French audio specialist Focal has unveiled its latest high-end floorstanding speakers, the Scala Utopia Evo M, aimed at serious hi-fi buyers looking for a premium home listening system.

The new three-way towers are an evolution of Focal’s existing Scala Utopia Evo, with the company adding two major driver upgrades first developed for its top-end products.

At the centre of the update is Focal’s new PRISM tweeter, which recently appeared in the Diva Alta Utopia wireless speaker system, developed with Naim.

The tweeter uses a multi-material construction and micro-structuring process that Focal claims delivers greater rigidity than the beryllium tweeter used in earlier models, while maintaining lightness and damping.

The Scala Utopia Evo M also adopts an M-profile W midrange driver derived from the Utopia Main professional monitor range.

Focal says the new structure delivers very low distortion, a more linear frequency response and a sound that is more transparent, precise and natural.

Bass has also been reworked, with a redesigned W woofer using a dual-ferrite motor for deeper and more controlled low-frequency performance.

Other tech carried across from Focal’s flagship speakers include TMD suspension, designed to limit cone deformation and reduce distortion, and OPC+ Optimum Phase Crossover, which allows bass and treble to be adjusted to better suit different rooms.

The speakers also use Focal’s focus time configuration, an articulated cabinet design that angles the speaker drivers toward the listener to improve time alignment.

Focal says the result is a more faithful and dynamic speaker capable of revealing the detail and richness of demanding recordings.

The Scala Utopia Evo M is designed and made in France. Its wooden cabinet is produced by Focal’s cabinetmakers in Burgundy, while the drivers are manufactured at the company’s acoustic workshops in Saint-Étienne.

The speakers will be available from August in five finishes. US pricing starts at $50,000 per pair, which converts to roughly A$76,000. Australian pricing and availability have not yet been confirmed.