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Focal has been manufacturing benchmark acoustic equipment since 1979. Based in Saint-Étienne, France, the brand is one of the world leaders in its field, thanks to its know-how and innovations. At the heart of the business: high-fidelity loudspeakers.
Focal-JMlab is a French company that has been designing and selling high fidelity audio systems since 1979. Based in Saint-Étienne, the company manufactures loudspeakers for the home, speaker drivers for automobiles, headphones, professional studio monitors, as well as outdoor speakers and those dedicated to yachts.
Since 1979, Focal has been designing and developing all its products and audio systems in its Saint-Etienne workshops. Focal is recognized worldwide for its acoustic expertise, exclusive technologies and constant innovation.
Nov 3, 2012 · Focal JMlab reviews & products. With more than 40 years’ independent reviewing experience you can trust our recommendations and buy with confidence. We test every product as a team in our bespoke listening rooms – find out more about how we test on our About Us page.
Mar 29, 2012 · After nearly three years of intensive research, JMlab debuted the Grand Utopia both as a matter of national pride and as a showcase for Focal's new Sandwich W technology, which is used in all of the drivers, with the exception of the tweeter: two layers of spun glass surround an ultra-rigid layer of thin syntactic foam originally ...
Since the creation of Focal-JMlab in 1979 by Jacques Mahul, an engineer with a passion for music and hi-fi, Focal has been manufacturing top-of-the-range acoustic equipment. Anchored in the spirit of the times, the brand innovates and strives to satisfy all listening desires.
Jun 13, 2004 · Driving these advanced cones is Focal's new magnetic structure, called the Power Flower. This technology has long been used on Utopia woofers; the Be series marks its first application to the midrange driver. Instead of one large magnet, the Power Flower is six identical magnets surrounding the voice coil.
Both of these monster speakers feature single-box–like designs, high sensitivity, relatively benign loads, seemingly conventional drivers such as (different) 15" Focal (sub)woofers, and truly full-range frequency performance. The Wilson eschews woods in its cabinets; the JMlab embraces them.
Feb 20, 2005 · Focal-JMlab's Optimum Phase Crossover (OPC), with its fourth-order electrical (sixth-order acoustical) slopes at 2.5kHz, is designed to provide the smoothest possible transition between the midrange and tweeter—the most audibly significant leg of any speaker system's crossover network.
