{"id":4419,"date":"2014-05-27T13:39:00","date_gmt":"2014-05-27T01:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/abtec.co.nz\/blog\/?p=4419"},"modified":"2014-05-27T13:39:00","modified_gmt":"2014-05-27T01:39:00","slug":"focal-spirit-one-product-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abtec.co.nz\/blog\/focal-spirit-one-product-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Focal Spirit One Product Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

I don’t always do reviews on Headphones<\/strong> but when I do, I do try to make sure they have some sort of WOW<\/strong> factor to them. In fact I am usually very fussy with this type of product due to my musical background, which to put it bluntly means I will not own “run of the mill audio” be it Car<\/strong>, Musical Instruments<\/strong> or Home Audio<\/strong>!<\/p>\n

Knowing how beautiful Focal’s Home and Car Audio Speakers<\/strong> sound I couldn’t say no to taking a set of the Focal Spirit One Headphones<\/strong> home to review, but first I had to unpack them and have quick look\/hear.<\/p>\n

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Again lets start from the beginning, the packaging is simple but elegant which makes it appealing to the general public. However, this to myself isn’t important but to a lot of people (But not all) it is how they make on the fly decisions on purchases.<\/p>\n

Once the box had been opened it revealed the “Deluxe, Hard Storage Case”<\/strong> which was a great surprise since there is not much worse than opening your suitcase or travel bag to find your Headphones<\/strong> have been destroyed\/crushed on your commute rendering you music-less for the rest of your journey.<\/p>\n

The “Deluxe, Hard Storage Case”<\/strong> is very simple in design but looks\/feels as it could take a solid hit or drop (Not that I recommend you do so). The storage space inside is suffice, everything seems to have its place and you will not find it an issue\/hassle to pack everything back into its original spot.<\/p>\n

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The design of the Focal Spirit One Headphones<\/strong> are simple, functional, strong but not too bulky. The adjustable head-strap can be adjusted to fit the largest of\u00a0craniums (Like myself) at full extension to the smallest of heads when retracted, I was surprised that when fully retracted the Spirit One<\/strong>\u00a0even fit on my three year old daughters head.<\/p>\n

The matte black plastic (which can also come in Red and White too) blends really nice with the brushed aluminium giving it a real balanced look. The supplied cords connects to the Spirit One<\/strong> singularly on the left hand side which is great since it is a pet hate of mine since I’m not a fan of cluttered cables.<\/p>\n

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The Sound Quality<\/strong> of the Focal Spirit One Headphones<\/strong> out of the box were quite impressive considering I was only using them on a iDevice. Like all Audio Reviews<\/strong> I do I like to give the product some time to run-in, thus allowing them to show their full potential before finishing this segment of the Review<\/strong>. With this in mind I played the Focal Spirit One’s<\/strong> every night for two weeks till I was happy I could do so.<\/p>\n

I played everything ranging from 60’s-80’s Rock<\/strong>, Underground Hip-Hop<\/strong>, Dubstep<\/strong> even to Bass orientated Music<\/strong> that have bass notes playing into the low 20Hz range. From this I got a good grasp of what the Spirit One’s<\/strong> could do and what they couldn’t, with this in mind playing anything in the 20Hz range isn’t something most people usually do while using Headphones<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The clarity in the higher ranges was nothing short of phenomenal, even a lot of the lower notes played nice and strong. however when playing in the 30-20Hz range they did struggle a touch but in saying that I don’t think there are many Headphones<\/strong> in the the market that would play that low to start off with!<\/p>\n

Even my daughter seemed to enjoy listening to Pink Floyd<\/strong> on the Focal Spirit One’s<\/strong>, which to get her to stay still is a feat in itself. She enjoyed it so much that when I took them back to carry on Reviewing<\/strong> them I had a hissy-fit to deal with… So not only do they get my approval, they also get my daughters (I WANT THEM!) approval too!<\/p>\n

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What’s supplied in the box? Well usually when you buy a set of Headphones<\/strong> you only get them and if your lucky a cloth carry bag, Focal<\/strong> how ever have put a little amount of thought into it and have supplied the following below:<\/p>\n