Customer Reviews
Overall product rating
4.9 / 5
5 / 5
reviewed by Derek Harrington
07 Jan 2025
Yes, I recommend this product.
"Really Like What They Produce"
I am using these on a pair of Graham Audio LS5/9s. They really have made a difference for the better. I really like what they have done. More detail and more full sound. Amazing improvement for the price!
5 / 5
reviewed by David Irvine
29 Apr 2024
Yes, I recommend this product.
"Unbelievable!"
I was just about to give up on my Neat Motive 2 speakers. Their timing is spot on and are very exciting to listen to, but boy they can be bright with some recordings! As a last resort I purchased a pair of Russ Andrews Focus Rings and could not believe my ears! No more excessive brightness yet all the excitement remains and the sound is totally non- fatiguing! This has to be one of the most cost effective products ever! It's probably saved me the best part of £2,000 for buying replacement speakers!
5 / 5
reviewed by Russell Hawkins
29 Jul 2023
Yes, I recommend this product.
"Smooth Operator"
These have been applied to a heavily upgraded pair of Wharfedale 9's (better quality caps and resistors etc.). These are driven by a single ended 10 watt per channel valve amp. The effect has been to tone down the sharpness of treble output, but also to produce a more coherent sound. Well worth the cost of the rings.
5 / 5
reviewed by Jim
04 Mar 2022
Yes, I recommend this product.
"I Hate To Say It, But…"
…these rings really did snap things into focus. It’s like the speakers are communicating better with each other to present a more cohesive musical image between them. Very much a bargain.
5 / 5
reviewed by Jon Carter
03 Jun 2021
Yes, I recommend this product.
"Felt Rings"
I purchased these felt rings many years ago for my Ruark crusader mk11s. The tweeters on the Ruarks could never be accused of sounding bright in the first place but add the felt rings to the face plates and the sound becomes beautifully focused BUT with the grills in place and not removed as is recommended, (certainly with these speakers anyway) So its always worth experimenting.
5 / 5
reviewed by Derek Harrington
14 Dec 2020
Yes, I recommend this product.
"Great Improvement"
These are great especially for the price.Made a real difference for the better to my system. Very glad I bought them.
4 / 5
reviewed by Allan Day
11 Nov 2019
Yes, I recommend this product.
"A Good Upgrade"
For such a low cost outlay these rings certainly make a difference
5 / 5
reviewed by E Nutton
16 Jan 2019
Yes, I recommend this product.
"Focus Rings"
I like to leave my speaker grilles off as this improves imaging and clarity. However, this gives a problem, as the tweeters sounded ‘spitty’ with some CDs. These focus rings have certainly solved the problem. I first tried them with one of my favourite recordings: Shostakovich’s fifth symphony LSO/Previn from 1965. The fortissimo opening of the final movement was a bit like being sprayed with broken glass, but with the rings in place the problem is eliminated. Other recordings with scraggy top ends are likewise improved, yet the rings don’t compromise the treble on good recordings. The only problem was with my bookshelf speakers – Role Audio Kayaks: the two drive units are close together, with the frame of the woofer overlapping the tweeter’s plate, and the rings were too big, but I just cut off a section from the bottom. Very highly recommended.
5 / 5
reviewed by Denis
24 Dec 2017
Yes, I recommend this product.
"Really Works"
I used these rings on my "old" PMC DB1s and have now got around to fitting them to my twenty21s and they do what the leaflet says - great. My only adverse comment is that, unlike the first time I fitted them, removing the backing to expose the adhesive was quite difficult - but worth the effort.
5 / 5
reviewed by Steven Elphinstone
04 Aug 2017
Yes, I recommend this product.
"Focused Know"
Yes they do what they say on vocals guitarriffs more .ps very good only got them so I
would have free posted
5 / 5
reviewed by A. Fothergill
04 Mar 2017
Yes, I recommend this product.
"A Cheap And Effective Speaker Upgrade"
I used a pair of focus rings on on my previous PMC FB1s, and they tamed the slightly overbright metal tweeters. I have since changed to FB1is, and the focus rings have helped to place voices and instruments more clearly within the soundstage. After experimenting I found they work better (for me) in vertical orientation. Not all hi-fi upgrades have to be expensive, and these are highly recommended, a no-brainer really!
5 / 5
reviewed by Andrew
23 Oct 2016
Yes, I recommend this product.
"Thumbs Up!"
The foam grilles on my Heybrook HB2 disintegrated and the deadening around the tweeter with it, giving an unfocused diffuse splashy effect in the treble. Replacement grilles didn't have much effect. But adding these snapped the focus back straight away. For good measure I blind tested these with some friends, not all are audio enthusiasts either, and they confirmed what I thought, the sound is better with them on. Repeated the effect on a set of KEF 104ABs too. Definitely recommended
5 / 5
reviewed by Peter Watson
18 Oct 2016
Yes, I recommend this product.
Review
Focus Rings have tamed the metal tweeters on my speakers. Yet another star for RA products!