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#1 | | Lives for gear
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Thread Starter  | Focal SM9 !
 Focal Launches Flagship SM9 Monitoring System At AES
San Francisco, CA (November 5, 2010)--At AES, Focal Professional is launching its new SM9 flagship monitor, which sports independent monitoring systems housed within the same cabinet.
The SM9 includes:
• A three-way monitor equipped with a one-inch pure Beryllium inverted dome tweeter, a six-and-a-half-inch midrange driver, eight-inch bass driver and an 11-inch passive radiator. All the drivers are made of the Focal exclusive "W" sandwich technology. This monitor reportedly delivers a frequency response of 30 Hz-40 kHz (+/-3 dB) at a maximum SPL of 116 dB.
• A two-way monitor equipped with a one-inch pure Beryllium inverted dome tweeter and a six-and-a-half-inch "W" cone mid-bass driver. This monitor is said to have a frequency response of 90 Hz-20 kHz (+/-3 dB), allowing it to verify mixes on a bass-limited speaker such as televisions, computer systems, car systems, iPod speakers and other multimedia systems.
The concept behind the sealed cabinet two-way monitor is to allow the engineer to precisely adjust levels and EQ in this critical range. The activation of the two-way monitoring mode is achieved by engaging the FOCUS mode on the side panel.
The company says that the pure Beryllium inverted dome tweeter has been improved, its linearity and ability to reveal micro-information due to a new magnet structure that reportedly achieves 2.1 Tesla of magnetic flux. This has an effect on the tweeter's ability to reproduce micro-dynamics, which helps the engineer to dial-in compression and reverb.
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#2 | | 70% Coffee, 30% Beer
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Impressive! Highly!
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#3 | | Gear maniac
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Originally Posted by Roc Mixwell  Impressive! Highly! |
Hey Adam. I've heard them!!!! Go listen.  | |
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Ballpark price?
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#5 | | Gear nut
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bloody hell...
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#6 | | Lives for gear
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sealed cabinet - yes!
keep the price low guys!
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#7 | | Gear maniac
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Originally Posted by TornadoTed Ballpark price? | In Europe: 2300 Europe excluding VAT
in US: $3,595
So $7,190 for a pair.
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Got my attention!   | 
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#9 | | Gear maniac
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Originally Posted by TornadoTed Ballpark price? |
Hi Ed. The UK RRP will be £4,180 per pair (exc vat). They are astonishing and will cause a stir at the AES today.
PM me if you'd like more info.
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#10 | | 70% Coffee, 30% Beer
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Originally Posted by FocalPro In Europe: 2300 Europe excluding VAT
in US: $3,595
So $7,190 for a pair.
More info to come! | Mark your calendar now
*SM9 demo at the Meth Lab*
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#11 | | Gear addict
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Competition for the MM27s? How do they compare?
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#12 | | Gear interested
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Sick! Now I'm excited! It looks like there'll be some lit up shootout threads coming up with these in play. Calendar marked, accountant contacted...
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#13 | | Lives for gear
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interesting. a switchable 3way full range and 2way nearfield system built into one unit. wow!!!
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Mhzzz a bit more pricey then the O300D's... Same ballpark or not?
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#15 | | Jai guru deva om
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Nice! Sorry I could not make it to the launch, Simon.
War
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Damn it.... Simon... Expect a call from me soon !!!  | |
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barefoot inspired! thumbsup
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#18 | | Gear addict
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These speakers seem like a rad concept.
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#19 | | Gear interested
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These were great and even without a sub. they told me they haven't finished development on the sub yet. These are clearly the BOMB if you can afford them.
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#20 | | Gear maniac
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Originally Posted by Audio Hombre barefoot inspired! thumbsup |
If you're referring to the passive radiator, Focal have used that before, long before Barefoot (unless I am mistaken).
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#21 | | Gear maniac
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Originally Posted by work2do interesting. a switchable 3way full range and 2way nearfield system built into one unit. wow!!! | And there is an official Focal patent on this so you won't see this on anybody else monitors anytime soon  | |
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#22 | | Lives for gear
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Very interesting. A couple questions:
1. On the website it describes some rather extensive on board equalization control. Are these controls on the back if the units or are they software controlled like the SM11?
2. Are said eqs analog or digital?
3. If digital, which filter technology is used --- similar to DXEQ?
Thanks
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#23 | | Gear nut
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Can't wait to hear these!
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Originally Posted by FocalPro And there is an official Focal patent on this so you won't see this on anybody else monitors anytime soon | unless you make 'em yourself 
great idea btw! i hope the option of switching the LF in and out can be done via foot switch, like I do with my NHTs.
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#25 | | Gear maniac
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wow! Awesome
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#26 | | Gear addict
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Simply exciting... I hope they sound how they look!
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#27 | | PC Moderator
Joined: Mar 2005 Location: Winterthur, Switzerland | Focal SM9 !
Do you have new speaker designer development engineers? I likeyourhi-fi range, while the studiorange was always not my taste (which is a personal thing). The eq in the sm8 (which are discontinued) was not very transparent.
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#28 | | Lives for gear
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Originally Posted by George Necola Do you have new speaker designer development engineers? I likeyourhi-fi range, while the studiorange was always not my taste (which is a personal thing). The eq in the sm8 (which are discontinued) was not very transparent. | Yep, my thoughts as well. I felt that way about the SM11. Great idea but the eq was very audible -- like a plugin eq
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#29 | | Gear interested
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Originally Posted by Gravity8058 Yep, my thoughts as well. I felt that way about the SM11. Great idea but the eq was very audible -- like a plugin eq | That was because the SM8/11 are digital speakers and simulate analogue filters with a DSP. The SM9 uses fully analogue filter designs. The EQ section can be hard bypassed with a relays with on press on a button for even more audiophile reproduction.
The SM9 uses very sophisticated preamps, all capacitor less and DC coupled. Together with audiophile DC coupled (no capacitors in signal-flow) discrete high bias Class A/B amplification, and must be heard to believe it.
With kind regards,
Bas
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#30 | | Gearslutz.com admin
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They can be turned into two different sets of speakers..
The Mid range and tweeter - become another pair
Quite clever!
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