Many of my friends that are discriminating audiophiles say they have never heard the Nova Utopia BE sound so beautiful. I am probably not telling you anything you don't already know but system matching is everything. Contrary to what some may say Nova Utopias are very hard to drive properly. Also is took at least 6 months for the tweeter and mid driver to settle. My theory is extremely stiff tweeters take a long, long time to break in. My guess almost no one gets to hear Utopias sound like they eventually will when auditioning at stores. I almost sold the Utopias at first but when I finally got properly matched electronics, they are the best sound I have ever come across.
Booboobaer (System | Reviews | Answers | This Thread)
Absolutely on all points. Adding something new to your system requires a lot of patience and experimenting.
As for break in, my Focal took over a year, about 2000 hours now and still small changes. I kept a written record day by day with comments so I could learn.
