Grande Utopia Em Evo
4-way floorstanding speaker
Excellence from excellence. With its outstanding technological heritage and unique style, Grande Utopia is an exceptional high-fidelity loudspeaker. It is Focal's most accomplished concept and one of the best loudspeakers in the world. At 2 metres high, it delivers sound of unrivalled finesse and precision.
A technological monument
Grande Utopia's ultimate hi-fi sound is the result of the best Focal innovations it combines: "W" diaphragms, pure beryllium tweeter, electromagnet (EM) woofer, TMD suspension, NIC motor, MRR cabinet... it's a concentrate of patented technologies at the service of sound.
An acoustic sculpture
Each loudspeaker is housed in a separate cabinet. These cabinets form the spectacular backbone of the loudspeaker, and can be tilted by the action of a leather-wrapped crank. This adjustable "Focus Time" function ensures the perfect sound image, depending on room configuration and listening position.
4 defined sections
From top to bottom, Grande Utopia features a 27 cm low-midrange, two 16.5 cm mid-ranges, a tweeter and a 40 cm electromagnet woofer.
THE BEST COMPONENTS
Perfection is born of detail. Every component has been carefully selected. Large cross-section cables ensure transparency and naturalness. The acoustic wadding lining the interior of the subwoofer is dense, for controlled, precise bass. The rigidity of the cabinet, enhanced by machined aluminum rings around the loudspeakers, reinforces the overall coherence of the acoustics.
"W" membrane
Perfectly defined midrange and bass
By developing and manufacturing its own membranes, Focal pushes the limits of innovation in acoustics. The sandwich "W" membrane of the loudspeakers plays an essential role in sound reproduction. It consists of two sheets of glass placed on either side of a central foam body; a sandwich construction that enables us to master the three key parameters of a good loudspeaker: lightness, rigidity and damping. This flagship membrane of Focal know-how perfectly optimizes the frequency response curve, providing low distortion and total listening transparency. Sound is the ultimate in precision.
Béryllium Tweeter
For exceptional treble
Membrane shape and materials are essential for high-fidelity reproduction. For exceptional treble, our engineers have developed the Béryllium inverted dome tweeter in pure Beryllium. Thanks to its unrivalled rigidity, Beryllium is the material of choice for high-frequency loudspeakers. Developed and patented by Focal, the pure Beryllium inverted dome is capable of covering more than five octaves (1,000 - 40,000 Hz) for perfect perception of micro-details.
Woofer EM
The electromagnetic motor loudspeaker
With Utopia, Focal introduced the EM woofer with electromagnetic motor. A breakthrough so significant that it has been given its full name: Utopia EM. The woofer with electromagnetic motor achieves this technological leap forward in bass. The principle: the permanent magnet is replaced by an electromagnet. As a result, the motor's power can be inexhaustible or modulated. One figure: the BL (force factor) of the woofer in the previous Grande Utopia was a respectable 18.5 T.m, now it's 34 T.m, an increase of 83%. We have used a technology capable of achieving extreme performance: the electromagnet. Its power supply is external and features a signal recognition system. The supply voltage can be adjusted in 6 steps (for a power output of 9 W to 90 W). This gives you a choice of a whole range of bass sounds, from deep and round to taut and live, and 4 intermediate levels to program a bass sound à la carte. These settings ensure unprecedented bass control, while keeping control of the loudspeaker/room coupling.
Type 4-way, floorstanding bass-reflex
loudspeaker
Drivers
Electro-Magnetic 16" (40cm) 'W' woofer
Multiferrite 11" (27cm) 'W' midbass
2 Power Flower 61/2" (16.5cm) 'W' midrange
drivers with TMD® suspension and NIC
magnet IAL2 pure Beryllium inverted dome 1"
(27mm) tweeter
Frequency response (+/- 3dB) 18Hz - 40kHz
Response at - 6dB 14Hz
Sensitivity (2.83V / 1m) 94dB
Nominal impedance 8Ω
Minimal impedance 3Ω
Filtering frequencies 80Hz / 220Hz / 2,300Hz
Recommended amp power 50 - 1,500W
Dimensions (H x L x D) (2,012 x 654 x 880mm)
Weight (265kg)
GRANDE UTOPIA EM EVO Product Data Sheet