Focal has been ramping back their OEM driver supply for some time now. I remember it mentioned in Stereophile at least a year ago.
Just buy JM Lab speakers! lol.
Just buy JM Lab speakers! lol.
The end of Focal based speakers like Wilson Audio?
Focal issued the following statement:
"Starting September 1st 2004, separate Focal Hi-Fi drivers intended for the public and loudspeaker manfacturers will not be available for sale anymore. This catalogue is desappearing for good and has been removed from our web site.
That decision enters the Focal-JMlab growth strategy and will allow to focus human and technical resources on high end home and car loudspeaker manufacturing and developement."
So it seems thet Focal drive units will not be available anymore to any speaker manufacturer on OEM basis.
The similar move has been made by Dynaudio a few years back.
Are we gonna see a Scan-Speak based Wilson WATT ?
"Starting September 1st 2004, separate Focal Hi-Fi drivers intended for the public and loudspeaker manfacturers will not be available for sale anymore. This catalogue is desappearing for good and has been removed from our web site.
That decision enters the Focal-JMlab growth strategy and will allow to focus human and technical resources on high end home and car loudspeaker manufacturing and developement."
So it seems thet Focal drive units will not be available anymore to any speaker manufacturer on OEM basis.
The similar move has been made by Dynaudio a few years back.
Are we gonna see a Scan-Speak based Wilson WATT ?