The first impression out of box is too bright. Big dissapointment. Period. Although in showroom it sounded pretty good. Manual suggest to age good 100 hours. I did not play any special breakin CDs and just listen. After about 6 month later, I started seeing its real potential.

open midrange, sparkling high after fully broken in; easy driving

too long break in; little shallow depth; too sensitive speaker placement

Focal is France's leading hi-fi speaker manufacturer, and if the name isn't immediately familiar, that's because its complete loudspeaker systems were called JMLab up until 2004. Since then it has gone back to using the company's original name of Focal, which used to be reserved for its raw drive...

Smooth and unruffled sound

Limited bass weight and dynamic tension

Shopping with Crutchfield is a really smooth and nice experience, delivery on time with great product. After 2-3 weeks "burn in", the Focal Chorus 705 turns to be better and better, clarity and beautiful treble.

excellent sound super great highs base tight and fast mids out of this world. do you have any chorus 807v for sale if so please let me know my email is n2hzg@yahoo.com. I love facal loud speakers beute and beast,deserve a 5 star raiting.

Initially had some monitor bx2's but found the emphasised treble & bass did not really suit the types of music we listen to, such as folk, solo performers & classical. These speakers have a better balance of frequencies for our ears.

I was uncertain about these speakers based on what I had read online that they were a little bright in the upper end. While it is true they have a slightly different sound than the Wharfedale Diamond 10.1 (which I also own) they are every bit as incredible for the price, in my opinion.