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Funny, I don't like Grand Utopias as well. I heard MBL monos with mbl 101E speakers and also with Kharmas. Kharma speakers use these ceramic drivers that just sound bad to me, very high acoustic pressure. Different strokes for different folks as they say. One thing I got to give to 101E, they image well and have a huge sweet spot, but a bit diffused. If you want to talk more about PM. I had a lot of issues with MLB setup, LOL.
Nice system you got there.
When I heard the Grand Utopia at RMAF '09 I didn't like them, and thought they sounded dark and lacked detail. I figured it was the room setup, or poor synergy with the source and amps. Then I went to pick up the Salamander rack seen in the photo from Dinan and listened to his rig, and it sounded completely different and certainly better than what I heard at RMAF. He had MBL speakers (funny looking) but they were sitting next to the Grand Utopia and not connected to anything. As far as I know, the Focal in his home are loaners from his work or the manufacturer.
I wasn't sure if my rig qualified as high-end because of the missing speakers and some of my transports being low end rather than having a Perfectwave transport, although my unibody Macbook Pro with 24/96 files might fit the high-end requirement. The PS Audio Bridge with an NAS will likely come next.