Shape 50 is the versatile monitoring loudspeaker par excellence. This monitor can be used from 30″ away (80cm), and it has very extended low end frequency response (50Hz) considering its compact design. Thanks to this design and to the numerous settings, this monitor is ideal for rooms measuring less than 130ft2 (12m2).
The three monitors are all made in France and integrate five innovations to maximise acoustic transparency. Designed to meet the needs of nearfield monitoring, Shape monitors combine an ingenuous design and numerous settings optimised for the acoustics of small listening rooms.
These innovations provide remarkable acoustic transparency. These new work tools distinguish themselves through the wide and extremely precise stereo image. The bass register is articulated and controlled. The lower mid-range and mid-range benefit from extreme neutrality, and without any masking effects, making equalisation of these essential registers much easier. Finally, the new tweeter is what’s at the source of the very high definition. It efficiently reveals any hissing, and it’s also very precise in the very high end.
They sound very accurate and clean, I love them.
My first purchase had a hissing sound in one of the monitors. Focal was quick to answer my inquiry, and mere days later, I had a new replacement from their dealer 4Sound Drammen.
Happy with the service, and looking forward to playing them.
Coming from an audiophile background, I was looking for something that would integrate with my subs. All the passives I tried did not give me the results I wanted. I started testing actives that had built in HPF. The Elac Navis suited my purposes, and lived with them for 2 months before I started getting bored. Further research led me to the Focal Shapes. I went for the 50's which I thought would give the best mids & weight. Having the Navis 3-way configuration to compete with, the Shape 50 surprisingly matched.
But bass & integration was better controlled with twin PR's that seems to be unique in the audio world. At half the cost of the Navis, I consider these a bargain!
Simply beautiful.
Superb sound quality - flat response curve, yet pleasing to the ear, and to the eye!
I hate it and I love it for the same reason. The most honest monitors I ever experienced. Incredible stereo image, tight bass, wow.
Just... please stop putting directly to my face all of my previous mistakes! :D :D :D
Ok if you help me to fix them, then we will be friends forever. ;)
Absolutely loving my new Focal Shape 50 studio monitors.
After a few days running the speakers these sounds stunning and crystal clear, i can now hear everything in my mixes and have excellent control of panning placement and reverb trails.
Very happy :-)
Early days but seem very well suited to my smaller room. Bass response is fantastic (tight, focused, ample) and the stereo image is wonderful with lovely, crisp highs and a colourful mid-range
Good!
beautiful
I heard low frequency. good
Change World
Great so far!
Great Sound clarity
Clarity, stereo separation, lovely sound in a compact size...then there is the build quality....
great speakers. I love them!
Some of the best sounding monitors I have ever mixed on. Customer for life now!
The clarity and detail are first-rate while still producing a non-fatiguing, deep soundstage. Surprising bass from such a small enclosure. Dual passive radiators really help minimize room effects due to a nearby sidewall.
Best monitors I've heard (previously EVE Audio sC205, which were good (but not as good as the Shape 50), prior to a power supply dying after 4 years.
Absolutely brilliant. Attention to detail and quality is visible everywhere.
Sounds good so far. Really crisp and detailed treble. Nice tight punchy bass. Standby mode works as intended. One of the units from the pair I bought didn't work, good thing Amazon replaced the item instantly. Hopefully the reliability will be good from now on. Build quality is good and they are aesthetically pleasing from a design standpoint.
I recently bought a pair of Focal Shape 50 studio monitors and I love them, but I can't find the filter cutoff frequency information in the specifications. I would be very grateful if you would provide me with this information.
So far very impressed, nice warm sound. They look beautiful too
I've not fully run these speakers in yet and i'm already in hopelessly in love with them! I've bought them for DJing and production at home. The warm, rich sound is so wonderfully detailed I'm distracted from mixing, I've just been putting my records on one at a time, listening right through and hearing them as if for the first time! Fantastic and worth every penny. Highly Recommended.
Greats
Excelent sound.
GREAT
Great imaging, kick drum translates well to every other monitoring system. Midrange is crisp n clear. Plus they look great.
Great sound. It really boosted the quality of my mixes.
SO FAR SO GOOD
Its amazing how much better the Focal Shape 50's make my compositions sound! Impressively large low end for a 5" cone and unbelievable clarity in the mid and hi ranges...so much so that all my instruments sound wholly different in a much more detailed way! Nice work Focal!
superb sound quality, a real pleasure, strong design, faultless.
Pretty accurate translation of the sound. Perfect for mixing and production.
Thanks!
Hearing is believing!!! Having gone through a number of monitors over the past 20 odd years, I'd rate the Focal Shape 50s as the best I've used to date. Exceptional monitors!
Excellent sound and build quality! Beautiful walnut finish!
As a Film and Television composer the most important thing that I always seek in a near field monitor for your home station is that sound should be as clear as water. Beautiful and reassuring as a small waterfall. Be able to recognize even the minimal element you use in your personal mixes and enjoy the whole process.
I am so happy and excited to find the Shape line of Focal. This monitors make every sound so refreshing and inspiring that my ears feel themselves reborn again.
My deepest thanks to all the Focal Team. It is quite evident the love and passion you put in every one of your products.
All the best
Gus Reyes
Composer
http://www.imdb.me/gusreyes
Awesome product. I was surprised about the quality of the sound. The definition of every sound is outstanding. You can hear every detail in such a way that it will fool you making you think that the sounds are source is really in the room and not the driver.