Dynaudio 52se or Focus 110 ?

I have heard 72s and 82s and the Focus 110s and I own the 220s. Personally I think the Focus series blows away the 2s I have heard. If you buy the Focus 110s new be advised they take a while to break in. Although they are fairly new you don't see many Focus series coming up for sale used. I would take that as a sign the buyers are pretty satified:)

Smitty, the 52se has an advantage over the 110 in the bass department with the larger driver and cabinet. The highs will be identical in both. In the looks department the Focus 110 kicks the Audience series to the ground. If it were me, I would probably go with the 110 over the 52 and add a small musical sub. Providing that you could even hook it up through your integrated?

Smitty, it would depends on your music preference. The Focus 110 will preform better in the mids. The Audience 52se will preform better overall, especially in the highs. The Focus tweeter have one extra coating to smooth out the highs and you really can hear it in the female voice, it's lacking the upper range compare to the Audience 52se, which share the same tweeter as the Contour S series.

I have the Audience 82 and love it. I tried the Focus 220 and returned after a week because the tweeter sounds truncated in the highs and the soundstage is small.

The Focus 140 is the best in the Focus line IMO, it's day and night better than the 110 and much more balance than the Focus 220 with its heavy bass and rolled off highs, which sounds unnatural with Celine Dion.

Good luck.