IN-WALL/IN-CEILING LOUDSPEAKER WITH A 4″
FLAX WOOFER
The 300ICW4 is an in-wall/in-ceiling loudspeaker which blends in perfectly with your décor. It is ideal for listening to stereo sound or for enjoying your favourite film soundtracks as part of a home cinema system. It is also appropriate for reproducing surround sound or even as part of a multi-channel system (5.1, 7.1, 5.1.2 etc.). Thanks to the natural and well-defined mid-range of these loudspeakers, they really enhance the voice of singers and film dialogues.
The 300ICW4 In-wall/In-ceiling loudspeaker is the most compact model in the 300 Series line. Its discreet design gives it a great size/sensitivity ratio.
This 2-way component loudspeaker is composed of a 4″ (10cm) woofer with a Flax cone and an aluminium/magnesium alloy inverted dome tweeter. Focal’s exclusive Flax technology is based on a flax-based eco-textile. The Flax cone is composed of a flax structure sandwiched between two sheets of glass fibres, giving it impressive rigidity considering its lightness. They’re worthy of the famous W cones used in the Utopia III, Sopra and Electra 1000 Be 2 lines, and produce sound with remarkable neutrality and definition.
The key quality of these new loudspeakers: Ease of installation and rapidity, with the patented EQI system (Easy Quick Install). No tools needed! These new products also meet the most essential criteria regarding use and installation: frameless, magnetic grilles, anti-vibration feet…
Accessories required for installation are sold separately (pre-mounting kit and fire rated backcan)
CREATE AN INVISIBLE SYSTEM
The 300ICLCR5 in-ceiling loudspeaker is ideal for a Home Cinema set-up.
The mid-treble plate can be orientated to aim at the listening spot, even if the speaker is not straight. Hence, all the complexity of the movies’ soundtracks will be greatly reproduced while preserving the interior decoration.
FLAX SANDWICH CONE
Made in France but affordable, Flax cones are oriented towards acoustic performance, high-tech and give an original design to the brand’s speaker drivers!
After more than five years of research and development, engineers at Focal reveal in 2013 a new cone made of high-quality flax fibers. F cone are characterised by their natural sound, with low coloration, their richness of reproduction in the midrange register and their tighter bass.
THE UNIQUE QUALITIES OF FLAX
F cones are made of high-quality flax fibers core enclosed by two thin layers of glass fiber. They satisfy the key criteria of a high performance diaphragm : high internal damping, high velocity of sound and high flexural rigidity.
Rigidity
All these criteria cannot be met by a mono-material cone. Sandwich technology greatly influences the neutrality of the sound produced by the cone, something, which has always been Focal’s hallmark. The expertise gained from the sandwich technology of the Utopia and K2 Power ranges enabled Focal to develop a revolutionary flax-fiber cone conciliating the 3 criteria.
Lightness
Flax is twice as light as fiberglass, because the fiber is hollow. It also has very low elasticity which makes it ideal to increase the flexural rigidity of a sandwich structure. Moreover, it can be obtained in non-woven bundles of considerable diameter and it can therefore produce the thickness required for a sandwich.
Internal damping
Composite materials have properties suitable for applications where both rigidity and low mass are required. However, their disadvantage is that they lack damping, which leads to very poor control of vibrations. Recent developments in this field combining composites and natural fibers have brought unexpected opportunities. Flax fiber has an excellent internal damping of the same order of magnitude as the glass or Kevlar® fibers or aluminum.
MADE IN FRANCE AND AFFORDABLE
Flax cones are designed and manufactured in France, from french flax fiber. France is the main cultivator in Europe of fiber flax, principally in Flanders, Picardy, Normandy and the Pas-de-Calais region. French flax is considered the best in the world.
Synthetic fibers or foams originating from petrochemical resources are subject to inflation linked to the sharp rise in crude oil prices. Organic or ecological textiles, like flax, are thus becoming more and more pricecompetitive.
Because the “W” or "K2" sandwich have to be manufactured by hand, their range of application remains limited for reasons of cost. The industrial process developed to manufacture the "F" cones bring it within reach of very pricecompetitive product ranges
FRAMELESS MAGNETIC GRILLES
The magnetic grilles supplied with each product are perfect for quick and easy assembly.
In terms of design, all the products of the 300 Series line come with two types of grilles: a square grille and a circular one, to ensure they blend in perfectly with your interior. Another key aspect of the design is that the grilles are frameless, making them even more discreet and elegant.