Focals latest - Cat Houses?

For those old enough to have been listening to music back then, "Don’t Shoot Me, I’m Only The Piano Player" was a terrific Elton John LP. 😀

I guess DINKS w/ cats who normally buy B&O are their target market.

@ghdprentice - He had a large team of very talented artists working with him, but point taken.

I know Focal would attempt to emphasize a sense of modernism in their products.  

JM Lab Focal was a decent speaker producer long time ago. Later it got too commercial. I recently auditioned a few their latest Utopia speakers. Not only they did not impress me but their artificial bright sound reproduction was quite disappointing (nothing to say about their cost). It looks like that the commercialization indeed works in practice, quite unfortunately.  

@niodari - I have to agree while I can rant about how inexpensive their cabinets are or the tonal balance or whatever Focal, like Bose, has a really focused marketing and product development team.

I may not be their target audience but at the same time can't argue with their ability to stay in business and move stock. 

@erik_squires,

The comparison with Bose is quite appropriate to me. It is sad that this kind of commercialization/marketing works in practice, as it lowers the audiophile SQ bar. Imagine if all the producers will convert to Boses or current Focals (and, unlike Bose, Focal is not cheap at all, they are just fulling people). The same thing happened with Hurman Cardon long time ago, and it is happening with other companies, even with McIntosh.