All Articles Tagged Focal

Steve Crowe | 08/19 06:56 AM, 0 Comments

High-end audio brands Focal and Naim are merging to create a new company called Focal & Co. The new company will own and manage Focal and Naim as independent brands. Focal & Co will employ 325 people at its facilities in Saint-Etienne, France, and Salisbury, UK. The research & development teams of Focal and Naim will be brought together. This announcement comes just days after Naim announced its latest product, the SuperUniti network music system. "For future success, the key point is that there is no future for a speaker… View this story

Robert Archer | 12/02 06:02 AM,

Focal's Utopia line of products has been the benchmark loudspeaker product for many people for a long time. Throughout this time the line has been primarily targeted at traditional two-channel audiophiles, but now with the release of the new Via Utopia and Viva Center Utopia home theater owners can assemble a complete multichannel system that matches the performance of any two-channel system. Audio Plus Services (APS) the distributor of Focal in the U.S. says latest additions to the Utopia III line of products are three-way designs that are engineered to… View this story

Robert Archer | 06/14 05:13 AM,

The French speaker company Focal has developed a rabid group of followers in both the consumer and pro worlds of audio. Recently the company's pro audio group introduced a product that should please custom installers that are servicing both consumers and the sound engineers in the pro community. The new CMS 40 near-field active monitor is a compact, two-way speaker that can be used for broadcast and post production in the pro audio world, and consumer applications like desktop audio and home recording. Focal drives the unit's 4-inch woofer with… View this story

Robert Archer | 05/20 07:35 AM, 13 Comments

Over the past couple years, I've seen a lot of Audio Plus Services (APS) and its brands. I'm growing more enamored with every product I review. The company recently sent me a pair of Focal Solo6 Be active monitors ($1,095) to try as a desktop recording tool. Much like with the other APS products I've recently tried — the Dream Vision Dream E Projector and Cambridge Audio DAC Magic - I was thoroughly impressed. Installers looking for new opportunities should take notice of the home recording market. These days with… View this story

Robert Archer | 01/19 01:13 PM, 20 Comments

Notice the destroyed tweeter on the speaker on the right A lot of installers can relate to this. A new piece of gear is installed into a client’s house and not long after the installation, a curious set of hands decides to play with that gear and destroy it. Focal Professional recently sent me a set of Solo6 Be monitors. Halfway through my review, my two-year-old son, Nicholas, got ahold of the shiny boxes flanking my iMac. He climbed on top of the computer to get a closer look at… View this story