# New Focal Headphone Release - 01.28.21 **URL:** \ **Category:** Headphone News\ **Tags:** focal\ **Created:** [January 20, 2021, 7:11pm UTC](https://forum.headphones.com/t/new-focal-headphone-release-01-28-21/10287 "2021-01-20T19:11:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![taronlissimore](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.headphones.com/taronlissimore/32/59_2.png) [@taronlissimore](https://forum.headphones.com/u/taronlissimore)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2021, 7:11pm UTC](https://forum.headphones.com/t/new-focal-headphone-release-01-28-21/10287/1 "2021-01-20T19:11:43Z")
Focal will be releasing a new headphone on January 28th and provided us with this mystery teaser! That’s not the only news though, as Focal will be revealing the new headphone on The HEADPHONE Show and will be giving one of the mystery headphones away as well so make sure to tune in! ![image (7)](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/headphones/original/3X/1/2/1229fbf748271e4e4be355e3f90ba9ab65efef5e.jpeg) Live stream link below: [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/headphones/original/3X/c/7/c7e4e84d7f4a3cd549d4f7c9ec694cba8b5ff209.jpeg "The HEADPHONE Show Live Stream with Focal - Unveiling the Focal Celestee to the world!") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFCrZTx0mPk) ---
**Author:** ![Torq](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.headphones.com/torq/32/16384_2.png) [@Torq](https://forum.headphones.com/u/Torq)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2021, 7:21pm UTC](https://forum.headphones.com/t/new-focal-headphone-release-01-28-21/10287/2 "2021-01-20T19:21:41Z")
Looking at that image … I’m guessing a non-Bentley branded version of the “Radiance”, as a replacement for the Elegia, as that is clearly a closed-back can (unvented pads, there are dimples, rather than holes, in the cup back), and it looks like the driver is magnesium. \*All that’s from what’s visible by manipulating the image; I’ve no inside knowledge). ---
**Author:** ![Titienne](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.headphones.com/titienne/32/4518_2.png) [@Titienne](https://forum.headphones.com/u/Titienne)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2021, 8:18pm UTC](https://forum.headphones.com/t/new-focal-headphone-release-01-28-21/10287/3 "2021-01-20T20:18:20Z")
Can’t wait to hear more about this mysterious headphone ! ---
**Author:** ![Reflect](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.headphones.com/reflect/32/17927_2.png) [@Reflect](https://forum.headphones.com/u/Reflect)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2021, 8:31pm UTC](https://forum.headphones.com/t/new-focal-headphone-release-01-28-21/10287/4 "2021-01-20T20:31:26Z")
Is this the Focal Nebula? ---
**Author:** ![antdroid](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.headphones.com/antdroid/32/8600_2.png) [@antdroid](https://forum.headphones.com/u/antdroid)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2021, 8:44pm UTC](https://forum.headphones.com/t/new-focal-headphone-release-01-28-21/10287/5 "2021-01-20T20:44:44Z")
excited!!! 🙂 👀 ---
**Author:** ![andrew](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.headphones.com/andrew/32/31_2.png) [@andrew](https://forum.headphones.com/u/andrew)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2021, 8:56pm UTC](https://forum.headphones.com/t/new-focal-headphone-release-01-28-21/10287/6 "2021-01-20T20:56:41Z")
Me too @antdroid! Great to start 2021 with a new Focal release. ---
**Author:** ![hifiDJ](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.headphones.com/hifidj/32/53299_2.png) [@hifiDJ](https://forum.headphones.com/u/hifiDJ)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2021, 9:01pm UTC](https://forum.headphones.com/t/new-focal-headphone-release-01-28-21/10287/7 "2021-01-20T21:01:20Z")
I’m gonna laugh so hard if all they did was remove the bentley logo from the radiance…(not that that’s a bad thing) 😂 ---
**Author:** ![bigshel99](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.headphones.com/bigshel99/32/5807_2.png) [@bigshel99](https://forum.headphones.com/u/bigshel99)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2021, 10:42pm UTC](https://forum.headphones.com/t/new-focal-headphone-release-01-28-21/10287/8 "2021-01-20T22:42:35Z")
Taron, So much tease in that post that I got my singles ready 😂 💸 Congrats on them working close with you guys to do the unveil and give away; shows how much they value what you guys are doing. Looking forward to seeing what they’re coming out with this year. ---
**Author:** ![arrakian](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.headphones.com/arrakian/32/7691_2.png) [@arrakian](https://forum.headphones.com/u/arrakian)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2021, 11:31pm UTC](https://forum.headphones.com/t/new-focal-headphone-release-01-28-21/10287/9 "2021-01-20T23:31:54Z")
Are you looking at some other image? I can’t see you getting all that info from the above pic. ---
