For people who really love sound, the high-gloss walnut with taupe 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 Taupe 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. can this be used with 70V line amplifier?

A: No. This selector can handle 100W per speaker channel that run on 8 ohms.

Q: 2. Does this unit have to be connected to an active or passive monitor?

A: These are designed for use with passive monitors.

Q: 3. 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: 4. I have a 100W/per channel amp with minimum impedance of 4 Ohms/channel. Can I use this switch to safely connect up to 6 pairs of 8 Ohm speakers?

A: Technically yes. However, please note that the impedance of the output signal will change depending on what combination of speakers you select and that each speaker wattage output is 18 watts rms.

Q: 5. Can the input form the amplifier be over 100 watt, e.g. 300 watts? So as long as the output is 100 watts on each channel?

A: As long as you are only sending the Pyle Pro PSS4 4 High Power Speaker Selector a maximum of 100W to the left and right amplifier inputs, it will be fine. Make sure you can set a maximum output wattage on your amplifier's outputs beforehand.

Q: 6. 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: 7. Has anyone purchased this? I want to know if you try to mirror an image from a keynote from ipad if you must design the pages in portrait in order for it to mirror properly.

A: Yes - the slides must be designed in a portrait orientation.

Q: 8. what type of wire connectors are on the back?

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

Q: 9. Can my input come from my One soundcard and my powered speaker monitors Yahama HS8 and PRESONUS 4.5 work?

A: The Pyle Pro PSS4 4 High Power Speaker Selector is designed for use with passive speakers and would not be recommended to use with powered speakers such as Yamaha HS8 or Presonus Eris 4.5. A product that would work well with powered speakers would be BH #MABKPSMC Mackie Big Knob Studio Monitor Controller.

Q: 10. can it connect 2 amplifier outputs to 1 set of speakers to choose source?

A: The PSS4 is a speaker level switcher. It allows you to connect a single pair of speaker cables from a receiver and allows you to connect 4 sets of speakers for selection. This unit only supports a single source.