Focal-JMLab reviews

Focal Chorus 705 Bookshelf speakers review
Bookshelf speakers Focal Chorus 705

The junior model of the budget Chorus 700 series is not inferior to senior colleagues. Own produced drivers are taken as base here and located in small by volume, but quite rigid bodies with reinforced sidewalls. Bass-reflex is placed on the front panel, on the back panel there is a loop for wall mounting....
Focal Chorus 714 Floor standing speakers review
Floor standing speakers Focal Chorus 714

The most compact floor model of the updated Chorus line is optimal for rooms of a relatively small area. Thanks to the 2.5-way design, French engineers managed to significantly simplify the separation filter, collecting it from the minimum number of components. Design is a bass-reflex with forward port,...
Focal Chorus 726 Floor standing speakers review
Floor standing speakers Focal Chorus 726

The most stout in the series three-way systems Chorus 726 are produced with the same dimensions, with the same acoustic design (bass-reflex with a forward port) and have a similar tapering shape with non-parallel side walls made of MDF. External differences can be found only in the finish - the design...
Focal Cub 3 Subwoofer review
Subwoofer Focal Cub 3

A compact Cub 3 sub belongs to the theatrical Focal line and is designed for combined work with the branded satellites. Externally the device is almost a perfect cube, resting on small legs. A large flare of the bass-reflex is on the front wall and low-frequency head is directed to the floor. The driver's...
Focal Easya Speaker pair review
Speaker pair Focal Easya

Active systems have many advantages over conventional, one of which - the lack of speaker cables. Cordless designs in this respect even more perfect, since it does not require any sort of cords than the network. Of course, for such freedom comes at a price, and not just money. And the main goal of any...
Focal Profile SW 908 Subwoofer review
Subwoofer Focal Profile SW 908

Profile Series occupies a middle position in the nomenclature of the French acoustic studio Focal, second only to the ultimatum rulers Utopia and Electra. Included in her model are ideal for picking upscale home theater - there is not only floorstanding, bookshelf, center and surround speakers in the...
Focal Sub 300 P Subwoofer review
Subwoofer Focal Sub 300 P

Focal Sub 300 P subwoofer's body is assembled from massive MDF panels, which thickness reaches 25 mm. To combat resonances, the side walls are made non-parallel, in addition to this, a powerful anti-vibration pad is installed on each of them. The driver placed on the front panel has a rather impressive...
Focal-JMLab Aria 906 Speaker pair review
Speaker pair Focal-JMLab Aria 906

These monitors have a feature - midbass diffusers are made of newly patented material Flax with unique properties. The diffuser is a sandwich consisting of an inner layer of linen fabric thickness of 0.4 mm, which is applied on both sides of the finest glass film. Flax, as is known, is 80% of cellulose...
Focal-JMLab Aria 936 Floor standing speakers review
Floor standing speakers Focal-JMLab Aria 936

Its height is more than a meter and its depth is approximately forty centimeters. There are four 17-cm caliber speaker drivers and the tweeter on the frontage. And there is a wide and steady aluminum foundation with adjustable spikes at the bottom. After all the Focal Aria 936 is not even the flagship...
Focal-JMLab Aria 948 Floor standing speakers review
Floor standing speakers Focal-JMLab Aria 948

Focal began the work upon Aria series literally from scratch, because the company not only changed construction of the body, but also designed new drivers. The most important direction of the researches is the creation of diffusers with improved sound characteristics. Ideally it must be lightweight,...
Focal-JMlab Chorus 706 Bookshelf speakers review
Bookshelf speakers Focal-JMlab Chorus 706

706 is shelf speaker system from the Chorus series. It is larger than the model Chorus 705, but the construction is almost the same: both systems have similar (branded) heads, in both cases bass-reflex radiates by slot port (the area of which is bigger in Chorus 706). Proportionality is the main sign...
Focal-JMLab Chorus 706 S Bookshelf speakers review
Bookshelf speakers Focal-JMLab Chorus 706 S

One of the largest manufacturers of speaker systems in the world, Focal-JMLab form the French city Saint-Etienne, always showed a rigorous approach to the creation of their own dynamical heads. Chorus 706 S differs by a new THC tweeter (as usual, with the inverted dome) and improved MF/LF speakers made...
Focal-JMlab Chorus 706V Bookshelf speakers review
Bookshelf speakers Focal-JMlab Chorus 706V

