System Pics 2024

Exactly.
If not it would give something like that. You see only the speakers.

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I’d be frightened to sit in front of those looming monsters.

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That’s a really small TV…

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Are those speakers for real?

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There are too many out there, It depends on your room, taste and the synergy between…
A speakers that cost about a tenth of the price of the amplification doesn’t make sense at all…
And by the way - the difference from the 500/552 to statement should be heard (not less) from a good headphone!

I believe they are the grand utopias. I watched a video on youtube of a hifi dealer taking delivery of a pair for his home system and they were taller than him :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

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At first glance they appeared to be a photo shop edit, they also look too big for that room!

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Are they not a bit too close to the wall??? You would most probably need a football sized lounge to position them at a decent distance from the wall.

That is what I thought and then I looked a little closer and the one on the right looks like it is clearly in the room!

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Exterminate, exterminate!

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Indeed, much too big, and much too close to the listening place. The bass should be very overwhelming too.
Maybe an AI pic for Focal powered by Naim.

I think you are maybe correct as I just noticed there also seems to be a pre-amp in the Fraim. So it is either a 552 or 252 with a PS and bare streamer or a streamer with a power supply and a pre-amp that is not plugged in…

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I’d be worried they fire lasers at you !

:joy::joy:

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Yes. The TV seems to overlap the speaker, even though it’s behind it

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Something about the design of the looming Focal models always puts me in mind of 3, 2, 1…

Wee bit Dusty Bin?

Irrational, I know.

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Harsh but funny :joy:

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I always think those Focal speakers look like offspring of this guy…

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To be fair, I think any system consisting of a single stack of boxes looks like a robot…and I like it!

Not to mention this mono version!

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