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Focal

Shape Twin

speaker

$1,499

Used market: $1,080*

Manufacturer datasheet

Specifications

3 of 5 values have a recorded source
Max SPL dB
110
System Type
Active Studio Monitor·
Input Terminals
XLR (balanced), RCA (unbalanced)·
Input Impedance ohms
10000
Updated At
2026-08-05T23:17:58.092Z·

Expert Audio Engineering Commentary

Headroom Notes

The largest Shape: two 5-inch Flax woofers and two 8-inch passive radiators, so it loads a room like a much bigger box without a port. Both inputs are 10 kOhm, and Focal notes the RCA input has «compensanted sensitivity» - that is, the unbalanced input is matched in level rather than simply paralleled, so switching between them does not change loudness.

What the datasheet actually says

Quoted verbatim from the manufacturer’s own page, with the date we checked it. We state what is printed, not what anyone intended by it.

The maker’s own documents disagree
«a high SPL (110.5 dB) for its size»

The descriptive text at the top of the Shape Twin product page gives the maximum level as 110.5 dB; the specification table lower on the same page reads «Maximum SPL (peak@1m) : 110 dB». Half a decibel is not a practical difference, but the two figures cannot both be the measured result of one procedure, and neither statement names the test signal or the number of speakers. The specification table is the figure recorded in this catalogue, on the principle that the table states the measuring condition and the prose does not.

checked 8/6/2026

* Estimated with the depreciation fallback (~72% retained value). · checked on 8/6/2026