Focal Mu-so Hekla Wins EISA “Best Immersive Audio System 2026–2027”

Here we go! The Focal Mu-so Hekla has officially been named “Best Immersive Audio System 2026–2027” by EISA, adding a major international award to one of the most interesting new all-in-one audio systems we've experienced at The Grid.

If you've heard Hekla, the recognition makes a lot of sense. EISA — the Expert Imaging and Sound Association — brings together specialist audio and video publications from around the world to recognize standout products across consumer electronics. For 2026–2027, its award for Best Immersive Audio System goes to the Mu-so Hekla.

15 Speakers. 660 Watts. One Chassis.

Mu-so Hekla is what happens when Focal's loudspeaker engineering meets sister company Naim's electronics, streaming, and digital expertise.

Inside its black aluminum chassis are 15 individually positioned speaker drivers powered by 660 watts of amplification. Together, they create an immersive sound field capable of reproducing both traditional stereo music and Dolby Atmos content without requiring the clutter of a room full of separate speakers.

The system includes dedicated front woofers, midrange drivers and tweeters along with side- and upward-firing drivers designed to create a much larger, more enveloping soundstage than you would expect from a single enclosure.

Don't call it a soundbar!

Music, Movies, Gaming and Streaming

Hekla was designed to be a stand-alone modern entertainment system.

Connect your television through HDMI eARC and Hekla becomes an immersive home cinema system. Stream music and it becomes a serious high-resolution wireless audio system. Connect your gaming system and its immersive processing brings an entirely different scale to games.

Streaming support includes Apple AirPlay 2, Chromecast, Spotify Connect, TIDAL, Qobuz, UPnP and Internet Radio, along with high-resolution audio playback.

There is even a dedicated subwoofer output for listeners who want to add more low-frequency impact.

Dolby Atmos Without a Room Full of Speakers

This may be the biggest appeal of Hekla. A traditional Dolby Atmos theater can require numerous speakers, amplification channels, wiring and professional installation. That's still the way to go when building an uncompromising dedicated private cinema, but not every room needs—or can accommodate—that kind of system.

Its 15-driver architecture uses carefully directed sound along with sophisticated processing to create an immersive experience from a single beautifully designed component.

Focal's ADAPT (Adaptive Acoustic Personal Tuning) technology can also optimize Hekla for the room. Using the Focal & Naim app, you enter information about the system's relationship to the walls, ceiling and listening area, allowing Hekla to adjust its acoustic presentation for the space.

Different Sound for Different Content

Through the Focal & Naim app, Hekla provides multiple listening modes designed around what you're actually watching or listening to.

Dolby Movie emphasizes cinematic dynamics, bass and dialogue clarity, while Dolby Music focuses on a natural and immersive musical presentation. Dolby Night reduces dynamic extremes for late-night viewing.

Focal's own Sphere Music and Sphere Movie modes take a different approach, using beamforming and crosstalk cancellation technologies to create an expansive immersive listening area.

That flexibility is a big part of what makes Hekla different. It isn't designed solely around television—it was engineered to be equally comfortable playing movies, music, games and high-resolution streaming audio.

Focal + Naim Engineering

Hekla also represents something bigger happening between Focal and Naim.

Focal brings decades of experience designing some of the world's most ambitious loudspeakers. Naim brings its expertise in amplification, streaming, digital processing and high-performance electronics.

Hekla combines both sides of that equation in one product.

The result is an all-in-one system capable of reaching a 108 dB peak SPL at one meter, with frequency response extending down to 30 Hz ±3 dB, while maintaining the refined industrial design expected from Focal and Naim.

Now EISA has recognized that combination with its Best Immersive Audio System 2026–2027 award.

Experience Mu-so Hekla at The Grid

There's one other important detail about Hekla: it is available exclusively through the Focal Powered by Naim store network.

The Grid is the Focal Powered by Naim showroom in Houston, giving you the opportunity to experience Hekla the way a product like this should be done! —in person and with people who understand both the Focal and Naim ecosystems.

Whether you're looking for a simple premium television audio solution, an all-in-one Dolby Atmos system, a serious wireless music system, or something that can handle all three, Hekla deserves a listen.

And apparently EISA agrees.

Ready to experience it for yourself?

Explore and purchase the Focal Mu-so Hekla at The Grid HiFi

Or visit The Grid showroom in Houston for a demonstration and hear what an EISA award-winning immersive system can actually do.