{"id":169447,"date":"2023-09-21T08:33:04","date_gmt":"2023-09-21T07:33:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techweekmag.com\/?p=169447"},"modified":"2023-10-18T05:56:42","modified_gmt":"2023-10-18T04:56:42","slug":"focal-trio6-three-way-near-field-monitors-with-a-8-inch-woofer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/speakers\/focal-trio6-three-way-near-field-monitors-with-a-8-inch-woofer\/","title":{"rendered":"Focal Trio6: Three-way near-field monitors with a 8-inch woofer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The flagship Focal Trio6 ST6 studio monitor\u00a0uses\u00a0an 8-inch woofer with a proprietary W-cone cone, a 5-inch midrange with Tuned Mass Damper technology and an improved large 1.5-inch beryllium tweeter.\u00a0The new monitor has a lower frequency limit of 35 Hz, the midrange operates at frequencies up to 10 kHz, and the tweeter with a Truextent foil membrane from Materion is capable of reaching a height of up to 40 kHz.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_169449\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-169449\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-169449 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Pasted-87.jpg\" alt=\"Focal Trio6: Three-way near-field monitors\" width=\"1200\" height=\"724\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Pasted-87.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Pasted-87-770x465.jpg 770w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-169449\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Focal Trio6: Three-way near-field monitors<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Trio6 ST6 model received the most comprehensive version of proprietary focusing, which operates in three modes.\u00a0In single-band mode, only the mid frequencies of the monitor are active; in two-way mode, the mids and tweeter are active.\u00a0Accordingly, all three speakers are used in full-range mode.\u00a0Switching occurs with one click on the foot switch.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_169448\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-169448\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-169448 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Pasted-86.jpg\" alt=\"Focal Trio6: Three-way near-field monitors\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Pasted-86.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Pasted-86-770x433.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Pasted-86-1000x563.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Pasted-86-560x315.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-169448\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Focal Trio6: Three-way near-field monitors<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>To enhance the signal at low and mid frequencies, the Focal Trio6 uses 100 + 100 W Class G circuits, and the tweeter is driven by a 50 W Class AB amplifier.\u00a0In addition, the monitors have a switchable automatic standby mode.\u00a0You can apply a high-pass filter or 160Hz crossover to reduce the effect of console reflections.<\/p>\n<p>In Europe, Focal Trio6 three-way near-field monitors cost \u20ac2,600 each.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The flagship Focal Trio6 ST6 studio monitor\u00a0uses\u00a0an 8-inch woofer with a proprietary W-cone cone, a 5-inch midrange with Tuned Mass Damper technology and an improved large 1.5-inch beryllium tweeter.\u00a0The new monitor has a lower frequency limit of 35 Hz, the midrange operates at frequencies up to 10 kHz, and the tweeter with a Truextent foil [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/speakers\/focal-trio6-three-way-near-field-monitors-with-a-8-inch-woofer\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10404,"featured_media":169450,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[646],"tags":[779],"class_list":["post-169447","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-speakers","tag-news"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169447","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10404"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=169447"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169447\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/169450"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=169447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=169447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=169447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}