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The TEC Award is the world's most prominent forum for honoring outstanding Technical Excellence and Creativity in professional audio production and product design. The 25th Annual TEC Awards will be held at the AES Convention, in New York City from October, 9th to 12th. The CMS 65 was chosen by the Audio Engineering Society, Producers & Engineers Wing of the Recording Academy and Broadjam.com to participate in the "STUDIO MONITOR TECHNOLOGY" category. Everybody can vote for their favorite monitor, from Saturday, October 10th by clicking on the following link: www.broadjam.com. It's up to you now!

Like the other new models in the latest incarnation of Focal’s high-end Utopia series, the Diablo has a luxurious lacquer finish, with a choice of many colours. In this relatively compact two-way design, the drive units are mounted in two separate enclosures, arranged with a small angle between them and connected by an external structure. While the 165mm bass/midrange unit uses Focal’s Power Flower magnet technology, the tweeter has an inverted Beryllium dome and its enclosure works as a Helmholtz resonator. The comprehensive owner’s manual is a model of clarity, with instructions on how exactly to position the speakers in a room, with recommended distances from walls. Despite its moderate dimensions, this new Focal loudspeaker manages to recreate an ample soundstage, bringing a realistic sense of scale, rhythm and joyous anticipation to the musical presentation.