Big for a desktop speaker the xs books are decentsized speakers. Get the guaranteed best price on powered studio monitors like the focal xs book full range multimedia speaker at musicians friend. Theyre in the top 3 bestselling speakers and have many popular alternatives in the same price range, such as klipsch rp600m or denon heos 7. A genuine minimonitor loaded with focals topdrawer technology, the xs book will reveal the richness and dynamics of your multimedia audio and even connect to your tablet or pc via bluetooth. Focal xs book music system speakers audioengine a5 speakers. It has become to my reference for a fun desktop speaker after a year. Focal is a french brand, world leader in highfidelity solutions. Get free 2day shipping and free lifetime tech support with your order. Had the focal xs book been around, i might have chosen those instead because they have better bass extension.
Im a big fan of focal, but this is a different product. Focal jmlxsbook xs book music system discontinued by. Usb power cable, audio cable, power cable, speaker cable. Audioengine hd6 premium powered speakers audiophilia. Focal has introduced a highend desktop stereo speaker system for mac or pc. Our virginiabased experts can help you find the best gear. The new passive version from audioengine maintains many of the qualities from that fabulous little gem of a speaker, with the new one, allowing for your own favourite type of amplification. Best if they could be wall mounted and if they would have a separate input from my nad cd player c 515bee. Ive been impressed with audioengines digital products and speakers from its startup over ten years ago. Audioengine 2 powered loudspeaker the audioengine a2.
In essence theyre a pair of the original focal xs book speakers launched in late 2011. Grand soundstage, good dynamics, detailed, very even. The aego 2 works with the nad if i just unplug the subwoofer connection from the imac choices seem to be focal xs book vs. Focal xs book full range multimedia speaker musicians. For more on these speakers and others like them, please visit home. I think a5 being big would help here in terms of sounding big. The hd6 is the latest powered speaker from audioengine, the company founded by two young american audio entrepreneurial dynamos, dave evans and brady bargenquast. Focal is better known for its dedicated hifi speakers, but youd probably think that such an established manufacturer would have all the right tools, and speaker parts, for the job.
While audioengine makes great speakers, the design has always been more. Get a low price and free shipping on thousands of items. I have had focal floor speakers before and was very happy with them. But when the sound is thin, scratchy, or boomy your favorite music can. Speaking of the output ports, they include a variable out for a subwoofer, a usb port to charge usbpowered mobile devices and some other speaker connections aimed to wire up the other speaker. Review focal xs book by ap acoustic art chanthaburi thailand. The two others that really came in to play were focal xs book. The audioengine hd6 are the companys new flagship active speakers. The tiny and stylish xs book brings topquality focal sound to your desk or bookshelf, and can fill a small room with amazingly big, detailed sound. I work for audioengine, and we get this question a lot. A true minimonitor equipped with focal speaker technologies and able to reveal the richness and dynamics of your multimedia audio contents. Focal xs book wireless multimedialautsprecher, schwarz.
I have tried so many speakers like bose, logitech, klipsch etc. Audioengine hd6 premium powered speakers audiostream. Each of the xss satellites, derived from focals solo6 monitors, is 4. All of the desktop focal speakers are fantastic, weve got two pairs here, the xf and the smaller xs book. The two others that really came in to play were focal xs book speakers on sale at crutchfield for similar money, not chosen due to dimensions, and psb alpha ps1s read that they were more revealinganalytic, but i have no experience. Focal xs book provides great sound at moderate price. That accounts for the weight differential of the two. What this really means is audioengine has stuffed all of the nonpassive parts like the 50w per channel class ab amp into the master which makes a lot of sense to me for a speaker thats sold in pairs. The past 2 months or so i have been on the same journey. Compact but highperformance, xs book can also become an active solution around a flat panel, or bring quality sound into a small room once connected to a. To do so, some bells and whistles found on other higher. Its made in france knowhow has been recognised for more than 40 years. Focal s commitment to audio outside of dedicated hifi has grown in recent years, and the focal xs book wireless desktop speakers are the latest addition to the companys more multimediafocused product range. The usb input is quick and easy for hookingup as a basic youtube mp3 playback system and yet i think its builtin burrbrown dac is capable of 1644 uncompressed audio.
Theres a 50wpc class ab amp 150w peak power total, a 24bit dac for the aptx bluetooth and toslink input supports up to 24192 via tosliank, and all of the ins. And a lot of people complain about their 5s heating up. Although it has developed in leaps and bounds, if truth be told. Focal has gotten rid of many of the features of the xs 2. The hdp6 is a retro version, stripped of all the powered guts and gizmos.
The new focal xs book comprises two active loudspeakers, which are as simple as they are very high performance focal xs book is the obvious next step after the first multimedia focal xs 2. I think the 5 is a little bit goofy how it has an 18 and usb power plug on the top. Time was wireless audio, bluetooth specifically, was the kiss of audio death. Once again bill, youre commenting on gear you havent used and havent heard. Focals commitment to audio outside of dedicated hifi has grown in recent years, and the focal xs book wireless desktop speakers are the latest addition to the companys more multimediafocused product range.
Audioengine has taken two steps forward and one step back with the new hd6. They look great on my desk, take up no room at all, and have better clarity and detail than the audioengine a2 i had before. Tell me what the height of the column and the phase inverter depth. Focal xs book pair price multimedia multimedia speakers. The left speaker weighs more than the right because lefty houses all of the electronics, leaving righty passive. Listen beyond made in france knowhow focals story vervent audio group. These are speakers for people that care more about sound than an idock. I got these for 30% off on sale and feel i got my moneys worth. Like all focal loudspeakers, the xs book is tuned by computer analysis, and then finetuned to perfection by ear. I think they both sound pretty good, but i prefer crisp and the price difference.
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