Reviewers Liked
- The Focal Spirit One combines sleek styling and vivid sound quality in a relatively small circumaural, over-the-ear headphone design
Reviewers Didn't Like
- Comfort is good, but not great
Focal Spirit One
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Expert reviews and ratings
By Macworld Australia
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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 Pocket-lint
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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 AVguide
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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 IT Pro Portal
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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 cnet
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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 DigitalVersus
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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 What Hi-Fi?
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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 Canada HiFi
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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 KenRockwell
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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 soundandvision.com
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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 Clubic
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Sorti il y a maintenant plus de neuf mois, le Spirit One lancé à 199 € se trouve à 183,99 € (port compris) à l'heure où nous écrivons ces lignes. Soit à peu près le même tarif que le...
By Ere Numérique
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Fleuron de la Hi-Fi française, Focal, comme tous ses grands concurrents à l'international, ne pouvait longtemps rester indifférent à l'essor phénoménal que connaît le marché des casques audio. Il vient...
By 01Net
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Le Focal Spirit One n’est pas parfait, mais n’en demeure pas moins un bon casque audio nomade. Il lui manque un câble supplémentaire pour baladeur/PC et quelques améliorations de finitions seraient à envisager sur la...
By iGeneration
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Focal présente son Spirit One comme un casque à la fois Hi-Fi et nomade, une prétention ambitieuse pour un objet vendu à 199 € « seulement ». La réputation de la société stéphanoise dans le monde...
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