JBL Sysntesis SCL 6/7/8 vs FOCAL 300 series

[anilum]

Hello team,

I'm redoing my family room with 5.2.2 setup. It is 20 ft wide x 14 ft in depth and 10 ft height, with a 4 ft opening in a corner leading to the kitchen. I wanted get your opinion on the speakers. Before dialing into the specifics, I'm looking at ARCAM 21 or Marantz 40 as a receiver to get into before acquiring a pre-amp down the line.
I was considering JBL Synthesis SCL 6 for LCR, JBL Synthesis SCL 7 for rear and JBL Synthesis SCL 8 for atmos. Subs are pair of SVS PB 3000 pro. While researching, FOCAL seemed good as well and I looked at FOCAL 300 IWLCR6 for LCR, FOCAL 300 IW6 for rears and FOCAL 300 ICW6 for atmos.
Any recommendations on which one would be the best?
Appreciate all the inputs. Thank you, in advance!

 

[shadyJ]

Hello team,

I'm redoing my family room with 5.2.2 setup. It is 20 ft wide x 14 ft in depth and 10 ft height, with a 4 ft opening in a corner leading to the kitchen. I wanted get your opinion on the speakers. Before dialing into the specifics, I'm looking at ARCAM 21 or Marantz 40 as a receiver to get into before acquiring a pre-amp down the line.
I was considering JBL Synthesis SCL 6 for LCR, JBL Synthesis SCL 7 for rear and JBL Synthesis SCL 8 for atmos. Subs are pair of SVS PB 3000 pro. While researching, FOCAL seemed good as well and I looked at FOCAL 300 IWLCR6 for LCR, FOCAL 300 IW6 for rears and FOCAL 300 ICW6 for atmos.
Any recommendations on which one would be the best?
Appreciate all the inputs. Thank you, in advance!

I would go with JBL in this case. Some of the measurements for Focal in-walls that I have seen were not that impressive.