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Focal Sopra No3 3-Way High-End Floorstanding Loudspeaker (Pair)

Brand: Focal | SKU: SopraNo3White | UPC: 3544051695145

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Focal Sopra No3 3-Way High-End Floorstanding Loudspeaker (Pair) - Safe and Sound HQ

Focal Sopra No3 3-Way High-End Floorstanding Loudspeaker (Pair)

Color: Carrera White

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$27,998

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3-way high-end loudspeaker 2 woofers 8 (21cm)
The longest standing loudspeaker of the line, Sopra N 3 perfectly combines dynamics, space optimization and harmonic richness.
With its two 8 " (21cm) woofers, this loudspeaker offers solid, rich and perfectly defined bass for music lovers looking for optimum performance. Despite its reasonable size, it will reveal its full potential in rooms measuring up to 860 ft2 (80 m2).
Sopra clearly inaugurates a new era for the Premium High End by taking into account new performance criteria. Compact, modern, a pure design, character... all these are essential factors to ensure perfect integration into your interior.
Equipped with best midrange drivers ever developed by Focal, with the NIC and TMD technologies, Sopra pushes back the limits of sound reproduction in terms of transparency in a very compact enclosure. Indeed, unlike Utopia, which is extravagant by essence and where size is by no means a constraint, Sopra aims for maximal compactness to ensure easy integration into reasonably sized rooms.

Stabilizing the magnetic field
NEUTRAL INDUCTANCE CIRCUIT

Since the beginning, we have always had a great interest in the magnetic circuit, an essential aspect of a speaker drive unit. The precision and detail of audio reproduction depends on the stability of the magnetic field. NIC technology (Neutral Inductance Circuit) permits to control the magnetic field and finally enables to master it in order to limit distortion. It decreases the effects of distortion and give the sound a very high-definition and an unprecedented dynamic.

INFINITE HORN LOADING
Our Beryllium tweeter features an incredibly light and extremely rigid dome, that deliver a transparent and dynamic sound. Its main limitation comes from the compression of air in the cavity behind it. But the requirement for Sopra to be compact meant that as much of the cabinet as possible had to be used for the bass. We had to explore other options for loading the tweeter, which led us to come up with the IHL system. The "IHL" system enables to load the Beryllium tweeter respecting the compactness demand of the speaker. The rear wave of the tweeter is delicately and gradually absorbed to avoid any distortion. The treble definition is pushed to the maximum

The obsession with the midrange
Tuned Mass Damper

Our teams have revealed resonances which alter definition in the suspension which connects the cone to the basket. 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. "TMD" technology consists of optimising the suspension profile which controls the resonance in order to drastically reduce distortion and increase the definition of bass and midrange.

No sacrifice of performance to aesthetics
The design agency Pineau & Le Porcher designed Sopra with one rule : No sacrifice of performance to aesthetics. The Sopra line is destined for the most passionate sound enthusiasts. Its design favours performance, whilst bringing together the qualities expected of an object which will be integrated into very elegant interiors and d cors. Lacquered or bloodwood finishes are associated to noble materials to create an elegant line. Substantial efforts were made to give the front a tidy appearance, particularly around the speaker drivers, to iron out any aspects which could afflict the acoustics or the appearance. Sopra s very structure is articulated around the intermediate section. This injected polyurethane component allows for the upper and lower cabinets to be inclined for the "Focus Time" (acoustic convergence of the channels).

DETAILS
The main theme of Sopra is deliberately uncluttered, though it still offers connoisseurs the opportunity to enjoy all the small details. The grille with an incremental meshing motif protects the Beryllium tweeter and gives it a strong identity. This motif is repeated for sealing the curved back panel of the middle section. The terminal board, the thumb nuts and the adjustable spikes have all been specially designed for Sopra, as have the few visible screws, all of which were manufactured by watchmaking experts.

