Price lowered + Free shipping. While Ive included industry write-ups below, I wanted to share the meat of the story behind these Focal Electra 1008BE IIs up for sale first. Simply put, they are an amazing speaker that audio reviewers report delivering such a high quality and accurate sound reproduction far beyond what can be found in a like-priced competitor. If you dont know Focal, they used to manufacture speakers for lots of other high-end speaker companies, including Wilson Audio. Their quality stands above most in the industry. Quick call-out from descrip below - These speakers have 11 coats of varnish on the speakers wooden panels! Insane, but speaks of quality and limitless attention to detail. I purchased these along with the floor standing model 1038BE II (which Im keeping), but do not have the room configuration to make them work full time as part of my HT system, so need to let them go. Condition/whats included: The speakers are in phenomenal shape and purchased recently second hand. Original in-service date was late 2018/2019 - 2022. I have only plugged into my system for light testing. While I cant be 100% sure, the speakers immaculate condition and owners disposition add up to the speakers NEVER being abused in my book. While in my pic carousel, I will call out the ONLY blemish I can find - a 1/8 dot where the Dogato Walnut stain did not adhere to the laminate evenly and appears a slightly-lighter shade on top of one speaker. I only noticed while taking pics, which is included in posting. Other than that, they are flawless in condition and performance. Sale includes the speakers, removable grills, Focal electra 1008BE II stands (also amazing condition with no nicks/scratches), custom quilted covers (always used), and original packaging. Pictures show light reflections of Christmas tree (yup, its still up). Pricing: These were $5,995 (+$1,500 for Focal Electra stands) new. They were replaced in ~2018 by the Focal Kantas, which can be picked up currently for $8k/pair. Prefer local pickup. Industry write-up:The Focal Electra 1008 Be bookshelf loudspeakers represent whats possible when each and every part of a design serves a purpose and does so in complete cohesion with all the other components in the chain. Handmade in France and meticulously engineered to operate as a seamless whole, Electra 1008 Be harbors cutting-edge technology and elements gleaned from the companys cost-no-object Utopia Series. You can read about those traits below, but what matters most is what such heritage means for you: Hearing music with an emotional responsiveness, exacting precision, room-filling fullness, and majestic transparency that take you to the recorded event and place the artists on a stage right before your eyes. Electra 1008 Be out-rightly dismisses longstanding preconceptions about the limitations associated with bookshelf speakers.Featuring exceptional power-handling that allows it to play in rooms that exceed 400 square feet without breaking a sweat, Electra 1008 Be delivers spaciousness, definition, resolution, and low-end depth that belie its compact 15.18 x 10.125 x 13.75-inch dimensions. Youll experience exceptional imaging, sound-stage, and transient speed that makes delicate notes come across with requisite grace and decay, and louder, heavier passages claim thrilling degrees of attack, impact, sustain, and body. Electra 1008 Bes balanced aural properties mirror the wondrous synchronicity of its internal and external construction all the while taking up a small amount of space in your room.A 6.5-inch W composite-sandwich cone mid-range driver allows complete optimization of the frequency-response curve as well as radiant dynamics and you-are-there contrasts. Exclusive to Focal, a 1.25-inch Beryllium inverted-dome tweeter – capable of covering more than five octaves – helps account for nuanced details and exceptional linearity. Electra 1008 Be also benefits from Focals Infinite Acoustic Load (IAL) technology, which permits the tweeter to possess an extremely wide frequency range capable of extending to previously unthinkable lows, thereby relaying the midrange earlier and resulting in superb definition.Economical in sound and approach, Electra 1008 Be is sculpted so everything – down to its curved body and wood panels with no less than 11 coats of varnish – works in concert to ensure what you get is the finest-possible sonics from your recordings. From the molded, solid aluminum-alloy tweeter housing and coupling that prevents any vibration to the thick, upwards of two-inch MDF Gamma Y structure that inhibits diffraction to the rear laminar port that has no noise, distortion, or compression all the way to the Optimum Phase Crossover (OPC), Electra 1008 Be is premium high-end sound, flexibility, and build. Tech stuff:Type: 2-way vented bookshelf loudspeaker Drivers: 6-1/2 cone midbass 1-1/4 pure Beryllium IAL inverted dome tweeter Frequency response (+/-3dB): 36Hz - 40kHz Low frequency point (-6dB): 41Hz Sensitivity (2.83V/1m): 89dB Nominal impedance: 8? Minimum impedance: 3.9? Crossover frequency: 2,200Hz Recommended amplifier power: 25-150W Dimensions (HWD): 15-3/16 x 10-3/8 x 13-3/4 Weight: 33 lbs.