For shelf systems Chorus 706V is quite large and has considerable weight. Massive MDF panels are used in the construction of the body with non-parallel internal walls. Another distinctive feature of the speaker systems is the front bass-reflex that significantly simplifies the alignment of the system...
Focal-JMlab Chorus 714 S Floor standing speakers review
Floor standing speakers Focal-JMlab Chorus 714 S

The French company Focal-JMlab is famous among audiophiles by high-quality speaker systems, built on the base of unique technical solutions. Chorus 714 S was not an exception. These speaker systems are built by 2.5-way scheme with bass-reflex port on the front panel. A unique tweeter made of aluminum-magnesium...
Focal-JMLab Chorus 715 Floor standing speakers review
Floor standing speakers Focal-JMLab Chorus 715

The attractiveness of the ideology embodied in Chorus acoustics - a new series of speakers by the French firm JMlab, - is in the pursuit of the company to make the most advanced of its technology available to the audiophile masses, and this goal is not only noble, but also extremely well thought out......
Focal-JMlab Chorus 716 S Floor standing speakers review
Floor standing speakers Focal-JMlab Chorus 716 S

716 S is the model from fully upgraded Chorus series. It is straight felt that the developers thoroughly fought for purity of sound from impurities. Strong body is reinforced by bulkheads, MDF panel is installed in its lower part - to decrease effectiveness of wave resonances of air volume. Low-frequency...
Focal-JMlab Chorus 716V Floor standing speakers review
Floor standing speakers Focal-JMlab Chorus 716V

Chorus 716V are built by 2.5-way scheme with cutoff frequencies on 300 and 3000 Hz. The main range is played by the pair of midbass heads with the diameter of 16.5 cm (6,5"). They are equipped with Polyglass diffusers, the manufacturing technology of which implies coating the smallest glass spheres on...
Focal-JMlab Chorus 725 Floor standing speakers review
Floor standing speakers Focal-JMlab Chorus 725

Chorus 725 is a crowning model of the Jmlab budget series and a good epilogue to the research work aimed at achieving extreme heights. The meter-high (39") speakers look gracefully. Despite a decent height and slenderness, they are quite stable - the center of gravity is on the lower part, where the...
Focal-JMLab Chorus 726 S Floor standing speakers review
Floor standing speakers Focal-JMLab Chorus 726 S

716 S is the model from the fully upgraded Chorus series. It is immediately felt that the developers thoroughly challenged for purity of sound against foreign substances. Strong body is reinforced with bulkheads, and a solid MDF panel is installed in its bottom part - to reduce the efficiency of wave...
Focal-JMlab Chorus 806V Bookshelf speakers review
Bookshelf speakers Focal-JMlab Chorus 806V

Shelf Focal Chorus 806V speaker systems are designed for work in small rooms. They have two-way construction and bass-reflex loading with the port on the front panel. Peculiar tweeter with the dome made of aluminum-magnesium alloy in the form of concave hemisphere is used as high-frequency speaker. For...
Focal-JMlab Chorus 807V Bookshelf speakers review
Bookshelf speakers Focal-JMlab Chorus 807V

Chorus 807V are quite large speaker systems, built on dynamical heads of own design and production, with bass-reflex on the back wall. A pair of high-class drivers is used in them - a 7 inch woofer and 25-mm (1") tweeter with the inverted dome. Aluminum-magnesium alloy, allowing to reduce the movable...
Focal-JMlab Chorus 816V Floor standing speakers review
Floor standing speakers Focal-JMlab Chorus 816V

Focal Chorus 816V is the junior floor standing model, built by 2,5-way scheme. The branded 165 mm drivers, made by Polyglass technology patented by Focal, ask for the playback of lower range. Traditionally for Focal, the tweeter here is an inch driver with a convex TNV dome, which differs by increased...
Focal-JMlab Chorus CC 700 S Center Speaker review
Center Speaker Focal-JMlab Chorus CC 700 S

Focal-JMlab traditionally uses in its speaker systems the branded TNC tweeter made of aluminum-magnesium alloy with an inverted dome. It is installed between two MF/LF-drivers, which are made by the Polyglass technology. This technology involves the coating of paper diffuser with microgranules of silicon....
Focal-JMLab Chorus CC 800 V Center Speaker review
Center Speaker Focal-JMLab Chorus CC 800 V

