For people who really love sound, the high-gloss walnut with black matte front Kanta N°3 Floorstanding Speaker is a new benchmark in high-fidelity from Focal. The Kanta N°3 features Focal's exclusive Flax cone drivers with Focal's NIC technology to provide unparalleled neutrality and accuracy in sound reproduction. For the high frequencies, Focal has developed an inverted dome tweeter made from pure beryllium, which promises high-frequency response up to 40 kHz for incredible detail. Along with the precision drivers, Focal's multiple-port Powerflow system lowers dynamic compression while increasing depth and impact.

This acoustic masterpiece performs at its best in large rooms, from 430 to 860 ft². Adjustable floor spikes are included with protective cups for placement on any flooring. All Focal speaker drivers are developed and manufactured in France by Focal.

3-Way Speaker Design    1" IAL3 Pure Beryllium Tweeter    6.5" Flax Midrange Driver    Dual 8" Flax Bass Woofers    High-Gloss Walnut Wood Cabinet    Matte Black HDP Front Panel    33 Hz to 40 kHz Frequency Response    40 to 400W Recommended Amplifier Power    8-Ohm Nominal Impedance    Magnetic Grilles

For the Kanta series, a Flax sandwich cone speaker has been combined with a Beryllium tweeter. This unique flax/beryllium combination gives audio incredible warmth and musicality. Made in France, the patented flax cone has already proven itself in other Focal speakers, like the Aria 948. The midrange speaker uses TMD (Tuned Mass Damping) suspension, and every Kanta series speaker is also equipped with an NIC (Neutral Inductance Circuit) motor, which stabilizes the magnetic field for perfectly defined sound and better controlled bass. The IAL3 beryllium tweeter combines the IAL (Infinite Acoustic Loading) and IHL (Infinite Horn Loading) tweeter features, both of which help with the absorption of waves, thus reducing distortion.

Due to its incredible rigidity, beryllium represents the ultimate material for a tweeter dome. Able to cover more than five octaves (1 to 40 kHz), you may ask yourself why does Focal strive for an extended response at 40 kHz, if the human ear can only hear up to 20 kHz? If you can extend frequency response, you will improve the perception of transients and other micro details.

The linearity of the speaker's response curve is mainly a function of three conflicting parameters: lightness, rigidity, and damping. Currently, only one material permits a joining of these parameters: Beryllium. For domes with identical masses, beryllium is seven times more rigid than titanium or aluminum, the latter two well known for their rigidity. This results in a sound wave propagation three times faster than titanium and two and a half times faster than aluminum. In the end, the linearity of the frequency response curve, the acoustic transparency, and the impulse response of the beryllium tweeter are maximized and offer near-perfect sound.

Flax cones are made of a high-quality flax fiber core enclosed by two thin layers of glass fiber. Flax is twice as light as fiberglass, because the fiber is hollow. It also has very-low elasticity, which makes it ideal to increase the flexural rigidity of the sandwich structure. To design a high-performance diaphragm, you have to optimize a complex set of criteria, which are for the most part contradictory. The composite solution using flax in a sandwich structure with fiberglass skins is a very harmonious way of combining low mass with high internal damping, high velocity of sound, and high flexural rigidity.

The flax cone is made in France exclusively by Focal since 2013. With their original design, the cone is entirely oriented towards acoustic performance. Flax cone are characterized by their natural sound, with low coloration, their richness of reproduction in the midrange register and their tighter bass.

With the Kanta series, everything is designed and made to create acoustic softness and warmth, including the density and stiffness of the front panel and cabinet materials, softened angles, and double port vents. The cabinet is made from one-piece integrally molded wood. The front panel is molded in one piece from High-Density Polymer (HDP). This material has excellent performance; it is 70% denser than MDF, 15% stiffer, and provides 25% more damping. The one-piece front panel totally eliminates any sound diffraction. The Zamac base also brings out masses of character. With its spikes and cups, the base provides great stability from a very small footprint. Additionally, the Kanta N°3 incorporates Focal's Powerflow technology with two vents, on the front and rear faces, to limit bass compression.

Related Questions and Answers

Q: 1. when other color options will be available?

A: If and when the gray textured multijet and the bamboo variants of the RVLVR Right-Side Remote Clutch Handle with LANC Camera Control are available, they will be listed on the website.

Q: 2. How do you hook this up to a sony 7.2 receiver?

A: The Pyle Pro PSS4 features speaker level inputs and outputs. it would be connected between a stereo speaker output of your receiver and up to 4 sets of speakers.

Q: 3. can you play more than one speaker selector at a time?

A: With the Pyle PSS6 you can engage any combination of the speaker selectors, including all on.

Q: 4. what type of wire connectors are on the back?

A: The connectors snap open to insert the wire then snap shut.

Q: 5. Does this unit actually increase the volume or is the volume max based upon the max watts input from the receiver?

A: The PSPVC6 does not increase volume; so maximum gain would be based on your amplifier's wattage.

Q: 6. There is a 5th front switch labeled Protection. The manual does not address the switch use. What is it's use?

A: I spoke with the folks at Pyle Pro and they said that this is a protection circuit that protects the speakers if there is a sure in power. You probably want to keep it engaged all the time, and I'm not sure why protection is selectable, but that is what Pyle chose to do.

Q: 7. Can I use all 4 speaker outputs at once? Or do I have to select just one output?

A: You shouldn't. Its just a switch. Selecting multiple speaker sets lowers the Ohms (resistance/Impedence) on that channel, and it can overload the Amp (receiver), burning it out.

Q: 8. Does this come with rack mount ears?

A: The Pyle Pro PSPVC6 6-Channel High Power Speaker Selector does not come with rack mount ears.

Q: 9. I have Audioengine HD4 bookshelf speakers that read "5 Ohms." If I have ONE pair running via the PSS4, do I have the Protect button on or off? If I have TWO pair running, do I have the Protect button on or off? Thank you!!

A: We do not recommend using the Audioengine HD4 Bluetooth Speaker System in conjunction with the Pyle Pro PSS4 4 High Power Speaker Selector, as the HD4 are active and the Pyle is meant to pass power and audio to passive speakers.

Q: 10. Does this unit have to be connected to an active or passive monitor?

A: These are designed for use with passive monitors.