FOCAL. STUDIO MONITORS - POWERED
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FOCUS FOCAL SUB6 FOCAL TWIN6 BE (YOM: 2012) (S#: TBD) SUPERB (8-9)

FEATURES: I HAVE THE ABSOLUTE BEST STUDIO MONITORS THAT I HAVE EVER HEARD. THESE ARE VERY SPECIAL SPEAKERS. BUILT IN HIGH POWER AMPS, CROSSOVERS AND EVERYTHING YOU CAN THINK OF. THESE ARE VERY EXPENSIVE AND THE PRICE I HAVE IS ALMOST HALF THE NEW PRICE. THESE ARE USED BUT IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. THESE ARE IDEAL FOR STUDIO MONITORS OR HIGH END HOME THEATRE,

2 - FOCAL TWIN6 - BE
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2 - FOCAL SUB6
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FOCAL SUB6 SUBWOOFER EXPERIENCE BASS IN A WAY YOU NEVER HAVE BEFORE; WITH SUPREME CONTROLLABILITY AND CONSISTENCY REGARDLESS OF SPL. EXTREMELY VERSATILE 350W SUBWOOFER ALLOWS 2.1, 2.2, AND MULTI-CHANNEL USE. THOUGH AN INTEGRAL MEMBER OF FOCAL'S SM6 SERIES DEDICATED TO BASS CHORES, THE 350W FOCAL SUB6 WAS DESIGNED FOR OPTIMUM ACOUSTIC COUPLING WITH ALL PROFESSIONAL MONITORS. TO ACHIEVE FULL INTEGRATION INTO ANY SYSTEM, FOCAL GAVE THE SUB6 ALL THE USUAL SUSPECTS, INCLUDING A STEREO HIGH-PASS FILTER (75HZ OR 100HZ) FOR LEFT AND RIGHT SATELLITES, ADJUSTABLE LOW-PASS FILTER WITH MONO SUMMING, PHASE INVERTER, PHASE FINE TUNING, MUTE SWITCH, AND 2.1 BYPASS JACK FOR REMOTE CONTROL VIA FOOTSWITCH (NOT INCLUDED). FOR EVEN GREATER VERSATILITY, THE REAR PANEL OF THE FOCAL SUB6 PLAYS HOST TO ENOUGH BALANCED XLR I/O TO ALLOW INTEGRATION INTO 2.1, 2.2, AND 5.1 SYSTEMS. DID WE MENTION THAT THE FOCAL SUB6 SOUNDS INCREDIBLE? NO? THE FOCAL SUB6 SOUNDS INCREDIBLE.


FOCAL SUB6 SUBWOOFER KEY FEATURES:
•11" "W" COMPOSITE SANDWICH CONE
•30HZ -- 250HZ FREQUENCY RANGE
•350W RMS AMPLIFICATION (BASH® TECHNOLOGY)
•REAR-MOUNTED LAMINAR PORT ELIMINATES PORT NOISE
•MONO LEFT/RIGHT SUMMING
•LFE + MONO LOW-PASS (24DB/OCTAVE)
•PHASE ADJUST FINE TUNING CONTINUOUSLY ADJUSTABLE FROM 0 - 180°
•POLARITY INVERT SWITCH
•SWITCHABLE HIGH-PASS FILTER, CUT-OFF FREQUENCY SELECTION
•HIGH-PASS FREQUENCY SELECTION
•LOW-PASS CUT-OFF FREQUENCY SETTING
•ADJUSTABLE SUBWOOFER LEVEL CONTROL
•SUBWOOFER MUTE SWITCH
•2.1 "BYPASS" (EXTERNAL REMOTE CONTROL MUTE)
•RELEASABLE HIGH-PASS

