Montreal, Canada (September 19, 2023)—Focal Naim America has introduced its newly redesigned “Trio6 ST6” 3-way studio monitors. Created with the aim of offering a more detailed and transparent sound, features of the Trio6 ST6 include new speaker drivers, dual Focus mode, user-controlled automatic stand-by, a redesigned laminar port and a structurally enhanced cabinet.
Made in France at the Focal workshops, the monitor is equipped with an 8-inch subwoofer with a patented ‘W’ cone, while the 5-inch midrange woofer incorporates Focal’s TMD (Tuned Mass Damper) technology, reportedly reducing distortion in the 1 kHz to 3 kHz frequency range by 50 percent, and a new beryllium tweeter uses IAL (Infinite Acoustic Loading) to control resonance. A newly redesigned large laminar port is used in an effort to limit port noise, and the strengthened cabinet is said to provide rigidity and damping with fewer vibrations
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Trio6 ST6 has a new dual Focus mode—either one driver or two drivers—which essentially creates three different sounding monitors in one. These new configurations of speaker drivers are available by simply pressing a pedal; two configurations feature reduced frequency response, enabling the mix engineer to check how a mix might adapt to a smaller system.
The new monitor includes a variable high-pass crossover and a 160 Hz parametric crossover to reduce reflections from the console. The European-required automatic stand-by mode can now be disengaged by the user via a switch on the back of each monitor.
Trio6 ST6 monitors retail for $3,499 US each, and are available now.
