Focal SCALA UTOPIA V2 Manuel utilisateur

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SCALA V2 UTOPIA

user manual / manuel d’utilisation

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Summary

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SCALA V2 UTOPIA 3

Installation 4

Fine Tuning 6

Specifications 11

French version 12

International guarantee 22

English

Thank you for choosing Focal loudspeakers. We are pleased to share with you our philosophy: “the Spirit of Sound”. These

highperformancespeakersfeaturethelatesttechnicaldevelopmentsfromFocalintermsofspeakerdesign,whetheritisfor

high- fidelity or home-cinema systems. In order to make the most of these speakers and enjoy the maximum of their

performance, we advise you to read this user manual and to keep it carefully so that you can consult it later.

The Focal-JMlab guarantee only applies if the enclosed guarantee card

is returned to us within 10 days of purchase.

Now it’s possible to register on line : www.focal.com/warranty

Running-in period

The drivers used in the loudspeakers are complex mechanical devices and require run-in period before they deliver their

best performance. They must get adapted to the temperature and humidity conditions of their environment. This breaking-in

period depends on the encountered conditions and can last several weeks. In order to shorten this period, we advise you to let

your loudspeakers operate for about twenty hours at medium level, playing standard musical programmes, but with a large

amount of bass.

Once the components of the loudspeakers are completely stabilized, it is possible to enjoy the real performance of your

loudspeakers.

User precautions

All the products are lacquered in order to offer a resistant cabinet surface and to make the upkeep easy. We recommend the

use of a dry cloth to dust your pair of loudspeakers. If the loudspeaker is stained, then use a damp cloth.

Never use any solvents, detergents, alcohol or corrosive products, scrappers or scouring powder to clean the surface of the

loudspeaker. Avoid placing the loudspeakers near a heat source.

Accessories

The floorstanding loudspeakers are provided with four steel spikes and four rubber cones, if needed the spikes can be screwed

on the 4 metallic inserts located in the base of the enclosure. These decoupling spikes help to ensure excellent stability of

the loudspeakers, especially if the floor is not perfectly flat and smooth. This stability is essential to insure that the energy

supplied by bass membrane is fully restored in the form of sound. The spikes provided are adjustable in height, such that

the four spikes lie uniformly on the ground without any tilting. When using spikes, we recommend that you place a metallic

element (coin for example) between the ground and the spike to not scratch or damage tile flooring.

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1. Installation

Positioning

The loudspeakers have been engineered to deliver the most faithful sound reproduction, whether they are used for music or

home cinema. In order to enhance their performance, to guarantee a high quality of listening, sound image and tone balance,

it is important to note the following basic rules.

The listening area must be located at the summit of an equilateral triangle whose two other points of insertion are

determined by the position of each speaker. Nevertheless it is possible to modify these distances to find an ideal compromise

according to the particular disposition of the room (fig. A).

Each loudspeaker must be placed at the same height and on the same floor plan. The tweeter should be at the same height

as the listener’s ear, when the listener is in their usual listening area (fig. B).

Avoid placing the loudspeakers too close to the room’s corners or walls. This will induce some unwanted room resonance

and artificially increase bass response. On the contrary, if the bass level proves to be insufficient, it is possible to move the

speakers closer to the walls to adjust the bass level (fig. C).

Optimization

To please the perfectionists, we shall give an optimum positioning formula : if Ais the distance from the boomer centre to the

closest wall (floor or wall), Bthe intermediate distance and Cthe longest distance (A<B<C), the relation B2=AC determines

the ideal position of the speakers.

• Example:

If the boomer centre is 50cm (20”) away from the rear wall (A) and 60cm (24”) above the floor (B), then the side wall will be

ideally 72cm (28”) (C=B2⁄A=72cm) (fig. E).

Connections

Input sockets ensure reliable multipurpose connections for stripped cables as well as for plugs. It is imperative to respect the

connector polarity of both the loudspeaker and amplifier. The positive terminal “+” must be connected to the corresponding

(matching) amplifier’s terminal and the negative terminal “-“ to the negative terminal. Stereo image, soundstaging and bass

perception would be seriously compromised if these conditions were not respected.

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2. Fine tuning

The global speaker: linear nominal response

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Linear setting for ideal conditions: loudspeaker linear frequency response curve.

- Slightly absorbing room with light curtains, few windows, wooden floor with a thick carpet between loudspeakers and listener,

some plants, a fabric sofa (or maybe leather with extra fabric seats).

- Neutral electronics, sounding neither too clear nor too muffled.

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The global speaker: bass level setting

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Setting for:

- Normal room, but with the sub-bass band recessed due to cancelling standing waves.

- Plaster plate walls, absorbing the sub-bass band.

- Electronics sounding recessed in the LF band.

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The global speaker: bass level setting

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Setting for:

- Normal room, hard walls (concrete, stone, ...).

- Electronics which excessively pushes up the sub-bass band.

- Cable sounding plain in the LF band.

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The global speaker: tweeter level setting

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Setting for:

- Highly absorbing room, thick curtains, fabric seats.

- Smooth electronics (tubes…).

- Wires with high electric capacity that reduces the HF band.

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The global speaker: tweeter level setting

Setting for:

- Room with very little damping, glass surfaces and light curtains.

- Bright sounding electronics.

- Bright sounding cables.

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