To all your focal fans out there:
According to the editorial of the German mag "Klang & Ton" Focal will cease to deliver raw drivers to DIYers and small manufacturers.
Only delivery for orders placed until end of July could be guaranteed. After that date only repair exchange will still be available.
This statement was due to a letter that they received from Focal. I did however not find any info about that on their homepage: www.focal.tm.fr
regards
Charles
According to the editorial of the German mag "Klang & Ton" Focal will cease to deliver raw drivers to DIYers and small manufacturers.
Only delivery for orders placed until end of July could be guaranteed. After that date only repair exchange will still be available.
This statement was due to a letter that they received from Focal. I did however not find any info about that on their homepage: www.focal.tm.fr
regards
Charles
this has been discussed here before, IIRC, but for sure it has been beaten to death on the bass list (diyspeakers.net)
Focal will still sell to large distributors who will provide diy support. The drivers will be available, but the distributor will have to buy in OEM quantities. This means only the most popular drivers are likely to be available to the DIY community, but at least we'll have some. Search teh bas list archives for more detail.
Focal will still sell to large distributors who will provide diy support. The drivers will be available, but the distributor will have to buy in OEM quantities. This means only the most popular drivers are likely to be available to the DIY community, but at least we'll have some. Search teh bas list archives for more detail.
Yeah,
That really sucks. I have made nice things with both Dynaudio and Focal.
If there is a place to save money it is on DIY high-end speakers, and of
course Dunaudio for example makes more money in selling complete products.
However, Norwegian SEAS makes nice stuff. I have just completed
a nice little 2 way (attached pic) and I have a prototype on a smaller
one that begins to sound really nice.
The world is getting more commercialized and uniform.
/ Mattias
That really sucks. I have made nice things with both Dynaudio and Focal.
If there is a place to save money it is on DIY high-end speakers, and of
course Dunaudio for example makes more money in selling complete products.
However, Norwegian SEAS makes nice stuff. I have just completed
a nice little 2 way (attached pic) and I have a prototype on a smaller
one that begins to sound really nice.
The world is getting more commercialized and uniform.
/ Mattias
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One of the causes you can't get Dynaudio drivers for DIY anymore is a Swedish company: Volvo !!!!
They buy quite large quantities of drivers from them which has a better ratio of gain/effort than selling very small quantities to DIYers.
OTOH I don't understand why one uses high-end drivers in a low-end encvironment like a car !
Regards
Charles
They buy quite large quantities of drivers from them which has a better ratio of gain/effort than selling very small quantities to DIYers.
OTOH I don't understand why one uses high-end drivers in a low-end encvironment like a car !
Regards
Charles
phase_accurate said:
Dynaudio drivers are for sale over here in the Netherlands. They have been for sale in the Netherlands for many years by Remo (www.remo.nl)
Other stores in the Netherlands have started selling Dynaudio drivers since a couple of months now.
ekaerin said:
I wouldn't bet too much.
Some pics of one of the drivers from my Volvo C70. The drivers have exact matches to commercial offerings from Dynaudio, the only differences you will find are on some of the casings, for fittiment purposes. These woofers from discount Volvo parts stores are a great resource.
Edit - third try at uploading this pic (only 33k)... It will not take. Mods - any suggestions?
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