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Focal

Chora 826

speaker

$2,000

Used market: $1,440*

Manufacturer datasheet

Specifications

7 of 6 values have a recorded source
System Type
Passive Floorstanding✓
Input Terminals
Binding posts✓
Min Impedance Dip ohms
2.9✓
Nominal Impedance ohms
8✓
Recommended Power watts
Max Continuous: 250 · Min Continuous: 40✓
Sensitivity dB 2.83V 1m
91✓

Expert Audio Engineering Commentary

Headroom Notes

91 dB at 2.83 V on an 8-ohm nominal, so no conversion is needed — but the nominal that makes the conversion trivial is the same nominal that hides the 2.9-ohm minimum. Focal's PDF data sheet is the fuller document here: the web page does not show the minimum at all.

Amplification Warning

8 ohms nominal, 2.9 ohms minimum — the deepest dip in this batch and a ratio of nearly three to one. An amplifier chosen on the nominal will meet less than a third of the load it was picked for, and it will meet it in the bass, at full excursion. The PDF data sheet carries both numbers; the web product page shows only the nominal. Choose on the 2.9.

* Estimated with the depreciation fallback (~72% retained value). · checked on 8/5/2026