Focal's BIGGEST MONITOR - Trio 11 Be (review) 

I know you get compliments all the time on the quality of your videos, But here is my compliment:) I run a pair of focal trio's as well (trio 6be) and was planning on making a video abt them also. I saw your video go up and watched it, while looking at my paper of notes, and you have stolen the words out my mouth! I had the exact same experience's as you! I planned on describing the use of that tweeter, from the maag eq air band, I planned on describing focus mode by saying I didn't need ns 10s anymore etc.... So I guess my point is, that not only do you make great videos about your own experiences I think you have the right to say your opinions are almost objectively true and accurate! you are truly a source of inspiration in this field. I have learned so much from your channel. So in short thank you! cheers from @thesideyardstudio

Great video, brother. My Trios are on the way.

Wow I love the Speakers man..

@@thesideyardstudio man that means a lot, thanks so much!!

@@rpwbass bad ass!!

Thanks so much man!

Thank you!!

Never would have thought of that!! Luckily I was able to let them rip all night long. Thanks for watching!

@@ColtCapperrune Actualy, and I'll be realy honnest with you, I've never tried this tip, I've learnt it recently and I haven't any brand new monitors to break now, but it make sens. I guess the sound is not totaly canceled because there're maybe some leaks thru the gap between the speakers before the phase cancelation occurs but it should greatly reduce the volume. Congratulations for your buy, Colt, I'd love to get such pieces of 90 pounds of French Qualität but even if I live not so far from the factory their price is the same here. (This high quality range of monitors is hand made in France, the lower range is unfortunately made in China 😩.)

I did that with my Focals. Worked great for me.

@@dstagl Cool, good news, less divorces... 😁

Thanks for watching!

That’s amazing! I’d love to visit the factory someday. It looks unbelievable. Thanks for watching!

ME. TOO.

Appreciate it!

Thanks so much!!

Thanks man!

So damn heavy 😂

They are crazy good! But they are not mine yet. Stay tuned 😜

They are definitely huge LOL. I think they could still be used as a Nearfield, but are more at home as a mid field. Thanks for following along!

ou should hear them 24 speakers at a time in Dolby Atmos 15.1.8 ... :-)

@@dixter1652 is that an actual setup somewhere?

@@davidbmixing The Smyth Realiser A16 is used for production/mixing of Dolby Atmos material, two channel mixing is obvious but you have upto 24 channels to chose from... ... it has the ability to emulate any speaker of your choice upto 24 channels... once setup you can't tell the difference between the real speakers and what you hear in the headphones... obvious that you don't FEEL the speakers when using a headphone, but that is overcome by using shakers in a listening chair... but those aren't required... so if you wanted you can load the A16 with a set of 24 speakers that would cost you in a store $1 million... and it sounds like it cost $1 million... it comes with two complete Studio emulations... I put a link for the demo of the genelect 8351b speakers... hope that youtube lets the link show for you

@@davidbmixing can't post a link.. it gets taken away ... try 3d sound shop without the spaces...

Same experience here! Thanks for watching!

Appreciate it!! Love the WRX!

You got Trios now? I thought you were rockin the Alphas!!? Still got those too?

@@TripleXbeatz Yeah man. Switched to the Trios in July. Sold the Alphas.

Nice!! Thanks for watching!

Thanks for watching!

Awesome! Do you have the 6, or 11?

Mr Unicorn, I knew straight away when you said “since three years” that you were German 😂😂 but I checked out your channel and subscribed. Those videos building the studio is genau mein Ding 👍

I can dig it 🤘🏻

Not sure what you are driving at. Hard to compare an ATC to an Adam Audio or Focal product, as the ATC costs a good 300 to 400% more, driver by driver, similar size & form factor. I would compare this Focal top dog to Adam Audio, Eve Audio, Hedd Audio topliner models first. I am still not understanding why it would be a "no-brainer" to pick a Focal over a comparable Adam Audio model, let alone one from stratospherically priced ATC?

