Three Reference Monitors In One
The Focal Trio6 Be created quite a stir here at Sweetwater. Now, Focal ups the ante with its successor, dubbed simply the Trio6. Incorporating numerous upgrades, the Focal Trio6 powered studio monitor is, essentially, three monitors in one. With a state-of-the-art driver complement consisting of an 8-inch woofer, a 5-inch midrange, and a 1.5-inch tweeter, the Trio6 delivers reference-grade 3-way monitoring with a frequency response of 35Hz–40kHz and functions as a main/mid-field monitor in small-to-midsized control rooms. Like its predecessor, the Trio6’s Focus mode gives you 2-way monitoring using the 5-inch driver and the tweeter, restricting frequencies to between 80Hz and 40kHz. But the Trio6 also offers a new Focus mode that employs only the 5-inch midrange. With a frequency response of 100Hz–15kHz, this mode offers a modern take on the classic “cube” speakers that have been staples on console meter bridges for decades. For optimal acoustic integration and positioning, the Trio6 is equipped with a rotatable tweeter/midrange panel for flexible placement in either vertical or horizontal orientation.
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2-way Focus mode
As a two-way monitor, the Focal Trio6 employs only its 5-inch midrange driver and tweeter, and limits frequencies to between 80Hz and 40kHz. This configuration is ideal for checking the quality of your mix for playback systems with limited low-frequency response. Albeit less extended on the low end, the frequency response curve of the two-way configuration is identical to the Trio6's 3-way curve, giving you a perfect instant comparison that preserves the stereo spectrum and allows you to focus on the critical middle frequency range, which is key to a good mix that translates to the world outside your studio.
1-way Focus mode
In the 1970s, little cube-shaped speakers started appearing on console meter bridges and soon became ubiquitous in the control rooms of studios large and small. Intended to provide a “real-world” reference, they were designed to emulate the sound of car radios, transistor radios, and other playback systems of questionable quality and limited frequency range. Today, with steadily advancing technology having vastly improved the performance of even inexpensive audio equipment, a new “real-world” reference is called for, and you’ll find it in the Focal Trio6’s 1-way Focus mode. It’s ideal for checking how your mix will sound on everything from run-of-the-mill television and computer speakers to the Bluetooth speaker hanging in your shower.
Optimized bass response in all modes
In the Focal Trio6, two front-facing bass-reflex ports ensure that the 5-inch “W” composite sandwich cone midrange driver performs identically in all Focus modes. The 8-inch “W” composite sandwich cone woofer has its own large laminar port integrated into the front baffle. Without concerns of rear-port saturation, front ports make it easy to position your monitors near a wall while maintaining superior low-frequency linearity. What's more, the 8-inch woofer’s large front port gives you consistent bass performance at any SPL.
Focal's beryllium inverted-dome tweeter
A Focal hallmark is the inverted-dome tweeter, and it's a big part of the magic behind the Trio6's amazing performance. The particular advantage of the inverted dome is that it optimizes the mechanical coupling between the voice coil and the dome. As the voice coil is fixed at mid-height on the dome, it can uniformly move the Trio6's entire cone surface. This design inherently offers high efficiency, precision, and energy, all resulting in an extremely precise soundstage. Add to that the use of beryllium for the Trio6's dome — a material noted for its incredible rigidity — and you've got a speaker that, with near-perfect linearity, extends all the way up to 40kHz.
Focal's “W” composite sandwich cone
The Trio6 takes advantage of Focal's “W” composite sandwich cone for both its 5-inch midrange driver and 8-inch woofer. The unique characteristics of the cone permit optimization of the frequency response curve, thanks to the total control of three key parameters: lightness, rigidity, and damping. The sound is amazingly transparent, exhibits excellent phase response, and has extremely low distortion. Further, the 5-inch midrange driver lives in its own isolated chamber within the cabinet; this prevents sympathetic vibration of the other drivers while optimizing the driver’s acoustic performance.
You can trust Focal monitors
With their extended frequency response and precise imaging, Focal monitors are engineered to reproduce your audio signal with unerring accuracy. But beyond their impressive performance, they are also designed for flexible, seamless integration into you studio. A fixture in world-class control rooms across the globe, top engineers, producers, and artists rely on Focal monitors to tell them the truth about what they’re recording. With your Focal Trio6 studio monitors from Sweetwater, you can too. Featuring an advanced design with the unprecedented versatility of dual Focus modes, the Trio6 is a serious professional tool that will help you deliver superior-sounding product, project after project.
Focal Trio6 3-way Powered Studio Reference Monitor Features:
- Dual Focus modes give you the functionality of 3 monitors in one
- 3-way full-range frequency response: 35Hz–40kHz (-3dB)
- 2-way Focus mode frequency response: 80Hz–40kHz
- 1-way Focus mode frequency response: 100Hz–15kHz
- Beryllium inverted dome tweeter with excellent linearity and dynamics
- Optimized baffle tweeter for exceptional dispersion control
- “W” composite sandwich cone woofer and midrange for sonic neutrality without distortion
- Large laminar port generates no port noise or distortion
- Maximum SPL (Average CEA2034 50–10kHz, free-field @ 1m): 115dB
- Input: balanced XLR, 10kΩ
- LF driver: 8-inch '“W”' cone
- MF driver: 5-inch “W” cone
- HF driver: 1.5-inch beryllium inverted dome
- Woofer amplification: 100W RMS, Class G
- Midrange amplification: 100W RMS, Class G
- Treble amplification: 50W RMS, Class AB
- User controls: Sensitivity, Auto standby, Focus mode, HPF, LF Shelf, LMF EQ, HF Shelf
- Construction: 7/8" (22mm) MDF; Shielding: No
- Finish: black with dark red natural veneer side panels
- Sold individually
