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Based near the foothills of the French Alps in Saint Etinenne, Focal & Co is a respected audio company that makes both complete loudspeakers and, less common for modern speaker brands, the individual drive units inside too. Read: more speaker...
For all the tricks and capabilities the Mac has mastered, audio quality from its speakers is not one of them, in fact, up until recently external computer speakers did not have the best reputation when it came to sound performance either.It was a gap...
The Focal XS Book is a two unit powered speaker with relatively compact dimensions (11” high x 4.5” wide x 7.9” deep). While aimed at the desktop market, where each speaker would normally be placed to the sides of a computer monitor,...
If you spend a lot of time in front of a laptop or desktop computer, chances are you'll want a little background music.But your average computer's built-in speakers sound about as endearing as a flu-ridden reject. Your best bet to improve this...
The Focal XS Book is a very nice stereo speaker kit that delivers high-end audio. There is, however, room for improvement in the product's design. That's a shame, as these speakers were serious five-star contenders!...
At one time, having dedicated speakers attached to your Mac was considered a luxury—forget that most of them produced pretty terrible sound. In the last several years, “computer” speakers have been enhanced to the point where the...
Fruit d'un champion hexagonal de la Hi-Fi, les Focal XS Book sont à la fois d'un look original, tout en restant relativement discrètes et offrant des performances de bon niveau pour un prix encore...
Les XS Book de Focal sont une paire d'enceintes au format bibliothèque et prévues pour être posées sur un bureau. Le constructeur français promet un système "simple et ultra-performant", le tout pour un prix...
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