focal

Posted by: Johnny5 on 26 August 2018

Anybody using the focal kanta 2 speakers if you are what are they like.,,and what amp is best with them.

Posted on: 26 August 2018 by fathings cat

I heard them at a Naim event with the Atom. I thought  they sounded  delightful and much nicer in the flesh than in pictures (I like their retro styling)

Given price it has to be a home demo to check out how they are with your home environment 

I plan on doing so when I get the time.

Gary

Posted on: 26 August 2018 by Bert Schurink

I am not using them but was very much impressed when I heard them connected to the Nova. So I guess the base level of application like Nova and Supernait will already give it a nice spin....

Posted on: 26 August 2018 by MDS

I believe that Iver van de Zand recently bought a pair of Kanta 2s and posted about them. A search will probably reveal the relevant thread.

At my dealer's I heard a pair on the end of a 282/SC/300 and a one-box uniti. they impressed on both.

Posted on: 26 August 2018 by johnG

I heard them last week at the dealer on 272/250DR - very impressive combination.

Posted on: 26 August 2018 by Iver van de Zand
MDS posted:

I believe that Iver van de Zand recently bought a pair of Kanta 2s and posted about them. A search will probably reveal the relevant thread.

At my dealer's I heard a pair on the end of a 282/SC/300 and a one-box uniti. they impressed on both.

Hi MDS & John,

I indeed bought the Kanta 2 a couple of month ago and am very pleased with them. They are used in my system composing of 282/250Dr/HiCapDr/NapSC/NDX/XPSDr whereas the NDX will soon be replaced by an NDX-2 that I have on order.

I have created one or two threads on the Kanta 2 here that you can easily find. I auditioned the Kanata 2 a few times togeher with Sonus Faber Olympica III, KEF Reference and Q-Acoustics Concept 500. In the end I choose between the SF (wonderful build-quality, good detail and very balanced) and the Kanta. For me the Kanta's had the best of placing and imaging, an enormous amount of "air" in the sound and so, so much authority. they are a very good match to Naim.

After a few weeks I asked an expert to help me with the best placing/positioning of the speakers. This took more than 3 hours but the result was way better than what I did on my own.

Highly recommended speaker John !

Iver

Posted on: 26 August 2018 by Johnny5
Iver van de Zand posted:
MDS posted:

I believe that Iver van de Zand recently bought a pair of Kanta 2s and posted about them. A search will probably reveal the relevant thread.

At my dealer's I heard a pair on the end of a 282/SC/300 and a one-box uniti. they impressed on both.

Hi MDS & John,

I indeed bought the Kanta 2 a couple of month ago and am very pleased with them. They are used in my system composing of 282/250Dr/HiCapDr/NapSC/NDX/XPSDr whereas the NDX will soon be replaced by an NDX-2 that I have on order.

I have created one or two threads on the Kanta 2 here that you can easily find. I auditioned the Kanata 2 a few times togeher with Sonus Faber Olympica III, KEF Reference and Q-Acoustics Concept 500. In the end I choose between the SF (wonderful build-quality, good detail and very balanced) and the Kanta. For me the Kanta's had the best of placing and imaging, an enormous amount of "air" in the sound and so, so much authority. they are a very good match to Naim.

After a few weeks I asked an expert to help me with the best placing/positioning of the speakers. This took more than 3 hours but the result was way better than what I did on my own.

Highly recommended speaker John !

Iver

Hi, Thanks for reply are they bigger in size compared to the twenty5 26 and what size is your listening room. 

Posted on: 27 August 2018 by Iver van de Zand

my listening room is around 6 * 11 meters