**Author:** ![Torq](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.headphones.com/torq/32/16384_2.png) [@Torq](https://forum.headphones.com/u/Torq)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2021, 11:40pm UTC](https://forum.headphones.com/t/new-focal-headphone-release-01-28-21/10287/10 "2021-01-20T23:40:12Z")
Just that image … by manipulating levels, contrast, lightening specific color/luminosity ranges and by applying magnification, color re-assignment/false color and so on. Easy to see the pads are not perforated. Fairly easy to see the cups have the same kind of dimples as the Elegia, Stella and Radiance. Colorway matches the Radiance. Moderately easy to see the text on one cup cap says “Fabrique”. And barely harder to read the word “Magnesium” on the other … ---
**Author:** ![Torq](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.headphones.com/torq/32/16384_2.png) [@Torq](https://forum.headphones.com/u/Torq)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2021, 11:43pm UTC](https://forum.headphones.com/t/new-focal-headphone-release-01-28-21/10287/11 "2021-01-20T23:43:58Z")
And in a former job (or earlier life) I was involved in breakthrough work in real-time image processing and image characteristic analysis/recognition (including facial) … ---
**Author:** ![mfadio](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.headphones.com/mfadio/32/32019_2.png) [@mfadio](https://forum.headphones.com/u/mfadio)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2021, 11:53pm UTC](https://forum.headphones.com/t/new-focal-headphone-release-01-28-21/10287/12 "2021-01-20T23:53:18Z")
I’m with you. I needed subtitles to know it was a headphone. 🙂 (thank you for the expertise @Torq) ---
**Author:** ![arrakian](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.headphones.com/arrakian/32/7691_2.png) [@arrakian](https://forum.headphones.com/u/arrakian)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2021, 1:20am UTC](https://forum.headphones.com/t/new-focal-headphone-release-01-28-21/10287/13 "2021-01-21T01:20:10Z")
I guess I need more tools 😊 ---
**Author:** ![monochromios](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.headphones.com/monochromios/32/20221_2.png) [@monochromios](https://forum.headphones.com/u/monochromios)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2021, 3:00pm UTC](https://forum.headphones.com/t/new-focal-headphone-release-01-28-21/10287/14 "2021-01-21T15:00:14Z")
I believe it will be it, maybe with some revisions and/or correction to the original project including “stealth revision”. We’ll see ---
**Author:** ![Pr0Xy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.headphones.com/pr0xy/32/18637_2.png) [@Pr0Xy](https://forum.headphones.com/u/Pr0Xy)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2021, 3:01pm UTC](https://forum.headphones.com/t/new-focal-headphone-release-01-28-21/10287/15 "2021-01-21T15:01:11Z")
From what i can tell they seem to be different pads though. These look like they have a fuzzy’ish maybe suede texture on the inside while the radiance from pictures atleast seem to have more of a rough mesh inside. Not a big difference but Focals seem rather pad picky so maybe it matters ---
**Author:** ![Nuance](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.headphones.com/nuance/32/14729_2.png) [@Nuance](https://forum.headphones.com/u/Nuance)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2021, 5:34pm UTC](https://forum.headphones.com/t/new-focal-headphone-release-01-28-21/10287/16 "2021-01-21T17:34:58Z")
Can’t wait for the reveal - exciting stuff! ---
**Author:** ![Solan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.headphones.com/solan/32/32834_2.png) [@Solan](https://forum.headphones.com/u/Solan)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2021, 7:20pm UTC](https://forum.headphones.com/t/new-focal-headphone-release-01-28-21/10287/17 "2021-01-21T19:20:06Z")
Ok, tossing in my bet just for the heck of it (Do I win then?): These are Focal’s foray into planar magnetics! ---
**Author:** ![CinciJeff](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.headphones.com/cincijeff/32/20124_2.png) [@CinciJeff](https://forum.headphones.com/u/CinciJeff)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2021, 10:13pm UTC](https://forum.headphones.com/t/new-focal-headphone-release-01-28-21/10287/18 "2021-01-21T22:13:03Z")
Not sure if this helps or not, but all the visible surfaces seem to be smooth(-ish) leather: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/headphones/original/3X/9/6/9609932e6194721c9fcba840e378e6c3a6933a62.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![CinciJeff](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.headphones.com/cincijeff/32/20124_2.png) [@CinciJeff](https://forum.headphones.com/u/CinciJeff)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2021, 10:14pm UTC](https://forum.headphones.com/t/new-focal-headphone-release-01-28-21/10287/19 "2021-01-21T22:14:38Z")
I’m pretty sure the the cup cap says “Nagnesium”… maybe a new element? 😆 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/headphones/original/3X/c/5/c5e6542859824674781bf6566a9189181a4bd67f.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![mfadio](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.headphones.com/mfadio/32/32019_2.png) [@mfadio](https://forum.headphones.com/u/mfadio)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2021, 10:36pm UTC](https://forum.headphones.com/t/new-focal-headphone-release-01-28-21/10287/20 "2021-01-21T22:36:49Z")
(Gogo Rodney Dangerfield). Thats the sound my wife will make when I buy a pair! (sorry) [Next page](https://forum.headphones.com/t/new-focal-headphone-release-01-28-21/10287.md?page=2)