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<blockquote data-quote="zako" data-source="post: 8051422" data-attributes="member: 629735">In defense of Focal VBs, I think anyone who heard them had a good impression of them and they don&#039;t seem that expensive usually. The woofer is confirmed to have low THD and low resonance frequency at 67Hz. Here is a picture of frequency response on axis and off axis below. Looks pretty good 50 degrees off axis. Somewhat irregular above 5KHz, but that&#039;s easily fixed with equalizer. Are they better than JBL MS-62C? Hard to say. Probably no one has heard both. They&#039;re certainly quite different. The Focal woofer is made from processed paper and the tweeter has high resonance, so the woofer is expected to cover a much wide range of frequencies. Well made paper woofers can cope with this. The JBLs employ carbon woofer, which is a stiff material that does not always behave well above 2KHz, so the tweeters _have_ to play low. The problems with many speakers of this type is that tweeters often can&#039;t play this low without sounding harsh. However, according to reviews JBLs have pretty nice sounding tweeters.<img src="http://www.avtozvuk.com/az/2010/06/comp_graf/comp_gr_focal.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="zako, post: 8051422, member: 629735"] In defense of Focal VBs, I think anyone who heard them had a good impression of them and they don't seem that expensive usually. The woofer is confirmed to have low THD and low resonance frequency at 67Hz. Here is a picture of frequency response on axis and off axis below. Looks pretty good 50 degrees off axis. Somewhat irregular above 5KHz, but that's easily fixed with equalizer. Are they better than JBL MS-62C? Hard to say. Probably no one has heard both. They're certainly quite different. The Focal woofer is made from processed paper and the tweeter has high resonance, so the woofer is expected to cover a much wide range of frequencies. Well made paper woofers can cope with this. The JBLs employ carbon woofer, which is a stiff material that does not always behave well above 2KHz, so the tweeters _have_ to play low. The problems with many speakers of this type is that tweeters often can't play this low without sounding harsh. However, according to reviews JBLs have pretty nice sounding tweeters. [IMG]http://www.avtozvuk.com/az/2010/06/comp_graf/comp_gr_focal.jpg[/IMG] [/QUOTE]

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