Focal Electra 1008 BE Loudspeakers & Stands - Champagne

Electra 1008 BE Loudspeakers
The Electra 1000 line was founded on an obvious fact: to make the heritage, technologies and performance once reserved for Utopia Be more accessible … on an economic level of course but not only. We wanted to create a high-end line of loudspeakers in harmony with the integration requirements in the nowadays interiors, compact, attractive, sleek and balanced at the same time. We added an “object” dimension to our high-end line that entirely became a decoration element, while our technologic patrimony is maintained to tend towards very high-end sound definition…
We entrusted our ideas and our innovations to a design group in Paris, Pineau & Le Porcher who sketched out the first contours in order to unite style and performance.
This line has firstly evolved in 2007 giving birth to the second range: Electra 1000 S, dedicated to make the Electra sound more affordable. In 2009, Electra 1000 Be becomes Electra 1000 Be 2 with new finishes, new drivers and an even more sophisticated sound. In the end, there are two complete lines for high-fidelity and home-theatre, easy to install and to use. Two true emotion providers with their sophisticated aesthetics and their stunning performance.
The Electra 1008 Be embodies Focal’s know-how in terms of high-end compact loudspeakers. Added to the essential qualities of the 1007 Be, a more spacious and natural sound image, improved definition and more precise bass. The high power-handling enables it to work in rooms of big dimensions.

S1000 Stands
The Electra 1000 Be 2 line offers a dedicated stand: S 1000 High Gloss, in Black Lacquer finish, with an internal metal bar. The loudspeaker is directly fixed to the stand to guaranty the greatest stability and a perfect mechanical coupling.
Large base for much stability
Internal metal reinforcement to limit vibrations
Electra 1008 Be fixed on plate with screws

IAL BE TWEETER
The Full Range Treble
In 2003, the Utopia line inaugurated a revolutionary technology: the pure Beryllium inverted dome for which Focal now holds two manufacturing patents. Ultra-light (21mg), but rigid (7 times more rigid than titanium or aluminium for the same volume-mass), Beryllium possesses absolutely fantastic properties to create an exceptional tweeter. Add to this the capability to surpass 40kHz without break-up, and at high-pressure levels. Last but not least, it stands out with excellent linearity thanks to its high internal damping, which inhibits resonance and distortion at the far reach of its frequency range.
For Electra 1000 Be 2, we decided however to direct our attention to an entirely other direction, as we felt that there remained other challenges to pursue and that the 40kHz that we had achieved was certainly sufficient for perfect reproduction of treble.
Our new goal with the IAL (Infinite Acoustic Loading: the creation of an extremely high-bandwidth tweeter, that would be able to descend in frequency as far as possible, in order to take over from the midrange as early as possible. The stakes: create a design where
the critical frequency range of 2000 to 5000Hz, where the ear is most sensitive, can be reproduced by an ultra-light tweeter dome. The 2009 version, which dome diameter goes from 25 to 27mm, optimizes the recovery of the cut-off frequency and improves dynamics and precision.

THE “W” COMPOSITE CONE
Mastery Through Our Know-How
The W composite sandwich technology is one of Focal’s most famous inventions, an innovation that’s still at the top, because its progress has never stopped. The ”W“ cone was born at the same time as the Grande Utopia of 1995. At the time, the goal was to get closer to the theoretical ideals that consisted in getting simultaneously 3 essential qualities: create a material that is both ultra-light and more rigid than any other that benefits from high internal damping to avoid any sound coloration. The ”W“ sandwich was the perfect answer.
Seven years later, the ”W“ knows a patented major evolution. Combining glass coats of different densities and in different layers (from 1 up to 3 on the front and back sides of the cone), but also internal foams of different thickness, we are learning how to sculpt the response curve of the drivers and to control one by one the cone characteristics whether it is used for a woofer or a midrange.
The third generation of ”W“ cone appears with the Utopia 3 line with laser trimming that permits to progress once again. The laser’s precision permits cut outs that were impossible so far, that’s a major point when we consider the influence of the edge profile on the
driver characteristics. Electra 1000 Be 2 benefits once again from the Utopia 3 innovations and very soon after the launching of this reference line. That’s one of the numerous advantages we can get from designing and making the drivers on the same site in France: we can quickly adapt an important innovation to all our ranges.

GAMMA STRUCTURE
When Style And Technology Meet, Harmony Arises
Entrusted to the design house Pineau & Le Porcher with which Focal collaborated on its other speaker lines, we wished to create a pure line of simple, natural beauty with Electra 1000 Be 2, where each style element would harmonize with the technical necessities to create the best speaker possible. With Electra 1000 Be 2, nothing comes for free. Each curve is studied to bring a tangible response
and correction to a given problem. The tweeter housing and coupling is a moulded, solid piece of aluminium alloy, which represents an ultra-stable mechanical reference, with absolutely no vibration.
Every aspect of Electra 1000 Be 2 has a purpose, such as the non-parallel side panels which lighten the geometry and diffuse standing waves, or the base that conceals the otherwise unattractive port, while at the same time radically reduces the phenomena of dynamic
compression in the lower bass. But the principal innovation would be the rounded aluminium baffle of the loudspeaker. This form, which is taken up in the shape of the tweeter housing and into the side panels, suppresses hard edges which are usually responsible for diffraction or edge effects surrounding the tweeter. A novel and original approach to the high-end loudspeaker segment which lends all
its strength to the Electra 1000 Be 2 line.

Loudspeakers
Type: 2-way bass-reflex bookshelf speaker
Drivers: 165 mm "W" mid-bass; 27 mm pure Beryllium IAL inverted dome tweeter
Frequency Response: 46 Hz - 40 kHz (± 3 dB)
Low Frequency Point: 41 Hz (- 6 dB)
Sensitivity: 89 dB (2.83 V/1 m)
Nominal Impedance: 8 Ohms
Minimum Impedance: 3.9 Ohms
Crossover Frequency: 2,200 Hz
Recommended Amplifier Power: 25 - 150 W
Dimensions: 385 (H) x 264 (W) x 350 (D) mm
Weight: 15.0 kg

Stands
Height: 611 mm (without spikes); 626 mm (with spikes)

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