Nixxuz
Super Member
So. Just got the Focal Super Birds that I've been wondering about for some time. I'm not as conversant in the ways of reviews as a professional, so I'm just going to do my best.
PURE GARBAGE.
These things literally sound like muddy, lifeless, early 90's era boombox speakers. The highs are nigh on nonexistent. The mids are, while not absent, a bizarre mid bass that gives you shoebox sounding mids coupled with a vague attempt at frequencies lower than 100hz? The entire speaker sounds like it was stuffed in a box of cotton and left outside for a few days.
And forget the supposed 90db efficiency rating. That must have been pulled out of someones ass at Focal, because as well as sounding like undefined crap, these things are also incredibly quiet compared to other speakers I have that are rated at 89 and 90 respectively. I've tried them in several configurations including with stands and wall mounted, both of which apparently have a different crossover setting? There's some bizarre switch in the back that's supposed to deal with different mounting options.
I would unreservedly call these junk if they were $25 each. To ask $250 for a pair, much less each when not on promo, is ridiculous. It's possible there's some thing I'm just not getting here, but if that's the case, I'm kind of glad I don't.
Oh yes, my favorite part!
Accesories4Less NOT ONLY charges a restocking fee, AND shipping back to them...
But they charge YOU for the "FREE" shipping that it cost them to send it to you!
That's right. I'm patiently awaiting an email telling me how much I owe them for shipping the speakers to me, after I pay to ship them back. And the restocking fee. I have no idea how they can justify THAT kind of policy. I can absolutely say I'm never touching that company again with a 10 foot pole.
I just got the email.
It's going to cost me $123.86 to return a $249 purchase.
Had they refunded even MOST of my purchase price...I would have given them MORE money and bought something else from them.
Welp. I guess I learned my lesson trying to get a deal on a pair of speakers nobody has reviewed. Hope it helps someone else in the future.
PURE GARBAGE.
These things literally sound like muddy, lifeless, early 90's era boombox speakers. The highs are nigh on nonexistent. The mids are, while not absent, a bizarre mid bass that gives you shoebox sounding mids coupled with a vague attempt at frequencies lower than 100hz? The entire speaker sounds like it was stuffed in a box of cotton and left outside for a few days.
And forget the supposed 90db efficiency rating. That must have been pulled out of someones ass at Focal, because as well as sounding like undefined crap, these things are also incredibly quiet compared to other speakers I have that are rated at 89 and 90 respectively. I've tried them in several configurations including with stands and wall mounted, both of which apparently have a different crossover setting? There's some bizarre switch in the back that's supposed to deal with different mounting options.
I would unreservedly call these junk if they were $25 each. To ask $250 for a pair, much less each when not on promo, is ridiculous. It's possible there's some thing I'm just not getting here, but if that's the case, I'm kind of glad I don't.
Oh yes, my favorite part!
Accesories4Less NOT ONLY charges a restocking fee, AND shipping back to them...
But they charge YOU for the "FREE" shipping that it cost them to send it to you!
That's right. I'm patiently awaiting an email telling me how much I owe them for shipping the speakers to me, after I pay to ship them back. And the restocking fee. I have no idea how they can justify THAT kind of policy. I can absolutely say I'm never touching that company again with a 10 foot pole.
I just got the email.
It's going to cost me $123.86 to return a $249 purchase.
Had they refunded even MOST of my purchase price...I would have given them MORE money and bought something else from them.
Welp. I guess I learned my lesson trying to get a deal on a pair of speakers nobody has reviewed. Hope it helps someone else in the future.
