Focal Chora 826D Floorstanding Speakers Dark Wood

Pros

They play great and look wonderful

Minuses

Can be too big for small rooms

Review

After replacing the Denon AVR-X2500H receiver with Denon AVC-X4700, the question arose about replacing the acoustics of the home theater, taking into account the increased capabilities of the receiver. The old one was connected in 5.1 mode, biamping fronts. And here it seems to be 7.1 and biamping. I did not want to drill the walls only for the repair of the wall and hang the speakers for atmos. Not feng. In general, he began to study the issue of additional atmos acoustics for front columns. It turned out that for my acoustics they do not produce such additional modules, but what is on sale are not suitable for either color or size. In general, the question hung in the air until better times. Reading Denon AVC-X4700 reviews stumbled upon a combination of a receiver with acoustics Focal Chora 826-D. In the review, this bunch was praised directly. Well, the atmos module is already built into each column. I liked Focal in sound for a long time, in all the reviews of this acoustics she praised her, even the prize was awarded the best acoustics for those who can count money in the nomination. Oh how! In general, you can take. If you don’t like it, there is time to return, so I don’t like anything. I ordered Chora 826-D Dark Wood in the Pult.ru store. There was a good discount, manager Nikolai correctly answered the questions posed. As a result, the deal was concluded. SDEK delivery to the terminal is free, so there are solid bonuses. And here it is, the day of receiving acoustics! It turned out 2 boxes, rather heavy. To carry one more pleasure! So you will buy - take an assistant, then thank you. For further unpacking, you need quite a lot of space, the box needs to be turned after the opening, but this is already possible to do one thing. I unpacked, screwed the foundation, put Audio Physic Yara next to the old acoustics for quick transfer of cables to compare sound. It turns out that Chora is one and a half times more! It is one thing to read characteristics, another is to see live. Well, the hall allows, but for a room 18 meters would have thought very much, but where are there? I carried out a comparison of the old and new acoustics. As a result, the old one left for the bedroom, the new took root in the hall. Biamping, however, is not in Chora 826-D. However, they sound great! The bass and high in conjunction with Denon have become more interesting, now I listen to the stereo with pleasure. The effect of high -altitude channels works to reflect from the hard ceiling is not bad, only I had to add volume on atmos speakers to +9 dB. And then you can even hear which side the rain is going on. Well, helicopters above your head, not around you. I am satisfied with the purchase, the acoustics for a rather small (at the present time of course) The price pleases with sound and appearance. If you like the sound of Focal, I recommend buying.

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