FOCAL SUB6 UNIQUE FEATURES:
•FOCAL "W" COMPOSITE SANDWICH CONE SPEAKER
•CUSTOM-DESIGN, BASH® TECHNOLOGY AMPLIFICATION

WHAT MAKES THE FOCAL SUB6 SOUND SO GOOD?
THE SUB6 IS A LARGE VOLUME CABINET DESIGN, EQUIPPED WITH AN 11" WOOFER FEATURING FOCAL'S "W" COMPOSITE GLASS CONE TECHNOLOGY (SEE BELOW) AND A REAR LAMINAR PORT. THE LAMINAR PORT ELIMINATES PORT NOISE BY VIRTUE OF A LARGER OUTER PORT OPENING AND A SMALLER INNER THROAT, WHICH ELIMINATES AIR TURBULENCE, PROVIDING A SMOOTH FLOW OF AIR THROUGH THE PORT AS ENERGY IS TRANSFERRED FROM SPEAKER TO PORT. THIS CONFIGURATION GUARANTEES BASS LINEARITY REGARDLESS OF SPL.

THE SUB6' REAR-PANEL CONTROLS ARE EXTREMELY VERSATILE, AS IS ITS CONNECTIVITY, WHICH ALLOWS 2.1, 2.2, AND MULTI-CHANNEL USE VIA ITS L/R I/O AND LFE INPUT. THE SUB6'S FLEXIBLE REAR-PANEL CONTROLS, SUCH AS THE HIGH-PASS CROSSOVER DEDICATED TO MONITORS, AND ADJUSTABLE PHASE AND LEVEL CONTROLS PROVIDE OPTIMUM COUPLING WITH FOCAL'S SOLO6 BE AND THE TWIN6 BE MONITORS. ANOTHER FEATURE WORTHY OF NOTE IS THE SUB6' REAR-PANEL, 1/4" BYPASS INPUT, WHICH ENABLES YOU TO CONNECT A FOOTSWITCH (NOT INCLUDED) TO DEACTIVATE THE SUBWOOFER AND HIGH-PASS CROSSOVERS ON THE OUTPUTS THAT FEED THE MONITORS. THIS SIMPLIFIES AND GREATLY IMPROVES CONTROL DURING THE VARIOUS STAGES OF MONITORING.


THE "W" COMPOSITE SANDWICH CONE
FOCAL HAS BEEN DEVELOPING COMPOSITE SANDWICH CONE TECHNOLOGY FOR OVER 15 YEARS. THE "W" PROCESS (GLASS/FOAM/GLASS), USED ON THE FOCAL SM9 AND SM6 SERIES, PROVIDES A TRUE OPTIMIZATION OF FREQUENCY RESPONSE BY FINE TUNING MASS, RIGIDITY, AND DAMPING CHARACTERISTICS. THE BALANCE BETWEEN THESE THREE FUNDAMENTAL, YET OFTEN OPPOSING PARAMETERS FORMS THE FOUNDATION FOR THE OUTSTANDING SONIC NEUTRALITY OF FOCAL SPEAKERS.

THE 11" FOCAL-DESIGNED WOOFER IS EQUIPPED WITH A HIGH-EXCURSION SYSTEM THAT ENABLES ACCURATE AND EXTENDED REPRODUCTION IN THE BASS/INFRA BASS REGISTER. ITS 3" VOICE COIL ENSURES PERFECT MECHANICAL COUPLING AND TOTAL CONTROL OF THE DRIVER, EVEN AT HIGH SPL. THE MAGNET, MADE OF DOUBLE FERRITE, PRODUCES A HIGHLY SYMMETRIC MAGNETIC FIELD THAT MAINTAINS THE INTEGRITY OF DYNAMICS, EVEN AT VERY LOW FREQUENCIES.


