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Re: My dream theater - Focal Stella Utopia EM review
« Reply #2820 on: Dec 31, 2011 at 09:33 PM »
Sir Mark,

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Re: My dream theater - Focal Stella Utopia EM review
« Reply #2821 on: Jan 02, 2012 at 09:31 AM »
Happy New Year po Sir Mark, happy 3 kings na din  :D ;D :)
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Re: My dream theater - Focal Stella Utopia EM review
« Reply #2822 on: Aug 01, 2012 at 11:53 PM »
Up.  ;D

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Re: My dream theater - Focal Stella Utopia EM review
« Reply #2823 on: Aug 02, 2012 at 03:01 AM »
Up.  ;D

Uy mukhang may bagong hakot si Sir Mark! ;D

Mga ganyang ngiti kasi ni Don Nelson eh may ibig sabihin.
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Re: My dream theater - Focal Stella Utopia EM review
« Reply #2824 on: Aug 02, 2012 at 04:12 AM »
Pinalitan na daw ng Wharfedale 10.1 yung front  ;D

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Re: My dream theater - Focal Stella Utopia EM review
« Reply #2825 on: Aug 02, 2012 at 02:26 PM »
Hala grabe. Is that the Stella Utopia EM sir? I'm wondering kung anong klaseng sound quality ang ma produce nila.. :(

I wanna hear them sing (SHOUT, maybe?) :(

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Re: My dream theater - Focal Stella Utopia EM review
« Reply #2826 on: Aug 02, 2012 at 04:59 PM »
Wala bago except DVDo Duo video processor. Pero lapit na ang mga ilang bago stuff. Punta muna ako as HK Hifi Show next week.  ;D
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Re: My dream theater - Focal Stella Utopia EM review
« Reply #2827 on: Aug 03, 2012 at 05:29 AM »
Wala bago except DVDo Duo video processor. Pero lapit na ang mga ilang bago stuff. Punta muna ako as HK Hifi Show next week.  ;D

You'll also be there sir? Hope to see you!
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Re: My dream theater - Focal Stella Utopia EM review
« Reply #2828 on: Aug 03, 2012 at 01:24 PM »
Wow...  When I back read on this thread my jaws dropped.  Dream theater indeed! :)

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Re: My dream theater - Focal Stella Utopia EM review
« Reply #2829 on: Aug 18, 2012 at 02:21 PM »
Pumunta ako sa HK Hi-End AV Show last Aug. 10 to 12 para maka-audition ng bagong gears ko  ;D ;D:

Eto pangarap ko. MBL speakers. Sobra ganda ng tunog:


Wilson Alexandria. Ang laki:


Big horns. Ganda tingan pero ang sama ng tunog:


Another incredibly good speaker. Avalon:


A huge Sonus Faber speaker:


Eto ang maganda. Napakamurang patungan ng cable:


Isa pang maganda at murang mura. Patungan ng CD player:


Eto ang special edition ng Focal for China market. 24k gold:
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Re: My dream theater - Focal Stella Utopia EM review
« Reply #2830 on: Aug 18, 2012 at 02:50 PM »
 :o :o :o

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Re: My dream theater - Focal Stella Utopia EM review
« Reply #2831 on: Aug 18, 2012 at 03:08 PM »
Eto na po ba makikita namin sa Xmas EB sir Mark? ;D

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Re: My dream theater - Focal Stella Utopia EM review
« Reply #2832 on: Aug 18, 2012 at 06:08 PM »
Eto na po ba makikita namin sa Xmas EB sir Mark? ;D

 :o

Hehe. I wish. Maganda talaga tunog niya. Parang live.

The big advantage of the demo rooms, however, was that they were about 150 square meters. Ang ganda ng acoustics kaya medyo may daya. Malayo sya sa acoustics ng ordinary rooms.
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Re: My dream theater - Focal Stella Utopia EM review
« Reply #2833 on: Aug 18, 2012 at 08:18 PM »


Ilan na naman po kayang tao ang mababali ang mga likod dito?
parang mas excited pa po kami Sir Mark sa bago mong laruan  :D :D :D
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Re: My dream theater - Focal Stella Utopia EM review
« Reply #2834 on: Sep 02, 2012 at 07:04 PM »
I recently got a pair of Focal Electra IW 1003 Be In-wall speakers to be my Wide speakers, replacing a pair of Focal Electra 1037 Be floorstanders. The 1037's were huge and they kept getting bumped. The in-wall speakers have freed up a lot of floor space and for their function as Wide speakers, they are doing their job very well. In a word, I would describe them as transparent. You don't notice them until you switch them off. They don't call attention to themselves, which is exactly what you want them to do.

Similar to my main speakers, they have the same W-cone technology for the woofer and mid-range. The tweeters are also beryllium, though the Utopias have a more advanced version. Nonetheless, the timbre match is very good because the Wide speakers "disappear".

It was quite impressive that in-wall speakers could perform as well as these but I'm aware of someone who has 5 of these in his home theater and they're supposed to perform excellently. I never thought I would ever use in-wall speakers but here they are and I love them. 



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Re: My dream theater - Focal Stella Utopia EM review
« Reply #2835 on: Sep 02, 2012 at 07:36 PM »
Very nice sir Mark!!!

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Re: Re: Re: My dream theater - Focal Stella Utopia EM review
« Reply #2836 on: Sep 02, 2012 at 08:42 PM »
I recently got a pair of Focal Electra IW 1003 Be In-wall speakers to be my Wide speakers, replacing a pair of Focal Electra 1037 Be floorstanders. The 1037's were huge and they kept getting bumped. The in-wall speakers have freed up a lot of floor space and for their function as Wide speakers, they are doing their job very well. In a word, I would describe them as transparent. You don't notice them until you switch them off. They don't call attention to themselves, which is exactly what you want them to do.

