{"product_id":"focal-shape-50-pair-b-stock","title":"Focal Shape 50 Studio Monitor Pair B-stock","description":"\u003ch4 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: x-large;\"\u003eTHE REFERENCE OF THE LINE\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-description content wysiwyg\"\u003e\n\u003ch4 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eShape 65 is the reference of the Shape line. Although it’s dedicated to nearfield monitoring, this monitor enables extraordinary monitoring quality, in the lowest to the highest frequencies. Simply a must, this monitor will express its full potential from a listening distance of three feet away (1 metre).\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003ch4 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eThe three monitors are all made in France and integrate five innovations to maximise acoustic transparency. Designed to meet the needs of nearfield monitoring, Shape monitors combine an ingenuous design and numerous settings optimised for the acoustics of small listening rooms.\u003cbr\u003eThese innovations provide remarkable acoustic transparency. These new work tools distinguish themselves through the wide and extremely precise stereo image. The bass register is articulated and controlled. The lower mid-range and mid-range benefit from extreme neutrality, and without any masking effects, making equalisation of these essential registers much easier. Finally, the new tweeter is what’s at the source of the very high definition. It efficiently reveals any hissing, and it’s also very precise in the very high end.\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003ch4 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e \u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003ch4 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: x-large;\"\u003eFLAX SANDWICH CONE\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003ch4 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eMade in France but affordable, Flax cones are oriented towards acoustic performance, high-tech and give an original design to the brand’s speaker drivers!\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003ch4 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eAfter more than five years of research and development, engineers at Focal reveal in 2013 a new cone made of high-quality flax fibers. F cone are characterised by their natural sound, with low coloration, their richness of reproduction in the midrange register and their tighter bass.\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003ch4 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eTHE UNIQUE QUALITIES OF FLAX\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003ch4 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eF cones are made of high-quality flax fibers core enclosed by two thin layers of glass fiber. They satisfy the key criteria of a high performance diaphragm : high internal damping, high velocity of sound and high flexural rigidity.\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003ch4 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eRigidity\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003ch4 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eAll these criteria cannot be met by a mono-material cone. Sandwich technology greatly influences the neutrality of the sound produced by the cone, something, which has always been Focal’s hallmark. The expertise gained from the sandwich technology of the Utopia and K2 Power ranges enabled Focal to develop a revolutionary flax-fiber cone conciliating the 3 criteria.\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003ch4 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eLightness\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003ch4 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eFlax is twice as light as fiberglass, because the fiber is hollow. It also has very low elasticity which makes it ideal to increase the flexural rigidity of a sandwich structure. Moreover, it can be obtained in non-woven bundles of considerable diameter and it can therefore produce the thickness required for a sandwich.\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003ch4 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eInternal damping\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003ch4 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eComposite materials have properties suitable for applications where both rigidity and low mass are required. However, their disadvantage is that they lack damping, which leads to very poor control of vibrations. Recent developments in this field combining composites and natural fibers have brought unexpected opportunities. Flax fiber has an excellent internal damping of the same order of magnitude\u003cbr\u003eas the glass or Kevlar fibers or aluminum.\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003ch4 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eMADE IN FRANCE AND AFFORDABLE\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003ch4 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eFlax cones are designed and manufactured in France, from french flax fiber.  France is the main cultivator in Europe of fiber flax, principally in Flanders, Picardy, Normandy and the Pas-de-Calais region. French flax is considered the best in the world.\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003ch4 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eSynthetic fibers or foams originating from petrochemical resources are subject to inflation linked to the sharp rise in crude oil prices. Organic or ecological textiles, like flax, are thus becoming more and more pricecompetitive.\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003ch4 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eBecause the “W” or \"K2\" sandwich have to be manufactured by hand, their range of application remains limited for reasons of cost. The industrial process developed to manufacture the \"F\" cones bring it within reach of very pricecompetitive product ranges\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003ch4 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e \u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: x-large;\"\u003eNIC - NEUTRAL INDUCTANCE\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe precision and detail of audio reproduction depend on the stability of the magnetic field.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSTABILISING THE MAGNETIC FIELD\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfter having pushed back the limits in electromagnetic technology, our teams discovered the fact that beyond the magnetic field intensity and its homogeneity within the gap, there was a dynamic aspect we had no control over.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe magnetic field is not stable because it is modulated by three factors:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 1em;\"\u003ethe movement of the voice coil (Lenz's law),\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 1em;\"\u003ethe current passing through it (Foucault current),\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 1em;\"\u003ethe frequency.