@@frankfarago2825 Oh so we are comparing speakers solely based upon price are we? Price is totally subjective in these days of tons of new products constantly coming out touting to be the next best thing with big technical buzzwords to generate sales. I know that ATC has the distinguished reputation to transcend that but, I was more interested at a comparison of performance to my ear between similar form factors. When I compared them to ATC I was comparing them to SCM45A, which are priced $5k higher for the pair at a similar form factor while still missing 12 Hz of bottom end extension over the Trio 11s. Because of this, I decided to focus my efforts on determining whether the mids and high end + stereo imaging would justify paying $5000 more for the pair and, TO MY EARS, the answer was NO. Add on the fact that Focal gave me the pair for $7200 (instead of 8k) and 48 month 0 interest financing and yes...it ABSOLUTELY was a no brainer especially when I could pick out little benefit in speakers that were way more expensive. A lot of people write Focal off because they think the SM9 is still the flagship but these are a whole another animal from the SM9. As for Adam S3H, I found the low end to be lacking and wasn't a fan of the ribbon tweeter top end even in Adam's new iteration at a similar price point to the Focal, after my discount of course. Your mileage may vary but I have been extremely happy with my purchase

@@DJEventHorizonz Okay, so I think how they sound to YOUR ears -- is a moot point. Provided you do some of your recording, mixing, mastering work as "work for hire" as well. Two, say you replace your current monitors with a pair costing 400 percent as much. Are you absolutely certain you can charge 400% of your usual hourly, day session or project rate because of this gear upgrade? Re. Focal... they seem to be a Hi-Fi home speaker company first and foremost that decided to use some of the Hi-Fi speakers with internal amps and call them studio monitors. I went to their US website and also to their the EU website. Seems they have no physical address, no E-mail address, no telephone number. Hmmm.... No way could I ask them anything in the pre-purchase phase. Which sort of makes me wonder about their post-sale setup for warranty service & parts orders.

Amazing!! Thanks for watching!

Love it! Thanks for watching!

Hey how are the Focal Shape Twins treating you about a year later? I'm thinking of getting a pair! :)

Thanks so much!

Couldn’t agree more!

Thanks for the comment! I agree, they are pretty unbelievable. Hope whatever you landed on is working for you!

Thanks!

Hahaha I most certainly had multiple coffees each day, how none of them made the video is beyond me and I need to be better 😂

The KH420 would be a great comparison!

ATC will most certainly be part of the conversation in the final video, as well as how I would compare them to these. Stay tuned 😜

Haha thanks man!

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Certainly both top contenders in this price range. Video on the Adam coming soon

@@ColtCapperrune s3v or the bigger one?

The Adam S3H is up next

Stay tuned! Thanks for watching

Hey, thanks! I just received a pair of trio6 2 days ago, they are almost done breaking in. I’m kind of giving some updates sporadically on Instagram. But there will likely be a comparison video coming in a week or two

They are unbelievably good!

how much r they lol

@@alexanderwu6654 $ 11693.33 for the whole set 🎶 Two Adam S3V’s and two Adam Sub12’s.

As an aside -- KRK hasd a 3-way with exactly the same size drivers (10-inch LF woofer, etc.), same type of Class D amping, and priced at under USD $500. The KRK also has a neat DSP with a backlit LCD menu screen on the rear panel. Just sayin'....

Nice!!

The bar is so incredibly high, no doubt!

Thanks so much! I’m not familiar, but I’ll look into it!

I felt absolutely no need for a subwoofer with these monitors, the low end is rocksolid and goes down plenty deep enough for any style of music. Thanks for watching!

@@ColtCapperrune 🙏🏽

I’ll go ahead and say that the S3H will be the next video. Feel free to shoot me a message on Instagram

LOL, I should have said I need to hear down that low. Didn't mean I could hear the difference between a monitor the stops at 30, and one that stops at 32 😂

Not a cheap speaker, no doubt… Well worth the money if they are appropriate for where you’re at in your musical journey though. Thanks for watching!

@@ColtCapperrune Yeah. I'm not there in my journey yet. Still more on a hobby basis for me. But i really enjoy learning. And I really like the content you have put out regarding mixing and producing.

So foam is not a great isolator anyway. I do plan to try a few products like isoacoustics And what not after I’ve settled on what pair of monitors I’m gonna go with, and then ordering new stands specifically for those monitors. Thanks for watching!

Please don’t feel bad! I would not have been able to justify owning a pair of monitors like this for most of my 18 year career. Work hard, stick with it, you can get there

You're right ! I should focus on the gear I have and take the best out of it. Sometimes my mind is my biggest enemy... I wish you all the best and much fun for many years with this great monitors. Please never stop making videos about music:) your content is damn cool and you as a person too so keep it up and make content whenever you have fun and time ! : ) I still have a lot of your videos to watch.

I hope I can as well!

Last I was over there, Nathan Dantzler (mastering guy for One Direction, Keith Urban, etc) had a pair up along with his B&W’s and had nothing but good things to say about them. I personally have no time on them though. Thanks for watching!

Thanks very much! I feel very lucky to have the place that I do