Focal 1000 ICA6 - In-ceiling 2-way coaxial loudspeaker

The 1000 ICA6 loudspeaker is a coaxial solution fully integrated in the ceiling for a discreet, high-calibre Stereo and Home Cinema sound. Made in France, it brings together exclusive technology, such as the ‘W’ cone and the pure Beryllium tweeter.

Its midrange/bass speaker driver and 35° tilt, allows you to adjust it to suit the listening position and meets Dolby Atmos specifications. The tweeter can also be positioned and adjusted, for an optimised listening room. Finally, the square and circular magnetic grilles supplied with the product ensure they are completely unobtrusive. The installation is quick and requires no tools, thanks to the patented Easy Quick Install system.

This 1000 Series range of loudspeakers embodies Focal excellence for the most sensational—and discreet—listening experience.

The “W” composite sandwich cone permits total optimization of the frequency response curve, thanks to the total control of three key parameters: lightness, rigidity and damping. At Focal, the letter “W” means Glass/ Glass, as it usually has two sheets of woven glass tissue that are “sandwiched” onto the structural foam core. The glass tissue benefits from the incredibly fine weaving of very long fibres. This choice offers a mass and a size clearly inferior to those in Aramid fibers or other Kevlar fabrics, which generate coloration in the midrange. 

These unique characteristics of lightness and rigidity provide control of the signal transmission speed inside the material. Adjusting the thickness of the structural foam allows a very precise control of the “W” cone’s damping. The variation of the number of glass fibre sheets and the thickness of the central foam can easily optimize the cone’s behaviour according to the desired frequency range.When listening, the sound of the “W” cone is entirely transparent, has an excellent phase response and has a very low disortion rate (rigidity 20 times higher than Kevlar or Aramid fibre).

For domes with identical masses, Beryllium is seven times more rigid than Titanium or Aluminum, the latter two well known for their rigidity. This results in a sound wave propagation three times faster than Titanium and two and a half times faster than Aluminum. In the end, the linearity of the frequency response curve, the acoustic transparency and the impulse response of the Beryllium tweeter are maximized and offer near-perfect sound.

1000 Series-a revolutionary line, Built-in speaker offer an unsurpassed level of sound quality and excellent versatility.