CUSTOM-DESIGNED AMPLIFICATION STAGE
DESIGNING AN AMPLIFIER TO BE INTEGRATED INSIDE A SPEAKER CABINET REQUIRES A VERY DIFFERENT SET OF RULES THAN THOSE FOR A TRADITIONAL AMP. UNFORTUNATELY, SPEAKER-SIZE AND COOLING ISSUES ARE, MORE OFTEN THAN NOT, AT ODDS WITH THE QUALITY AND POWER REQUIREMENTS FOR A SONICALLY TRANSPARENT SPEAKER. FOR A BEST-OF-BOTH-WORLDS SOLUTION, FOCAL ENGINEERS USED BASH® (BRIDGED AMPLIFIER SWITCHING HYBRID) AMPLIFICATION TECHNOLOGY TO DEVELOP THE BASS/MID-RANGE AMPLIFICATION CIRCUIT FOR ALL SM6-SERIES PROFESSIONAL MONITORS. THE RESULTING AMPLIFIER COMBINES THE BEST OF CLASS AB STYLE CIRCUITS (FOR EXCEPTIONAL QUALITY) WITH A HIGH-POWER CLASS D-TYPE YIELD, WHICH IS CRUCIAL WHEN HOUSING A 350W RMS CIRCUIT IN SUCH A SMALL SPACE. BASH OFFERS EXTREME AMOUNTS OF POWER WITHOUT THE WASTED HEAT AND ENERGY OF TRADITIONAL AMPLIFIER DESIGNS.


WHO'S USING FOCAL PROFESSIONAL MONITORS:
NUMEROUS PROFESSIONALS ARE USING FOCAL MONITORS FOR MUSIC PRODUCTION, VIDEO POST, AND MASTERING. AMONG THEM ARE RSPE FRIENDS INCLUDING, MUSICIAN-PRODUCER DWEEZIL ZAPPA; RENOWNED HOLLYWOOD SOUND-RECORDING MIXER RON BARTLETT (A GOOD DAY TO DIE HARD, LIFE OF PI, PROMETHEUS, THIS MEANS WAR, WE BOUGHT A ZOO, PEARL JAM TWENTY, AND MANY MORE), AND PREMIER HOLLYWOOD MIXER, GARY LUX (THE JACKSONS, FRANK SINATRA, ROB THOMAS, JANET JACKSON, USHER, STING, NORAH JONES, KEITH URBAN, AND ROD STEWART). DWEEZIL, RON, AND GARY SHARE THEIR VIEWS ON FOCAL MONITORS: VIDEOS

ABOUT FOCAL PROFESSIONAL SINCE 1979, FOCAL-JMLAB HAS BEEN A WORLD LEADER IN HIGH-END ACOUSTIC LOUDSPEAKERS. WHILE MAINTAINING PRODUCTION IN FRANCE FOR OVER 30 YEARS, FOCAL HAS NEVER DEVIATED FROM ITS CORE VALUES OF INNOVATION, TRADITION, AND DESIGNS REFLECTING "LUXURY "À LA FRANÇAISE." FOCAL STRIVES TO BE THE WORLD'S BEST IN EVERYTHING THEY CREATE, AND THEIR AWARD-WINNING LINES OF PROFESSIONAL STUDIO MONITORS REFLECT THAT PHILOSOPHY.
"FOCAL: THE SPIRIT OF SOUND."


FOCAL TWIN6BE NEAR FIELD MONITORS
THE TWIN6 BE FROM FOCAL PROFESSIONAL IS AN ACTIVE 3-WAY NEARFIELD STUDIO MONITOR SPEAKER, IDEAL FOR USE IN SMALL PROFESSIONAL STUDIOS. THE MDF CABINET HOUSES A PAIR 6.5" "W" COMPOSITE SANDWICH MIDWOOFERS, ONE OF WHICH HANDLES BASS WHILE THE OTHER HANDLES MID-BASS FREQUENCIES TO PRESERVE SIGNAL DYNAMICS WITHOUT MASKING MIDRANGE. A REAR-PANEL SWITCH LETS YOU CHOOSE WHICH SPEAKER HANDLES WHICH FREQUENCIES. A 1" BERYLLIUM INVERTED DOME TWEETER PROVIDES CRISP, CLEAR TREBLE. A PAIR OF FRONT LAMINAR BASS PORT HELPS TO EXTEND BASS RESPONSE. EACH DRIVER IS POWERED BY ITS OWN AMPLIFIER FOR A TOTAL OF 400W OF POWER FOR A STRONG, DISTORTION-FREE PERFORMANCE. THE REAR PANEL OFFERS A STANDARD XLR INPUT CONNECTOR, WHICH ALLOWS YOU TO CONNECT TO VIRTUALLY ANY PROFESSIONAL SOUND SYSTEM. IT ALSO HAS AN INPUT SENSITIVITY CONTROL AND LEVEL CONTROLS FOR BOTH THE WOOFER AND THE TWEETER, ALLOWING YOU TO ADJUST THEM SEPARATELY TO CREATE THE BEST SONIC RESULTS FOR YOUR ENVIRONMENT. THE MONITOR IS MAGNETICALLY SHIELDED FOR SAFE USE NEAR VIDEO MONITORS AND OTHER ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT, AND IT CAN BE POSITIONED HORIZONTALLY OR VERTICALLY FOR FLEXIBLE PLACEMENT.