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eConsequently, the voice coil, and all the moving part including the cone, is in the magnetic field which becomes too variable, and this leads to loss of precision.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNEUTRAL INDUCTANCE CIRCUIT TECHNOLOGY\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfter three years of research and the development of simulation software which makes it possible to visualise these complex interactions, Focal engineers created an incredibly stable magnetic circuit for the Sopra line..\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe solution, NIC technology, lies in a Faraday ring whose dimensions, materials and positioning were optimised to make the magnetic field no longer affected by the position of the voice coil, by the amperage or the frequency of the current passing through it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a sign of very high definition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch4 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"LA TECHNOLOGIE NIC - NEUTRAL INDUCTANCE CIRCUIT (visuel)\" src=\"https:\/\/www.focal.com\/sites\/www.focal.fr\/files\/shared\/contenus_transversaux\/focal_teach_section\/nic-speaker_fr_1.png\" width=\"690\"\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVISUAL ANALOGY OF MAGNETIC DISTURBANCE\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWithout a Faraday ring\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"Without a Faraday ring\" src=\"https:\/\/www.focal.com\/sites\/www.focal.fr\/files\/shared\/wysiwyg\/technical-folders\/sopra_nic\/nic_sans_bague.jpg\" height=\"174\" width=\"200\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe variations related to the position of the voice coil and to the current passing through it in a conventional circuit results in blurring.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith a conventional Faraday ring\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"With a conventional Faraday ring\" src=\"https:\/\/www.focal.com\/sites\/www.focal.fr\/files\/shared\/wysiwyg\/technical-folders\/sopra_nic\/nic_avec_bague.jpg\" height=\"174\" width=\"200\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe variations related to the position of the voice coil and to the current passing through it in a conventional circuit results in blurring.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith Focal’s Faraday ring\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"With Focal’s Faraday ring\" src=\"https:\/\/www.focal.com\/sites\/www.focal.fr\/files\/shared\/wysiwyg\/technical-folders\/sopra_nic\/nic_avec_bague_focal.jpg\" height=\"174\" width=\"200\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOur new simulation software enables us to combine the best of both worlds: very high definition and dynamics\/contrast.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch4 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"Mesure pour un medium de 6\" src=\"https:\/\/www.focal.com\/sites\/www.focal.fr\/files\/shared\/contenus_transversaux\/focal_teach_section\/nic-mesure-klippel-6-pouces_1.png\" width=\"690\"\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMeasurements made using a Klippel Analyzer on a 6-inch midrange driver: with the new \"NIC\" magnetic circuit (blue trace) and a 6-inch midrange unit with a conventional ferrite motor (red trace).  Left: Inductance variation as a function of the current through the voice coil, which is signal-dependent. Total stability with \"NIC\". Right: Inductance variation as a function of the position of the voice coil in the magnet gap. The “NIC” improvement is spectacular..\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch4 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"Mesure pour un medium de 8\" src=\"https:\/\/www.focal.com\/sites\/www.focal.fr\/files\/shared\/contenus_transversaux\/focal_teach_section\/nic-mesure-klippel-8-pouces_1.png\" width=\"690\"\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnalyzer on an 8-inch woofer: without a Faraday ring (red trace) and with a Faraday ring optimized through our simulation tool (blue trace). Left: Inductance variation as a function of the current through the voice coil, which is signal-dependent. Total stability. Right: Inductance variation as a function of the position of the voice coil in the magnet gap. The improvement here is spectacular, especially as the coil moves into the driver..\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch4 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"Réponse en fréquence (visuel)\" src=\"https:\/\/www.focal.com\/sites\/www.focal.fr\/files\/shared\/contenus_transversaux\/focal_teach_section\/tmd-graph-frequency-response-electra1038-sopra_0_1.png\" width=\"690\"\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrequency response of our latest-generation midrange driver (blue trace) compared to the previous-generation W midrange (red trace). The extension of the frequency range, resulting from all the improvements but particularly the exponential cone profile, is important as it promises improved transient response. NB: The dip at 3kHz in the blue trace is due to the tested driver not being fitted with a dust cap.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch4 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"Analyse de la distorsion \" multitone src=\"https:\/\/www.focal.com\/sites\/www.focal.fr\/files\/shared\/contenus_transversaux\/focal_teach_section\/nic_graph_distortion_1.png\" width=\"690\"\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"post-block\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"post-fullText wysiwyg\"\u003e\n\u003ch4 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eDistortion analysis using the Klippel multi-tone test signal which gives an overview of nonlinear distortion performance (harmonic and intermodulation). The lowering of distortion by about 10dB is a reduction of almost 70%.\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003ch4 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e \u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: x-large;\"\u003eTMD - TUNED MASS DAMPER\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTHE OBSESSION WITH THE MIDRANGE\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe midrange register is no doubt the most complicated to control in a sound system. On one hand, there must be a smooth transition with the bass. On the other hand, it must be tuned to the tweeter in terms of dispersion and acceleration. This determines the homogeneity of the timbre and spatialisation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor the past 20 years, we have been working on mastering the \"break up\" (the frequency at which the cone becomes deformed, leading to distortion) of our 3rd generation \"W\" cones and on drastically reducing the resonance of the tweeter with the IAL 2. Today, thanks to the power of finite element analysis, our teams have developed simulation software to visualise the dynamic behaviour of the suspension which connects the cone to the basket, thus revealing the performance issues requiring attention.