OK, now to be less catty about the subject I was really curious how much Focal had taken advantage of the DSP capabilities to alter how the active Focals differ from their similar sized passive models. In particular the midrange to tweeter crossover point and off-axis response. The use of micro tweeters is a challenge for B&W as well as Focal in terms of frequency extension and EQ so I thought perhaps the crossover designers would have a hard time keeping the house sound and not addressing this behavior.
I found the Diva Utopia measurements here but sadly for some odd reason Stereophile provided a very limited set of measurements for these speakers. It makes sense to not include the impedance charts here but the highly detailed off-axis response measurements which JA usually does were also absent.
Given the intended audience and use I think the U shaped frequency curve is probably ideal so I’m not criticizing that at all.
The pricing though, $30,000 more adds... the equivalent of an additional 8" woofer per side. Compared to other active speakers like ATC, Legacy these are priced pretty astronomically.
