NAMM 2025: Focal has introduced its latest line of professional studio monitors: Utopia Main. Currently, the line consists of the 3-way Main 112 and 3.5-way Main 212. After working on them since 2017, these new models overtake the Focal ST6 as the French audio equipment manufacturer’s top-level monitors for professional applications.

Operating since 1979, Focal poured its nearly 50 years of experience into the Utopia Main. All three drivers within the monitors – tweeter, midrange, and subwoofer – were built with patented technologies from Focal. The 1.5” Beryllium tweeter promises clear transients that aren’t harsh on the ears, the 5” midrange uses the M profile shape for maximum transparency, and the 13” subwoofers are braced within the cabinet to prevent cabinet warping.

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While the Main 112 features one of each driver, the 212 features two midrange drivers and two subwoofers.

Another notable aspect of the Utopia Main is the amplification system, which applies current mode control. This means that where other monitors regulate the voltage, Utopia Main regulates the current. This enables them to control the force on the driver membrane to help remove any unwanted artefacts.

Other than its in-house team, Focal called upon producers, mixers, and mastering engineers with over 70 Grammy nominations between them to test the Utopia Main monitors to ensure the best performance possible.

“The Utopia Main range inherits over forty years of Focal know-how and twenty years of innovation in the development of studio monitors. Each component has been meticulously thought out to design exceptional main monitors, delivering a very high level of accuracy, even at high SPL,” says Focal.

As the new premier monitors from Focal, they don’t come cheap. According to Forbes, The UM 112 monitors are priced at $30,000/£22,000/€26,000, while the UM 212 model is priced at $50,000/£38,000/€46,000.

For more info, head to Focal.

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