My sense is Focal sees the future in the Life-style segment of the market of modern/clean designs at price points that can be afforded by the well heeled but not in the stratospheric high end zip code. So partnership with Naim will give them integrated solution (think one-box integrated with DAC that can stream music wirelessly to speakers or a preamp/DAC that can stream wirelessly to active speaker with on-board DAC). I think Focal introduced such a new product line recently and I read an interview with the head of Marketing recently where he proclaims the age of companies focused on one product segment over. I don't think they will abandon the super high-end because they have strong interest at the very top end in Asia and selectively in the US and Europe but I think the focus will be in the life-style segment. That's my take on this combination.
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