to drive them and the cash to buy them

Posted on: 14 November 2015 by Zeny

Why no love for the Aria 936? I have a pair of those and they sound excellent

Posted on: 17 November 2015 by Mayor West
Originally Posted by dayjay:

Spent an interesting hour or so at Acoustica this morning listening to dr and non dr amps back to back and the large Focal Sopras.  Speakers were impressive and the 300 dr was very impressive making a fabulous system but far and away the most impressive thing for me was the difference between the 250 and the 250 dr which was remarkable.  If I owned a 250 I would be doing what ever it took to add the dr because the difference is huge to my ears.  As it is the 250 dr is firmly on my upgrade path.

 

Cheers for the report, David. So it it likely that you would look at adding the 250DR to the SN2?