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Old 06-15-2006, 01:19 PM
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Thumbs up FOCAL new amplifiers...

Anyone listened to one yet?? they look pretty sleek!

http://www.focal-fr.com/accueil_en.htm
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Old 06-15-2006, 01:32 PM
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I haven't heard them yet but I saw one being installed at Vibe Car Audio in Red Deer, Alberta. They are going to have a board set up with the Focal amps and the Be $3,000 speakers. NICE.

The amps look good, almost like they have a wooden finish.
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Old 06-15-2006, 02:23 PM
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I have a vehicle coming in that is destined for the 5channel as well. I'll post up the results when done.
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man i dont want to sound patriotic but focal is made in france......in france people, home of renault cars, poor fashion and bad beer. do you really think that they have better engineers than us!! no way nor do the italians or the germans or the japanesse... buy canadian or american as much as possible. we make the best stuff. PERIOD. oh and while iam tooting the canadian flag. the top speaker manufactures in the world ALL come to canada to the National Research Council to get the facts on the science of sound and it reproduction. the top 3 guys at jbl.........yep canadian taken form the NRC. check out there web sight. we are far ahead of the world when it comes to speaker philosophy and enginneering........... go canada go...and oilers.
ps let the italians/germans make cars... let the french make perfume.......let the japanees make t.vs. the dutch make wooden shoes but its us....us who make car audio what it is today... this message doesnt apply to paul........ he has a hearse ya know!!
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Old 06-16-2006, 01:11 AM
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we will have one at our show playing and hooked up to set of Focal 165K2P's. june 18 , its on the calendar. This car will also be available for listening so come out and have a gander...the car will be showing up around 200pm and be around till about 500 pm. we welcome your suggestions and comments.

oh come on randy......its your ears that will tell you whether its good or not....not the name or the country of origin. you sound like a true patroit of where you work....lol. well then.....Team Shadow this and team shadow that....team shadow, team shadow, team shadow..yada yada.

just come out and bring that car so we can listento it and we can all have a beer and have a good time....no bologny....just sq and spl.....woot woot....hey did i mention that alma gates in coming to town....

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I heard one at the car audio gone wild show in edmonton. Sounded pretty good, the whole thing is brushed aluminum. I guess they are pretty hard to go thermal on since its basically a whole heat sink. Time will tell on how good they really are.
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Originally Posted by goalie 35
ps let the italians/germans make cars... let the french make perfume.......let the japanees make t.vs. the dutch make wooden shoes but its us....us who make car audio what it is today... this message doesnt apply to paul........ he has a hearse ya know!!
...loud enough to wake the dead??......

I'm sure the Focals will do the same thing that happens every time a company famous for making one part of a car audio system tries to make and sell another part....some will cheer, some will boo and still others will stand around muttering "merde" under their breath.....
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man i dont want to sound patriotic but focal is made in france......in france people, home of renault cars, poor fashion and bad beer. do you really think that they have better engineers than us!! no way nor do the italians or the germans or the japanesse... buy canadian or american as much as possible. we make the best stuff. PERIOD. oh and while iam tooting the canadian flag. the top speaker manufactures in the world ALL come to canada to the National Research Council to get the facts on the science of sound and it reproduction. the top 3 guys at jbl.........yep canadian taken form the NRC. check out there web sight. we are far ahead of the world when it comes to speaker philosophy and enginneering........... go canada go...and oilers.
ps let the italians/germans make cars... let the french make perfume.......let the japanees make t.vs. the dutch make wooden shoes but its us....us who make car audio what it is today... this message doesnt apply to paul........ he has a hearse ya know!!
give it up dude....yer not seriously gonna try and tell me that Italy makes crappy cars?!?!?!? Ever heard of Ferrari?

Canada isn't that great. And btw, when you open up your "US" or "Canadian" made amps and decks, you'll see lots of parts that say "Sanyo" on them......it's just l;ike domestic cars.....the parts are built in other countries and everything gets assembled in canada/us.
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randy's just being sarchastic.....no need to fight on this great thread and get it closed....

it all about the amps ......did i mention?...oops i did 2 posts ago....sorry
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It's an amp.. I got $10 that says.... heh..


Oh - and Ferrari's are shitboxes. huge maintenance. But as long as one understands that..
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