Glad to see that the Stella's are still sounding great. I can only imagine what the VAC+Focal combo is like. I really hope to hear the Utopia EM at some point. I am doing my best to get my 1027's sounding as good as they can. Keep on enjoying your system.

mikeduke October 18, 2011 08:00

Agreed %100. I was really floored when I went from having no treatments at all to 8 GIK treatments in my room. One of the biggest(not price wise though) upgrades I have ever made.

mikeduke August 19, 2011 08:48

Whoops, I guess I should have looked more closely. I see you are using GIK as well. I found that they really helped out in my room.

mikeduke August 18, 2011 09:37

Thanks for all of the explanations. I am sure they are fantastic sounding speakers. That room sure does seem like you covered all of the basses. So do those panels act as room treatments as well? Or do you have other, dedicated room treatments in the room. For ex, I am using a total of 8 GIK treatments in my room. I am glad the you found the speakers that "do it" for you. I know it is fun when that happens.

mikeduke August 18, 2011 09:35

I am such an idiot. I forgot the most important question. How do you find the EM technology in the speaker. Can you tune it to your room? How does it sound compared to some of the other speakers you have had. I can't remember the name but I know you had some other top fight speaker for a while. Does the EM tech really make that much of a difference?

mikeduke August 17, 2011 13:09

It's a good thing my room and budget are small otherwise I could see me having some major issues :). I ended up with Live Line cables. How big is your room? I have always had a fondness for Focal. At the price I paid I don't see anything close to what the 1027's give me in my room. Enjoy the Stella's. I know I would.

mikeduke August 17, 2011 12:59

I understand. The Stella's still look great in that room. We all have to go within the limitations of our rooms. I am sure they sound great. I hope to get down to a store at some point and check out the new series myself. I am just trying to get my room sounding better. I just got new chairs that allow me to sit more in the sweet spot. Boy does it sound great. I will leave it at that for me because I don't know how you feel about cables. But again, a big congrats for getting them.

mikeduke August 16, 2011 14:35

OK, I will admit it, I really don't know what to say. Stella Utopia's. One away from the Grand Utopia. I have no doubt that system sounds out of this world. Vac, Esoteric, Utopia EM. Not sure how much better it can get from there. Enjoy that mighty fine system.

mikeduke August 15, 2011 12:08