Let's desire they sound that way too
I don't have any hesitation in admitting that Focal makes some of my preferred audio gear, so whenever the enterprise declares a brand new set of headphones, my ears perk up. This time the declaration is a bit extraordinary than normal although: it’s launching the brand new Focal Radiance as part of a partnership with Bentley. Yep, that Bentley.
As you would possibly assume given the partnership, the Radiance are top class headphones, coming in at a groovy $1,three hundred (£1199/€1300). For the charge, you’re getting an elegant black and copper closed-returned design with leather-based earpads and a flowery diamond grille pattern. The headphones use Focal’s 40mm M-fashioned dome common for the duration of a lot of Focal’s excessive-quit headphones.
That said, it’s additionally well worth noting these are some distance from the most high-priced headphones in Focal’s lineup. The Focal Utopia and Stellia, as an example, use fancier beryllium drivers and come in at more or less $3,000 and $four,000 every, so it’s high-quality to peer that Focal doesn’t seem to be overcharging only for slapping a Bently brand on a brand new pair of headphones.
The Radiance is more or less on par with the $1,500 Focal Clear rate-clever, which makes use of comparable drivers in a decidedly much less fancy enclosure. Hopefully, they carry out further nicely, because the Clear stays one in every of my reference headphones numerous years after I first heard them.
Headphones apart, Naim (Focal’s sister corporation) is likewise freeing a new Bentley-themed version of the Mu-So 2, an all-in-one streaming speaker. While this isn’t an all-new product like the Radiance, when I tested this speaker I turned into impressed by using the sound best that might emerge from a unmarried field.
This new variation also capabilities nifty copper accents and is the first Mu-so that you could characteristic a wood finish. Naim is the use of Ayous “a sustainable African hardwood” that offers the unit a surprisingly greater luxe appearance than the Mu-so’s different iterations. You’ll pay for it though, as this variant retails for $2,199(£1799/€1999) compared to the $1,599 of the usual model.
The Focal Radiance and Mu-so for Bentley Special Edition might be available starting October from Focal, Naim, and Bentley sellers, in addition to the companies’ internet shops.
For more equipment, device, and hardware news and reviews, observe Plugged on Twitter and Flipboard.
I don't have any hesitation in admitting that Focal makes some of my preferred audio gear, so whenever the enterprise declares a brand new set of headphones, my ears perk up. This time the declaration is a bit extraordinary than normal although: it’s launching the brand new Focal Radiance as part of a partnership with Bentley. Yep, that Bentley.
As you would possibly assume given the partnership, the Radiance are top class headphones, coming in at a groovy $1,three hundred (£1199/€1300). For the charge, you’re getting an elegant black and copper closed-returned design with leather-based earpads and a flowery diamond grille pattern. The headphones use Focal’s 40mm M-fashioned dome common for the duration of a lot of Focal’s excessive-quit headphones.
That said, it’s additionally well worth noting these are some distance from the most high-priced headphones in Focal’s lineup. The Focal Utopia and Stellia, as an example, use fancier beryllium drivers and come in at more or less $3,000 and $four,000 every, so it’s high-quality to peer that Focal doesn’t seem to be overcharging only for slapping a Bently brand on a brand new pair of headphones.
The Radiance is more or less on par with the $1,500 Focal Clear rate-clever, which makes use of comparable drivers in a decidedly much less fancy enclosure. Hopefully, they carry out further nicely, because the Clear stays one in every of my reference headphones numerous years after I first heard them.
Headphones apart, Naim (Focal’s sister corporation) is likewise freeing a new Bentley-themed version of the Mu-So 2, an all-in-one streaming speaker. While this isn’t an all-new product like the Radiance, when I tested this speaker I turned into impressed by using the sound best that might emerge from a unmarried field.
This new variation also capabilities nifty copper accents and is the first Mu-so that you could characteristic a wood finish. Naim is the use of Ayous “a sustainable African hardwood” that offers the unit a surprisingly greater luxe appearance than the Mu-so’s different iterations. You’ll pay for it though, as this variant retails for $2,199(£1799/€1999) compared to the $1,599 of the usual model.
The Focal Radiance and Mu-so for Bentley Special Edition might be available starting October from Focal, Naim, and Bentley sellers, in addition to the companies’ internet shops.
For more equipment, device, and hardware news and reviews, observe Plugged on Twitter and Flipboard.
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