This French system is distinguished not only by its lacquered top, but also by its solid construction (11 kg of weight). By design, it is a two-way loudspeaker with a rear bass-reflex port that expands the range of reproducible bass. Branded tweeter is unmistakably recognizable by the TNV concave dome...
Focal-JMLab Chorus SW 700 V Subwoofer review
Subwoofer Focal-JMLab Chorus SW 700 V

The French Chorus SW 700 sub attracts you not only by unusual appearance (the design is developed by the famous Pineau & Le Porcher bureau), but also solid construction. To minimize side-tones the body is cut out of MDF plates with the thickness of 25 mm and carefully plugged from the inside. The dynamical...
Focal-JMLab Chorus SW 800 V Subwoofer review
Subwoofer Focal-JMLab Chorus SW 800 V

Focal active subwoofer reflects the company's branded concept, combining an elegant style and advanced technical solutions. Big by volume body contained 11-inch driver with the diffuser, made by own Polyglass technology. It is loaded on the bass-reflex, directed to the floor. Massive foundation, which...
Focal-JMlab Chorus SW700S Subwoofer review
Subwoofer Focal-JMlab Chorus SW700S

Looks very elegant silver sunny SW700S (finish option - style), representing a series of Chorus S. On the facade of a protective and decorative mask - 270 mm cone driver with manufactured according to the latest version of the proprietary technology Polyglass: on the surface of the cellulose membrane...
Focal-JMLab Cobalt 806 Bookshelf speakers review
Bookshelf speakers Focal-JMLab Cobalt 806

The 806 is the smaller model of the updated Cobalt series, replacing the Cobalt 807, which represented the class of monitors in the previous version of the line. The rigid, perfectly muffled cabinet is lined with sheet aluminum. MDF side pads help to reduce the sound. Elegantly curved metal grille, in...
Focal-JMLab Cobalt 810 Floor standing speakers review
Floor standing speakers Focal-JMLab Cobalt 810

The faceplate of two-way Focal-JMLab Cobalt 810 speaker system is decorated with a famous tweeter with the convex spherical titanium membrane, the surface of which is covered with a thinnest layer of viscous titanium dioxide, and midwoofer with the diffuser, made by Polyglass technology (cellulose base...
Focal-JMlab Cobalt 816S Floor standing speakers review
Floor standing speakers Focal-JMlab Cobalt 816S

In 2003 the speaker systems of Cobalt series from the French Focal JMLab got with "S" index technological know-how of Electra and Utopia series. Cobalt 816S is equipped with a new version of the branded Tioxid 5 tweeter (Electra has the same). The form and material of membrane (convex dome made of titanium...
Focal-JMlab Electra 905 Bookshelf speakers review
Bookshelf speakers Focal-JMlab Electra 905

Although relatively new to the UK, JMLab is one of France's leading hi-fi brands. The company built its early reputation as the manufacturer of the highly regarded Focal drivers, and this technology now forms the basis of an enormous line up of complete loudspeakers, organized into some five separate...
Focal-JMLab Profile 918 Floor standing speakers review
Floor standing speakers Focal-JMLab Profile 918

Focal Profile 918 speaker systems have a very interesting shape. On the front panel there are two woofers with the diameter of 6,5 inches and an inch tweeter made of aluminum-magnesium alloy. it is mounted on a massive spear-shaped aluminum base and, as usual for Focal, is closed by a fine-meshed metal...
Focal-JMlab Sib&Cub 5.1 system review
5.1 system Focal-JMlab Sib&Cub

Sib is 5 identical satellites, Cub is a subwoofer. The original design with the focusing form of the front panel (just like in Utopia) successfully combines aesthetic and rational elements. Sib bodies are made of special plastic with also plastic framing for metal and wood around the perimeter of the...
JMLab Daline 3.1 Floor standing speakers review
Floor standing speakers JMLab Daline 3.1

The JM Lab Daline 3.1, manufactured in France, is a recent addition to the American audio scene. It is a slender columnar speaker housed in an attractively finished cabinet. The system's name is derived from its internal construction, described as a "decoupled anti-reso-nance line." This is a variant...