Focal XS iPod/computer speaker system Reviews

Focal's XS is high-performance audio system that works with both iPods and your computer's digital-audio signal. Although it's expensive, you're paying for that flexibility as well as an attractive, iMac-matching design.

Attractive, Mac-matching design ; excellent sound quality ; built-in DAC for USB audio ; Sync/Audio setting lets you easily switch between iPod-audio and iPod-sync modes ; can listen to multiple audio sources simultaneously

Basic remote ; iPod audio considerably louder than USB audio if both are playing at the same time ; no headphone jack ; no visible volume level

It's obvious that the XS's design was inspired by the look of Apple's current iMac. The two satellite speakers each feature a weighted base finished in glossy black; an angled, brushed-metal stand that echoes those on the iMac and Apple's Cinema ...