Quote Originally Posted by riccomina View Post
In my experience DLS sounds good to me although I have not listened to a Focal. Definitely, the DLS sounds similar to my Polk Audio TSI floorstanding speakers compared to the overly warm Wharefdale 9.1 bookshelf speakers I had before. :-)

Thanks sientobeinte and jhnkvn for your comments. I forgot to mention that I plan to put in a sealed 10" sub.

Another route is Musiko's setup options that he'll be sending me.
Since you're also experienced in home audio, I think it's time for you to take a listen muna. You see, you'll eventually want a certain "sound" that a brand will provide distinctly. This is what they call as a "sound signature". For example, while I rock Focal-JMLab speakers in my car, I'm a Dynaudio fan through and through.

Konting unfair yun comparison. This is because a floorstanding speaker has more midbass drivers to produce the lows which often makes the sound more "warm" compared to a bookshelf speaker.

On a fairly budget range, the DLS will lean more on the Polk than the Wharfdale. The Focal will lean more on the Wharfdale than the Polks. Although if you want a more fair comparison, the Focal is nearer to the Infinity Primus than those Wharfs.

But the better choice will be to to go to Shangri-La Plaza's Audio-Video Driver (AVDI) where Focal's home audio distributor is. Request that you listen to a pair of Focals and voila.. that's your distinct Focal sound signature.