RIGID AND DURABLE MDF CONSTRUCTION

PAIR OF 6.5" "W" COMPOSITE SANDWICH MIDWOOFERS, WITH ONE HANDLING BASS AND THE OTHER HANDLING MID-BASS TO PRESERVE SIGNAL DYNAMICS WITHOUT MASKING MIDRANGE FOR NEUTRAL, TRANSPARENT SOUND REPRODUCTION. DUAL DRIVERS ALSO PROVIDE HIGH SPL CAPABILITY WITH STABLE TONAL BALANCE. A REAR-PANEL SWITCH LETS YOU CHOOSE WHICH SPEAKER IS HANDLING WHICH FREQUENCY BAND

1" BERYLLIUM INVERTED DOME TWEETER PROVIDES CRISP, CLEAR TREBLE. FRONT LAMINAR BASS PORTS HELP TO EXTEND BASS RESPONSE. EACH DRIVER IS POWERED BY ITS OWN AMPLIFIER FOR A TOTAL OF 400W OF POWER FOR A STRONG, DISTORTION-FREE PERFORMANCE

STANDARD XLR INPUT CONNECTOR ALLOWS YOU TO CONNECT TO VIRTUALLY ANY PROFESSIONAL SOUND SYSTEM
INPUT SENSITIVITY CONTROL AND INDEPENDENT LEVEL CONTROLS FOR BOTH THE WOOFER AND THE TWEETER ALLOW YOU TO ADJUST THE MONITOR'S ACOUSTIC RESPONSE TO CREATE THE BEST PERFORMANCE FOR YOUR ENVIRONMENT
MAGNETICALLY SHIELDED FOR SAFE USE NEAR VIDEO MONITORS AND OTHER ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT

CAN BE POSITIONED HORIZONTALLY OR VERTICALLY FOR FLEXIBLE PLACEMENT

LOW FREQUENCY DRIVER 2 X 6.5" (165MM) "W" COMPOSITE SANDWICH MIDWOOFERS
HIGH FREQUENCY DRIVER 1" (25MM) BERYLLIUM INVERTED DOME TWEETER
AMPLIFIERS 2 X 150W RMS BASH
1 X 100W RMS CLASS-AB
CROSSOVER NOT SPECIFIED BY MANUFACTURER
FREQUENCY RANGE 40HZ - 40KHZ
MAXIMUM SOUND PRESSURE LEVEL (SPL) 115DB (PEAK)
CONNECTORS 1 X BALANCED XLR INPUT
1 X AC POWER INPUT
INPUT IMPEDANCE 10 KOHMS
CONTROLS AND INDICATORS 1 X POWER SWITCH
1 X MIDRANGE SELECTOR SWITCH 1 X INPUT SENSITIVITY SWITCH
1 X HF POTENTIOMETER
1 X LF POTENTIOMETER
1 X VOLTAGE SELECTOR SWITCH
SHIELDED YES
DIMENSIONS (HXWXD) 9.8 X 19.7 X 13.4" (250 X 500 X 340MM)
WEIGHT 30.8 LBS (14KG)



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HISTORY: STUDIO SETUP FOR 4 YEARS

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