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“The Resolution doesn’t match the scale or emphatic dynamic response of the Wilsons or Stenheims — or Wilson Benesch’s own Cardinal. It doesn’t provide the efficiency of a horn, or in standalone form, the bandwidth of part-active systems. But, above all, it delivers a level of musical coherence and insight, a balance of the convincing and the communicative, that puts it at the forefront of current loudspeaker performance. More refined and even than most paper-coned systems, more natural and richer than most aluminum- or ceramic-coned speakers, far more expressive and engaging than the “high-tech, high-res” brigade, for all its obvious engineering, this is at heart an essentially simple and unfailingly musical device. No speaker is all things to all people, but in a market that seems increasingly divided and polemic, the Resolution sits astride the middle ground, confidently answering many of the musical questions that other speakers ignore or quietly gloss over.”

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“The Altums gripped AC/DC’s raucous and edgy music so tightly nothing of any musical worth was pulled apart. T.N.T’s recording quality isn’t world class. That said, the enjoyment provided by the Altums as they opened up the recording’s acoustic and production values can be summed up in three words: loads of fun.

Over the following weeks, as I played different music in different formats, I got to understand what makes the Altum such a complete, high-end loudspeaker.”

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“This is a particularly fine loudspeaker, especially considering that it costs so much less than the 800-series models, yet offers a standard of performance that can certainly give the 802 D3 a run for its money. The latter will manage to beat this upstart over the long haul, but the sonic difference between them is nowhere near as large as the pricetag differential might suggest.”

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“The Focal Sopra N°3 is definitely my favorite speaker to date–and I’ve owned Wilsons and plenty of other high-end speakers. As far as I’m concerned, the performance that these Sopra speakers delivers makes them a bargain at their price, which will likely be hard for some people to believe. They offer a smooth, almost liquid sound that just draws you into the giant soundstage they present. They can fill a large room, and you won’t be tied down to one small sweet spot to hear all that they can do.”