Emma Stenbeck: New Single

Emma Stenbeck's new single 'Anymore' is released today - this single has been engineered and mastered using the stunning Focal SM9 monitors. It's another great track from this promising new New Zealand singer/songwriter, well worth a listen.

Official Press Release:

New Zealand artist Emma Stenbeck is due to showcase her voice further this July with the release of her second single ‘Anymore’.

Focal SM9's Get 10 out of 10

Continuing on from my The Focal SM9 Joy Continues... post:

"The SM9 and its innovative two-in-one approach tops Focal’s range of active studio monitors."

"The imaging is surgically precise, the effortless transparency is world-class and they’re a pleasure to work with."

"Full-frequency near-field monitors with a unique feature set and extraordinary sound quality."

Update: Unfortunately I have had to remove the link to the full review at Music Tech Magazine UK (quoted above) as it appears to have been taken over by scammers.

However you can read a subsequent full review at What Hi-Fi UK.

The Focal SM9 Joy Continues...

Focal SM9

A few days on (see my previous post) and well I was continuing to be amazed by these Studio monitors and am being drawn even more to the music – at the time they were nearing the upper end of the 20 hours initial running in period at medium to higher volumes that is recommended to get them loosened up – and while I have not perceived any major shift in the sound ‘quality’ the music (as opposed to the ‘system’) they just seemed to get more compelling the more I listened!

Listening to The Eagles, “Hotel California”, in 24bit/192kHz resolution I’ve never heard the drums sound like they did on the title track – you can feel the tautness of the drumhead, feels like the drum kit is right beside you in the sense of the ‘realness’ and texture of the sound…

The Joys Of Discovering Focal SM9s

Several people who know me thought I might have lost my mind, had a psychosis, or been otherwise mentally impaired! I appeared to be mindlessly selling off all my audiophile & HT gear for no good reason, and being known for careful consideration and cautious analysis of any new purchase this was a radical departure from prior behaviour! But no, it was not all a fit of madness, it’s something far far better, and possibly a piece of Audio Nirvana – for a while at least?! In fact I had to find something pretty special to move me from my Charios… but I found it – well they rather kinda fell into my lap I guess, with a little help from a friend – and that's Focal SM9s!