Popped over to see the gents at Basically Sound yesterday for their Naim event. On demonstration was the Nova and the Focal Kanta - I have to say as a combo they sounded very impressive. The Nova looked and sound very nice and the Kanta’s were particularly impressive - wide sound stage and lovely detail. Appreciate not all will like the looks, (yellow / blue ones have a hint of being Transformers! ) but in the flesh they looked very “70’s” cool but colour selection will be an individual choice!
Thanks to Naim and Tony / Graham, a nice relaxed event.
Thanks
Gary
Posted on: 22 December 2017 by MDS
I've had an in-store demo of the Kanta 2s a few weeks back. I liked what I heard. Naturally they have the Focal sound. They had a nice airy top-end and I couldn't believe how low they seem to go when looking at their spec sheet. Double-bass sounded wonderful. They are an easy load and so will suit a wide range of systems. My demo was mostly on a fairly big Naim system similar to mine but at the end I heard them on the end of a one-box system and was very impressed at how they sounded. Compared to the Focal's I've got (Electra 1028be) I felt the Kantas weren't sufficiently different/better to justify a change and if I move to different Focals it will probably be to the Sopra 2s, but I expect the Kantas to be very popular. They comfortably justified their price tag IMV.
Posted on: 23 December 2017 by Ravenswood10
Can vouch for Sopra 2s - wonderful speakers. Mine are black, not day-glo orange. I loved my Ovator S600s but these are in a different league. My first non British speaker though which was a little difficult to swallow at first - unlike their wine!