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTUNED MASS DAMPER\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFollowing the discovering of these issues, we had to conceive the equipment to solve them. The solutions already known for increasing the damping properties of the suspension all result in an increase of the mass which consequently alters definition. The answer came from a technology used in earthquake-resistant skyscrapers and which is also used for the suspension on racing cars! This technology is called a \"Tuned Mass Damper\": an additional mass oscillate in opposition to the resonance frequency to control it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eApplied to the speaker driver, the solution consists in simply two tubular rings on the suspension whose dimensions and position have been judiciously determined. They form our Tuned Mass Damper (TMD) and they stabilise the dynamic behaviour of the surround according to resonance, thus avoiding deformation of the cone without afflicting the dynamics. This innovation is patented.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch4 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"L'amortisseur harmonique TMD (visuel)\" src=\"https:\/\/www.focal.com\/sites\/www.focal.fr\/files\/shared\/contenus_transversaux\/focal_teach_section\/l-amortisseur-harmonique-tmd_0.jpg\" width=\"690\"\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVISUAL ANALOGY OF THE SURROUNDS\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.focal.com\/sites\/www.focal.fr\/files\/shared\/wysiwyg\/technical-folders\/sopra_tmd\/NoTMDall.gif\" height=\"179\" width=\"300\"\u003e \u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.focal.com\/sites\/www.focal.fr\/files\/shared\/wysiwyg\/technical-folders\/sopra_tmd\/TMDall.gif\" height=\"179\" width=\"300\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOur Tuned Mass Damper (TMD) consists of two tubular rings moulded onto the surround. On the left the default suspension, on the right, the TMD suspension. This simple solution, perfected thanks to our new software, stabilises the dynamic behaviour of the surround according to resonance, thus avoiding deformation of the cone without afflicting the dynamics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePRINCIPLE OF THE TUNED MASS DAMPER\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch4 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"Le principe de l’amortisseur harmonique \" tmd src=\"https:\/\/www.focal.com\/sites\/www.focal.fr\/files\/shared\/contenus_transversaux\/focal_teach_section\/tmd-graph-principle-of-tuned-mass-damper_0.png\" width=\"690\"\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe principle of the tuned harmonic damper (TMD): The graph on the left demonstrates the principle of the tuned mass damper. In red, an m1\/k1 system with very pronounced resonance. By adding a mass\/spring system m2\/k2 (upper section of the diagram), there will be two resonance peaks, as represented by the blue curve. The drop or anti-resonance being previously based on the resonance of the main system, we get the green curve. Finally, by judiciously adding a damper, we obtain the purple curve. The resonance has almost disappeared! \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith Sopra hi-fi speakers, we opted for exponentially shaped cones in order to increase frequency response, and consequently impulse response. Another reason for increasing definition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch4 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"TMD - Frequency response comparison : Electra 1038 \/ Sopra (visuel)\" src=\"https:\/\/www.focal.com\/sites\/www.focal.fr\/files\/shared\/contenus_transversaux\/focal_teach_section\/tmd-graph-frequency-response-electra1038-sopra_1.png\" width=\"690\"\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eImproved response linearity between 1 and 2kHz and the frequency extension provided by the exponential cone profile.. \u003cbr\u003eFrequency response of our latest midrange driver (blue trace) compared to the previous-generation W-cone midrange, representing prior state-of-the art performance (red trace). Improvements to the magnetic circuit also contribute (see next section). NB: The dip at 3kHz in the blue trace is due to the tested driver not being fitted with a dust cap.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch4 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"TMD - Fundamental + Harmonic distortion (visuel)\" src=\"https:\/\/www.focal.com\/sites\/www.focal.fr\/files\/shared\/contenus_transversaux\/focal_teach_section\/tmd-graph-fundamental-harmonic-distrotion_0.png\" width=\"690\"\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEffect of the harmonic damper on linearizing the frequency response between 1.5 and 2kHz (blue trace with TMD, red trace without).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch4 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"TMD - Harmonic distortion (visuel)\" src=\"https:\/\/www.focal.com\/sites\/www.focal.fr\/files\/shared\/contenus_transversaux\/focal_teach_section\/tmd-graph-harmonic-distortion_0.png\" width=\"690\"\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"post-block\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"post-fullText wysiwyg\"\u003e\n\u003ch4 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eEffect of the harmonic damper on nonlinear distortion, which is halved between 1.5 and 2kHz (blue trace with TMD, red trace without).\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003ch4 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e \u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003ch4 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: x-large;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKEY FEATURES\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch4 class=\"hoverText-text wysiwyg\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eTweeter with very low directivity for a flexible listening position\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eDesigned without a port, but with a double passive radiator, allowing it to be placed near a wall.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eNumerous settings for optimal integration\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eAccurate control, even in the very high end\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eFlax sandwich cone: controlled and articulated bass, natural and detailed lower mid-range and upper mid-range registers.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eMounting mechanisms present on the back and underneath the loudspeaker: for installing on a table stand, a microphone stand, the ceiling or a wall (Mounting accessories not supplied).\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Focal","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54332178301212,"sku":"shape50pair-B-stock","price":1399.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0732\/1983\/4140\/files\/shape-50-pair-jrr-edit.jpg?v=1784604050","url":"https:\/\/jrrshop-3235.myshopify.com\/products\/focal-shape-50-pair-b-stock","provider":"jrrshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}