Focal Spirit One

Overview

TechSpot Metascore

Based on 14 expert reviews

Excellent:

2
Good:

11
Average:

1
Bad:

0

Pros:

The Focal Spirit One combines sleek styling and vivid sound quality in a relatively small circumaural, over-the-ear headphone design.

Cons:

Comfort is good, but not great.

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Last revision on December 20, 2013

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The Focal Spirit One combines sleek styling and vivid sound quality in a relatively small circumaural, over-the-ear headphone design

Expert reviews and ratings

First off, let us just say that these headphones ooze quality straight out of the box. The design is stunning and the build quality is excellent – far above what you’d expect for a pair of $299 headphones.These cans are closed, circumaural...

By Macworld Australia on February 14, 2013

Great sound, nicely balanced and, for the most part, comfortable to wear. The head clamp is extreme, but then with that comes some of the best noise isolation we've experienced with a pair of headphones....

By Pocket-lint on January 18, 2013

Any number of high-end loudspeaker manufacturers have entered, or contemplated entering, the high-performance headphone marketplace, and it is easy to understand why. For an entire generation of music enthusiasts, entry-level “hi-fi” systems...

By AVguide on December 04, 2012

The Focal Spirit Ones certainly look the part if you want your headphones to make as much of a visual impact as an aural one. They’re not the most comfortable closed-back, circumaural headphones on the market, but I couldn’t really describe...

By IT Pro Portal on November 27, 2012

Focal may be new to the headphone market, but its Spirit One is an auspicious debut with the look, feel, and sound of a...

By cnet on June 14, 2012

Focal's first shot at the headphone game is a home run. We will definitely be hearing more about the Spirit One in coming months....

By DigitalVersus on March 30, 2012

Closed-back headphones, constructed from a mixture of aircraft-grade aluminium, leather and rubberised plastic, the are sturdily made and feel built to last. Behind the bright red mesh in each ear-cup sits a 40mm mylar/titanium diaphragm driver, a...

By What Hi-Fi? on March 19, 2012

March 21st, 2013, In Headphones/Earphones (and Heaphone Amplifiers), Home, Reviews, by George de SaFocal is a consumer and professional audio product company. It is the largest loudspeaker company in France, producing both finished loudspeakers as...

By Canada HiFi on March 21, 2013

The Focal Spirit One are the world's best portable headphones. Of course all headphones, even that need plug-in-the wall , are "portable." In this case, I'm limiting the definition of a "portable headphone" to a headphone that...

By KenRockwell on October 19, 2012

Utopian vibe and dramatic soundstaging in an audiophile headphone Enlarge Measured: Focal Spirit One See Gallery Some audiophiles consider Focal’s $180,000-per-pair Grande Utopia EM to be the world’s finest speaker. The Spirit One,...

By soundandvision.com on June 25, 2012

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