Focal - Award winning headphones and speakers
It all started in 1979 in Saint-Étienne, when Focal's smoldering talent took root in the workshop of a family-run company specializing in precision mechanics. At the time, there were only two men working in the manufacture of loudspeaker drivers, one of whom was Focal's later founder, Jacques Mahul. Creations from this Hi-Fi enthusiast and Pink Floyd fan have seduced music lovers and audio enthusiasts around the world.
The Focal brand turned into a business by making speaker units for other speaker manufacturers, while another brand, JM-lab, concentrated on making high-end speakers. The flagship of this first series of speakers was the DB 13. Equipped with a dual voice coil speaker driver, it revolutionized the world of small two-way speakers by reproducing in a quality and sound comparable to that of much larger speakers.
The company soon became very successful and began to develop its products in classic speakers and "high-end" speaker sets.
Focal headphones
In 2012, Focal launched their first high-fidelity headphones, and since then the company hasn't looked back. In the following years, they released countless award-winning headphones, which is why Focal is today regarded as one of the world leaders in high-end headphones. Among Focal's best-known headphones are the Clear Mg , Celestee , Utopia and Bathys , a series of closed and open high-end headphones that have won them international recognition among Hi-Fi magazines and users.
Today you find Focal products in all areas of sound reproduction; in studios, in cars, and not least within headphones. Several reviewers have thus given Focal's Utopia headphone the predicate "World's Best Headphone".
A world-renowned reference
1995 marked a turning point in the company's history with the unique luxury loudspeaker, the Utopia. The ambition with this loudspeaker was to push the limits of acoustics and serve as a reference for future generations of loudspeakers. What was only intended to be a technological challenge turned out to be a commercial product praised by the international press. From that moment on, Grande Utopia became a global reference in the world of acoustics. This feat was repeated in 2002 with the Utopia Be and once again six years later and most recently with the current Utopia III EVO.