MASTERING THE CABINET AND CHOICE OF MATERIALS
Made in France Sopra s cabinet was designed in our cabinet-making facility in Bourbon-Lancy (Burgundy, France) using the same manufacturing process as for Utopia The 69mm sandwich-machined front panel uses the same principle as Gamma Structure to provide inertia and damping. Its density gives it the inertia necessary to provide a stable mechanical reference for optimal definition. The inside of the cabinet has no parallel side panels, and small Helmholtz resonators have been added to the lower section to prevent vertical standing waves. We chose glass as the material for the base of the loudspeaker to provide floor coupling, using spikes, which enabled the fastest propagation time possible, thus eliminating all halo effects in the bass.

Brand Focal
Model Sopra No.3
Speaker Type 3-Way Speaker
Enclosure Type Bass Reflex
Tweeter Type Beryllium Inverted Dome
Tweeter Size (inches) 1.0625
Midrange Size (inches) 6.5
Woofer W Sandwich Cone
Woofer Size (inches) 8.25
Bi-Amp Terminal No
Power Range (watts) 40-400
Frequency Response (Hz) 33-40,000
Speaker Sensitivity (dB) 91.5
Speaker Impedance (ohms) 8
Available Finishes Carrara White, Black Lacquer, Electric Orange, Macassar Ebony
Cabinet Finish Aluminum/MDF/Lacquer, Aluminum/MDF/Wood Veneer
Internal Powered Subwoofer No
Weight (lbs) 154.32
Dimensions (H x W x D in inches) 49.76" x 23.42" x 15.83"
Warranty 5 Years

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Brand
Focal
Bowers & Wilkins
Klipsch
Martin Logan
Dali
Speaker Type
3-Way Speaker
3-Way Speaker
3-Way Speaker
Electrostatic
2-Way Speaker
Tweeter Type
Beryllium Inverted Dome
Diamond Dome
Phenolic diaphragm Compression Driver
Electrostatic Transducer
Soft-Dome, Magnetostatic Planar
Tweeter Size (Inches)
1.0625
1
1
46 x 15
1.38 dome, .39 x 2.17 planar
Midrange Size (Inches)
6.5
5
2
Woofer Size (Inches)
8.25
7
15
12
7
Power Range (Watts)
40-400
50-500
100 Continuous, 400 Peak
20-700
40-400
Frequency Response (Hz)
33-40,000
19-28,000
33-20,000
22-21,000
35-34,000
Speaker Sensitivity (dB)
91.5
90
105
92
88
Speaker Impedance (ohms)
8
8
8
4
6
Dimensions (HxWxD)
49.76" x 23.42" x 15.83"
45.9" x 14.1" x 20.1"
50.75" x 31.25" x 28.25"
69.8" x 15.75" x 28.9"
44.1" x 15" x 16.5"
Weight (lbs)
154.32
137
175
140
89.3
Cabinet Type
Bass Reflex
Bottom Ported
Sealed
Sealed
Rear Ported
Bass Reflex
Bass Reflex
Bottom Ported
Sealed
Sealed
Rear Ported
Carrara White, Black Lacquer, Electric Orange, Macassar Ebony
Carrara White, Black Lacquer, Electric Orange, Macassar Ebony
Gloss Black, White, Satin Rosenut, Satin Walnut
Walnut, Cherry, Satin Black Ash
Gloss Black, Walnut, Cherry
1.38 dome, .39 x 2.17 planar
500 Watts x 2
Internal Powered Subwoofer
No
No
No
Yes
Cabinet Finish
Aluminum/MDF/Lacquer, Aluminum/MDF/Wood Veneer
MDF/Lacquer, MDF/Wood Veneer (Rosenut and Walnut Only)
MDF/Wood Veneer
AirFrame Blade
MDF/Lacquer, MDF/Wood Veneer
BI-Amp Terminal
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Warranty
5 Years
5 Years
10 Years
3 Years
5 Years