Similar to my main speakers, they have the same W-cone technology for the woofer and mid-range. The tweeters are also beryllium, though the Utopias have a more advanced version. Nonetheless, the timbre match is very good because the Wide speakers "disappear".

It was quite impressive that in-wall speakers could perform as well as these but I'm aware of someone who has 5 of these in his home theater and they're supposed to perform excellently. I never thought I would ever use in-wall speakers but here they are and I love them. 





Nice one there sir mark... How about the new pj... 8)

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Re: My dream theater - Focal Stella Utopia EM review
« Reply #2837 on: Sep 02, 2012 at 09:13 PM »
nice.  papalitan mo pa kulay sir ng grills ng wides?
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Re: My dream theater - Focal Stella Utopia EM review
« Reply #2838 on: Sep 03, 2012 at 02:34 AM »
I recently got a pair of Focal Electra IW 1003 Be In-wall speakers to be my Wide speakers, replacing a pair of Focal Electra 1037 Be floorstanders. The 1037's were huge and they kept getting bumped. The in-wall speakers have freed up a lot of floor space and for their function as Wide speakers, they are doing their job very well. In a word, I would describe them as transparent. You don't notice them until you switch them off. They don't call attention to themselves, which is exactly what you want them to do.

Similar to my main speakers, they have the same W-cone technology for the woofer and mid-range. The tweeters are also beryllium, though the Utopias have a more advanced version. Nonetheless, the timbre match is very good because the Wide speakers "disappear".

It was quite impressive that in-wall speakers could perform as well as these but I'm aware of someone who has 5 of these in his home theater and they're supposed to perform excellently. I never thought I would ever use in-wall speakers but here they are and I love them. 


Congrats Sir Mark! Those are nice in-walls. :)

I still dream about a pair of SM9 studio monitors.

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Re: My dream theater - Focal Stella Utopia EM review
« Reply #2839 on: Sep 03, 2012 at 04:16 AM »
Congratulations, Mark! D :)

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Re: My dream theater - Focal Stella Utopia EM review
« Reply #2840 on: Sep 03, 2012 at 05:09 AM »
nice.  papalitan mo pa kulay sir ng grills ng wides?

Good question. Yun nga din comment ng iba pero gusto ko ang white kasi kitang-kita kaya kahit madilim, di siya mabubungo. Paranoid na ako kasi nabunggo ung dating floorstander, sumabit ang metallic cover ng beryllium tweeter and napunit ang tweeter. You don't want to know how much the tweeter assembly cost, toxic pa naman din.
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« Reply #2841 on: Sep 03, 2012 at 05:10 AM »
Nice one there sir mark... How about the new pj... 8)

Malapit na. Gusto mo ikaw pa unang manood?  :)
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Re: Re: Re: My dream theater - Focal Stella Utopia EM review
« Reply #2842 on: Sep 03, 2012 at 08:11 AM »
Malapit na. Gusto mo ikaw pa unang manood?  :)

hehe nice! Congrats sir mark!

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Re: Re: Re: My dream theater - Focal Stella Utopia EM review
« Reply #2843 on: Sep 03, 2012 at 08:53 AM »
Malapit na. Gusto mo ikaw pa unang manood?  :)

syempre! thats what neighbors are for diba sir mark.  ;)

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Re: My dream theater - Focal Stella Utopia EM review
« Reply #2844 on: Sep 03, 2012 at 09:05 AM »
Sir mark eb ulit sa bahay nyo para makita at makadinig ng mga malupit mong bagong hakot!:)

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Re: My dream theater - Focal Stella Utopia EM review
« Reply #2845 on: Sep 03, 2012 at 10:25 AM »
*popcorn mode*

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Re: My dream theater - Focal Stella Utopia EM review
« Reply #2846 on: Sep 03, 2012 at 11:26 AM »
Super ganda yan kung same color ng cloth sa walls ang grill cloth. Super invisible. That's what i did sa lahat ng HT speakers ko. I hid them sa cabinets, ceiling and wall with the speaker cloth matching the cabinets ceiling and walls. Panning is so great, feeling ko i would never go back to exposing the speakers again. Mas-immersive ang movie watching. I never experienced localization.

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Re: My dream theater - Focal Stella Utopia EM review
« Reply #2847 on: Sep 03, 2012 at 12:07 PM »
Super ganda yan kung same color ng cloth sa walls ang grill cloth. Super invisible. That's what i did sa lahat ng HT speakers ko. I hid them sa cabinets, ceiling and wall with the speaker cloth matching the cabinets ceiling and walls. Panning is so great, feeling ko i would never go back to exposing the speakers again. Mas-immersive ang movie watching. I never experienced localization.

Kaya lang:

1. The grill is metal, not cloth. Mahirap din pinturahan.

2. Ayoko nga ng "invisible" speakers else baka mabunggo and ma-damage ang tweeter. Gusto ko nga Ang madaling makita.
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Re: My dream theater - Focal Stella Utopia EM review
« Reply #2848 on: Sep 03, 2012 at 01:46 PM »
Upgrade season na talaga, pinaka-madami yata nag-palit ng projector.
Itong kay sir Mark ang kaabang-abang . . . alin kaya dito? Sim2, JVC o Runco
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Re: My dream theater - Focal Stella Utopia EM review
« Reply #2849 on: Sep 03, 2012 at 01:51 PM »




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