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Focal Chorus V 826W 30th Anniversary speakers Floorstanding Loudspeakers Overview: Today we are pleased to offer this pair of Focal Chorus V 826W 30th Anniversary speakers in excellent secondhand condition. These speakers come with their original packaging and are a rare find for anyone seeking high-performance sound and elegant design. Celebrating Focal's 30th anniversary, the Chorus V 826W speakers incorporate advanced technologies and meticulous craftsmanship. They feature a unique W sandwich-cone midrange driver and woofers, delivering precise and dynamic sound. The aluminum-magnesium inv
Excellent condition helps, but at A$2,200 this sits well above the local used benchmark: the median comparable is A$1,000, with the 75th percentile at A$1,005. That makes this asking price ambitious by a wide margin, not merely a bit high.
Focal’s Chorus speakers are well-regarded for clean, lively presentation, solid imaging, and good detail retrieval, so there is real quality here if the exact model, size, and driver condition check out. The upside is strongest if these are original, unmodified, and come with grilles or stands, but at this price I’d want exceptional cosmetics, full functionality, and a very specific reason they’re worth more than the recent comp set.
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Focal traces its roots to 1979 in Saint-Étienne, France, where engineer and hi-fi enthusiast Jacques Mahul founded the company in a small workshop within his father's precision engineering firm. Initially operating as JMlab, it began crafting bespoke speaker drivers, with early models like the DB13 earning acclaim for their compact yet dynamic bass performance. This heritage of acoustic innovation and French craftsmanship propelled Focal's evolution, marked by pivotal 1990s expansions under Gérard Chrétien's leadership, yielding iconic references such as the Vega and Grande Utopia loudspeakers that redefined audiophile standards.
The brand's core focus remains high-fidelity loudspeakers, where it excels through in-house driver design featuring breakthroughs like inverted-dome tweeters, Polyglass cones, flax diaphragms, and beryllium tweeters in its Utopia line. Focal has diversified into professional studio monitors, premium headphones, car audio systems, and select accessories, all emphasizing noble materials and meticulous engineering. While not delving into amplifiers, turntables, DACs, or cables, its speaker-centric portfolio spans home, mobile, and pro applications with unwavering commitment to purity of sound.
Positioned firmly in the high-end market, Focal commands respect as a world leader among discerning hi-fi buyers for its benchmark performance, international awards, and "Made in France" prestige. No longer a niche boutique, it blends heritage appeal with cutting-edge technology, attracting serious audiophiles who prioritize transparency, dynamics, and emotional depth over mass-market compromises.
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