Focal & Naim At FIAX 2026 — Mu-so Hekla To Diva Mezza Utopia, Hands-On Room Report
What was heard from Naim and Focal, plus the technical highlights you need to know.
Florida International Audio Expo (FIAE) 2026 Show Report By Steven R. Rochlin

  The Focal Naim room at the Florida International Audio Expo (FIAE) 2026 presented a tightly curated range of systems spanning immersive all-in-one soundbar-ish playback, active wireless stereo flagship loudspeakers, outdoor installations, and high-end headfi personal audio gear for isolated listening. You an get something here for $599 like entry-level headphone models up to $69,000 for the fully active Focal Diva Mezza Utopia loudspeaker stereo sound system. This gives visitors at the Florida International Audio Expo 2026 a clear sense of the both brand's breadth and the pairing philosophy.

The room emphasized real-world use cases — home theater, two-channel active listening, outdoor audio, and headphone-first setups — rather than a single one-size-fits-most demonstration.

At the center of their immersivephile demos was the new Focal Mu-so Hekla soundbar that is said to be a 7.1.2 immersive all-in-one system ($3,600). Odds are, as a longtime fan of Enjoy the Music.com, you're possibly not much of a soundbar customer. With DSP and all sorta of electronic / aural manipulation it is kinda impressive, but we know given current technology a proper multi-loudspeaker positioning immersive setup can achieve more.

The demo highlighted its integrated DSP and object-based playback capability for surround sound formats, internal amplification for multiple driver array, and a compact footprint that aims to deliver surround and height channels from a single box.

The room's audiophile stereo system featured a high-end audio flagship presentation that contrasted active and passive approaches with the Diva Mezza Utopia (connected, wireless active) at $69,000 and the Diva Utopia (passive/static) at $39,999. The Mezza demo focused on the advantages of active loudspeakers — built-in amplification, DSP crossover management, and wireless connectivity for high-resolution streaming — while the passive Diva Utopia demonstration underscored traditional high-power amplification and room-matching via external electronics.

As this is Florida, and we're here getting nicely suntanned in February while many of you are possibly right now shoveling snow. For outdoor and installed audio, Focal showcased the Littora Outdoor 4.1 bundle at $3,999, paired in the room with the CI-Uniti 102 streamer priced at $1,799. The Littora bundle was described as weather-rated (hurricanes too?), with rugged enclosures and driver voicing tuned for open-air environments, while the CI-Uniti 102 was presented as a compact network source offering reliable streaming, multi-room integration, and simple control for installers.

The headphone area at the Florida International Audio Expo 2026 displayed Focal's personal listening range alongside Naim headphone electronics. Demonstrations emphasized driver quality and soundstage differences between open and closed designs.

As always, in the end what really matters is that you...

Enjoy the music.

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