What can you tell me about Focus Audio?

I had a brief experience with a set of Focus Audio speakers 4 years ago when I was auditioning a Croft twinstar 3 amplifier. The Croft stack was hooked up to the FA fs8 floorstander, IIRC. The drum solo piece I used in one of my test tracks: "For Roy (Haynes)" by Jay Boehmer, was jaw dropping. The speed, dynamic and transient response was simply amazing. It is one of the most memorable sound I've experienced. Great speakers .... congrats!

We've been very impressed with the Focus Audio speakers. They really do deserve more attention. Some people may not consider them because they haven't heard much about their speakers. That's unfortunate. We have their speakers in a number of demo systems from the Classic series up to the Prestige series. I find them very hard to beat at their respective price points. Congrats Dhoff01, you'll love your FP80SE, especially once you get them fully broken in.

Disclosure: as you may have guessed, yes we are a Focus Audio dealer.

You are correct in that my sweet spot is 11'5" at the triangle, w/ the back wall (untreated) directly behind me. Ears are right at the mids height, so I must say that my current Ospreys are about as dailed-in as can be and sound very nice, though I'm certain would be even nicer soundstage pulled a bit more away from the wall. I will indeed watch with great interest as your FP80SE's break in. Sounds like you made a very well-researched choice, and a similar path which I am currently following. I've been able to listen to the 360s along side the 220IIs at a salon in St. Louis (as well as the Sapphires, though beautiful, too much for my room!). Agreed in that I was at all impressed with the 220IIs. The PSB Synchrony 1s were under consideration, so I'm very interested on your mention above. Also on the short list are the ProAc Response 2.5 and the Audio Physiks Virgo V. Like for you, the room is the key, and not to overwhelm, so we'll see. Very impressed thus far however with all I'm hearing about Focus Audio!
Congratulations, and Happy Listening ~!

As an update, I've logged just over 200 hours on the FAs, and I must admit that the change has been rather dramatic. As I mentioned above, there was a bit of harshness on the upper frequencies when I first started listening to them. The highs now are open and airy without a hint of edge - very pleased, indeed.

Suffice to say, I couldn't be happier with these speakers.