Focal Alpha 80 Evo

These sound as good as monitors that are twice the price, absolutely fanominal, by far the best in this price range by quite a margin.

Since April 2015 they're in my homestudio set, I've been discovering them progressively since then and I guess they certainly need an extra breaking time, still they're already really good.

I initially had the FOCAL Alpha 65s and they were beyond outstanding. However, since 2005, I have always had Monitors with 8-Inch Woofers (along with my trusty Avantone Mix Cubes) and thought it best to move up to the Alpha 80s, so with the help of my friend and Sales Rep, Mark Bruhn, we made it all happen. Of course, the 80s are also outstanding but have yet to fully break in (time is not always on my side....) However, with them being new and being connected to my Focusrite Clarett 8 Pre X, I get Good Solid Bass with great mids and highs, they work very well in my room and the Automatic Standby is really cool. Cons? I wish there was a Volume Control Pot as opposed to the Low-Power, High-Power Switch and I also wish that they had TRS Inputs in place of the Unbalanced RCA Inputs. Nonetheless, these are the very best sounding Monitors I have owned to date with the ALPHA 65s coming in at a VERY close second.

I'm truly amazed at the sound from these speakers. From keyboard sounds, recorded tracks, mixes.....it's all full, clean, punchy, and balanced. They are about half the price of the better Mackie's, Genlecs, etc....and to my ears, sound much better. It's always a personal taste issue with speakers, but if you are wanting something that sounds like the $l,000 each range, but is actually in the $550 each price range...Focal Alpha 80s should definitely be on your radar.

these monitors are awesome i have the yamaha hs8 as well but these focal alpha 80 hold more bottom its like the hs8 on super steroids great monitors thanx to my sales rep Dennis for helping with my purchase!!!