Posted Sep 26, 2022, 3:52 PMUpdated on Sep 28, 2022 at 4:11 p.m.
The sweep resonates in a large part of the workshop. This sound turning from bass to very high in just under a second is a test. At La Talaudière, near Saint-Etienne (Loire), all the loudspeakers designed and manufactured by Focal, one of France’s historical specialists in high-end Hi-Fi, are tested on this frequency sweep. very special sound. The operator is looking for an unwelcome distortion or click. A few minutes later, he checks another loudspeaker with his expert ear. A new sweep sounds.
Posted in front of the machines that allow them to shape the various parts of the loudspeakers intended for the loudspeakers and audio headphones of the brand, the employees at work hear this noise more and more often. It is on this site that Focal intends to digest the current growth of the group. The brand employs 250 people here in the heart of a former mining area hit for years by deindustrialization. But everyone at the factory got used to the sudden commotion. Seated for some, they essentially manually set up boomers (speakers intended to reproduce bass sounds) and tweeters (treble sounds). The brand is preparing to market a new product in October.
