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Focal's new Aria 905 speakers













ACOUSTIC

Aria 905 is a true ultra-compact hi-fi loudspeaker.

Composed of a 5” (13cm) woofer with Flax sandwich cones, it provides a very high-definition and natural sound. Bass is articulated and controlled thanks to the oversized magnetic motor of the midrange/bass speaker driver and to low distortion aerodynamic front vent.

For the treble register, the speaker is equipped with one TNF aluminium/magnesium inverted dome tweeter with Poron suspension for smoother sound. Their Urethane waveguide improves thus horizontal directivity and provides a more precise sound image.

EASY WALL MOUNT INSTALLATION

The enclosure’s front vent and built-in wall mount enable easy wall-mounting without constraints of the speaker.

KEY POINTS

- Compact loudspeaker
- New Flax cone
- New TNF tweeter
- Speaker drivers developed and manufactured in France by Focal

http://www.focal.com/en/aria-900/514...051691314.html


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Information in previous post corrected.

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Hi-Fi Plus reviews Focal's Aria 905 speakers

http://www.hifiplus.com/articles/foc...t-loudspeaker/













ACOUSTIC

Aria 905 is a true ultra-compact hi-fi loudspeaker.

Composed of a 5” (13cm) woofer with Flax sandwich cones, it provides a very high-definition and natural sound. Bass is articulated and controlled thanks to the oversized magnetic motor of the midrange/bass speaker driver and to low distortion aerodynamic front vent.

For the treble register, the speaker is equipped with one TNF aluminium/magnesium inverted dome tweeter with Poron suspension for smoother sound. Their Urethane waveguide improves thus horizontal directivity and provides a more precise sound image.

EASY WALL MOUNT INSTALLATION

The enclosure’s front vent and built-in wall mount enable easy wall-mounting without constraints of the speaker.

KEY POINTS

- Compact loudspeaker
- New Flax cone
- New TNF tweeter
- Speaker drivers developed and manufactured in France by Focal

http://www.focal.com/en/aria-900/514...051691314.html


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Focal will be exhibiting at the Munich HIGH END show 2015: May 14th to 17th (Music Line Vertriebs GmbH - Room/Booth A4 1.OG E119). Show updates to follow.

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What Hi-Fi Munich High End Show 2015 - Focal's new Sopra Series of speakers

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EISA (European Imaging And Sound Association) Awards - Focal's Sopra Number 2 is European High End Loudspeaker of 2015 - 2016

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Sopra N°2

The purity of the timbre, the precision of the soundstage and the harmonic richness are sure to provide you with an intense emotional experience












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Focal Sopra (YouTube video) - Reveal The Invisible

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The making of Focal Sopra (YouTube video)

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Focal Sopra - Reveal The Invisible

PUSH BACK THE LIMITS OF PRECISION

Innovation at Focal goes way beyond technology. Our obsession is with the end result: the delight of sound in all its harmonic richness; its purity and its precision in relation to the musical work. Moreover, we focus our efforts on the speaker driver, the core of Focal’s DNA, what the history of our business is built around: technology, mechanics and sophisticated materials.

In twenty years, Utopia has become a major reference of world renown, praised for its incredible musicality and its technological innovation: "W" composite sandwich cones, pure Beryllium tweeter, multiferrite magnets, EM woofers, IAL2 tweeters, OCP+ circuit crossover or even the Gamma Structure cabinet. Sopra project drew on this technological heritage to develop new innovations.

New numerical analysis tools revealed the speaker driver’s most intricate inner workings. So our engineers worked on optimisations for magnetic circuits and suspension of our transducers, to push back the limits of sound reproduction in terms of purity, precision and harmonic richness... Sopra’s midrange provides incredible realism thanks to its new magnetic circuit and TMD suspension.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UGIMHQe1Vo
Focal Sopra (YouTube video) - Reveal The Invisible

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The making of Focal Sopra (YouTube video)


Focal. The spirit of sound.


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Focal Sopra - Reveal The Invisible

INNOVATIVE AND SOPHISTICATED DESIGN

Following on from Utopia and keeping in line with all Focal loudspeakers, the design of Sopra is the result of a very close collaboration between designers and engineers, a passionate quest aiming to conciliate complex constraints, experience, as well as sophisticated and innovative solutions, and all of this would have to be almost invisible, leading to something obvious, immediate simplicity for the pleasure and the purity of an unforgettable listening experience.

The Sopra line is destined for sound enthusiasts. When expectations are so high, the design must provide solutions which go far beyond aesthetics and shape. This represents a great deal of work in terms of industrial design, which must serve acoustic experts and favour performance, whilst bringing together the qualities expected of an object which will be integrated into very elegant interiors and décors.



Sopra’s structure is articulated around the intermediate section, which, besides giving a very strong identity to the line, is a structural element which contributes to several technical solutions. This injected polyurethane component allows for the upper and lower cabinets to be inclined for the "Focus Time" (where the audio sources are all at the same distance from the listener for an acoustic convergence of the channels).

The compactness and the harmony of the proportions of this line are the result of very advanced research. Substantial efforts were made to give the front a tidy appearance, particularly around the speaker drivers, to ironing out any aspects which could afflict the acoustics or the appearance. The flush cloth frames and the lacquered finishes allow for all sides of the loudspeaker to be the same. This was a real manufacturing challenge for our cabinet-making facility in Bourbon-Lancy (Burgundy, France).

The main theme of Sopra is deliberately uncluttered, though it still offers connoisseurs the opportunity to enjoy all the small details. The grille with an incremental meshing motif protects the Beryllium tweeter and gives it a strong identity. This motif is repeated for sealing the curved back panel of the middle section. The terminal board, the thumb nuts and the adjustable spikes have all been specially designed for Sopra, as have the few visible screws, all of which were manufactured by watchmaking experts.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UGIMHQe1Vo
Focal Sopra (YouTube video) - Reveal The Invisible

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kl7S5j3Pw4g
The making of Focal Sopra (YouTube video)


Focal. The spirit of sound.


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