Focal PS165F3 6.5inch FLAX 3-WAY SPEAKERS

 

Focal Flax 3 Way Component Speakers – Made In France

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Focal PS165F3 6.5inch FLAX 3-WAY SPEAKERS

Made In France.

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Power and fidelity work hand in hand: “live” sound in all its dimensions for the most demanding audiophile.

The Focal PS165F3 speakers are equipped with the new flax cone that provide a neutral sound without coloration, more dynamique and natural reproduction.

The 165 mm (6”1/2) offer very low deep basses. The 80 mm (3”) compact midrange is easy to install. This kit benefits from a new design: the baskets are in Black Mat Aluminium engraved with Focal’s logo and ally modernism and tradition.

Processed Aluminum/Magnesium inverted dome tweeter for smoothness and definition without directivity. The tweeter is equipped with the new poron suspension for long life.

The speakers are completed by an audiophile crossover that offer adjustable level for tweeter and medium.

 

WHAT MAKES THE DIFFERENCE

  • High power handling
  • Very low deep bass
  • Compact midrange
  • Detailed sound stage
  • Unique and patented FLAX cone (N°1350116)
  • A new sound for a new 100% Focal signature
  • Made in France
  • New Design

 

FLAX SANDWICH CONE

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Made in France but affordable, Flax cones are oriented towards acoustic performance, high-tech and give an original design to the brand’s speaker drivers!

After 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.

The unique qualities of flax

F 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.

Rigidity

All 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.

Flax sandwich

Lightness

Flax 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.

Internal damping

Composite 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
as the glass or Kevlar fibers or aluminum.

Made in France and affordable

Flax fields

Flax 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.

Synthetic 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 price competitive. Because 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 price competitive product ranges

 

 

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