Tricky comparison as it's an in room compariosn, but the Evo sounds cleaner and more open to me. The original Alpha sounds messy in the upper bass and sort of... weird, in the top end. I can't quite describe it other than kind of lifeless.
There is also a comparison between the 50 Evo and the 60 Evo.
I've owned a set of Alphas and a set of Shapes. One of the Shapes had a driver get destroyed in shipping; support was quite helpful at getting me a replacement part.How about build and reliability with Focal monitors? I had a pair of Focal Spirit pro headphones a while back that developed a crack in the headband. Turned out to be a common issue and for many happened just outside the warranty period. So not a happy first experience of the Focal brand for me. There's a two year warranty on these Alpha's, which is okay but not overly long either. Is their customer support decent and would it cost a lot to get them repaired outside warranty? Not that I would be expecting issues ...
Just wanted to chime in regarding the Focal Alpha 65 Evo's and see if I can offer some insight.
Was it beacause of the presure? I have alpha 65 and I did measured with calibrated mic peak over 21kHz. I cannot hear it but I can feel the presure, so I did cut it off with eq.I had the old Alpha 80 and tweeter was just bad...
That's awesome. Thanks for this information.The author (Nuyes) described his methods in Korean.
https://gall.dcinside.com/mgallery/board/view?id=speakers&no=196111
According to Nuyes's post (and my understanding),
Frequency response was measured by
1.
Measurement of room response before arrival of first reflective sound.
The time of arrival of first reflective sound was determined using Impulse response (REW IR windows)
2.
Near field measurment (close miking) of woofer and port in a room(relatively well damped) with additional inclosure baffle diffraction compensation (~600Hz) http://audio.claub.net/software/jbabgy/BDBS.html
Due to round edge of Focal Evo, baffle diffraction compensation may be incorrect around 700Hz and above.
3. Combining 1(around 600Hz and higher) and 2 (below around 600 Hz)
Hmm... That's not horrible, but not amazing either. Definitely the best spin I've seen from Focal...Sound&Recording just published some measurements of the Focal Evo 65.
Sound&Recording just published some measurements of the Focal Evo 65.
Hmm... That's not horrible, but not amazing either. Definitely the best spin I've seen from Focal...
Wow first spin from S&R!
Earlier, I donated and Amir has purchased the 65 Evo. So we should see a review soon.
I don't mean the on-axis frequency response that they normally post:I feel like I've been seeing spins on their site for a long time
The lower one is probably diffraction related, might be audible might not be. If it's annoying, PEQ it down.Ah gotcha. Wonder if the tweeter spikes are from the inverted dome.
The lower one is probably diffraction related, might be audible might not be. If it's annoying, PEQ it down.