Focal Dimension

Meet the Focal Dimension soundbar, a high-end piece of audio equipment from the French manufacturer that packs 5.1 sound into a slender frame, and boasts a hefty subwoofer to go with it. Priced around £800, plus an extra £320 for the subwoofer, is it...

To put it succinctly, the Focal Dimension is an elegant product with some inelegant design elements. Does this mean I don't recommend it? Not at all--I'm simply trying to make it clear that it's designed for a specific type of setup; and, if you're going...

Focal's beautifully built soundbar delivers gobsmacking sound quality, but the single HDMI and optional Bluetooth are disappointing at this...

A 5.1-channel system in soundbar packaging that combines tonal accuracy with impressive low-frequency response and power, plus surround as effective as we've heard from an all-up-front...

Focal, with its fine heritage in high-end speaker design, made the decision to join the soundbar club probably after it saw how successful Bose and B&W were doing at the premium end of the market. But neither the Bose Cinemate 1SR or B&W Panorama 2 have...

Jumping straight in at the deep end with a premium soundbar is a bold move, but Focal's Dimension delivers the goods in spectacular...

Over the last year or so, I've presented a number of different products as a possible ‘alternative to a soundbar.' This is partly down to an innate conservatism on my part where I generally prefer two speakers to one and partly down to a desire to show...