Oh, I never got around to answering your questions. Sorry about that, got off on my drooling over my speakers. Yes they are considered a high-end speaker. I don't know how to explain how they sound, I'm not up on all that high fallutin' speaker sounding lingo (airy, wide open like I-95, or whatever) they just soung great to my wife and I. I replaced my Infinity Kappa 8's with the Focus and there is no comparison... WOW! I would consider a price between $2200.00 to $3000.00 to be a good price for these speakers, provided they are in excellent shape. Other good speakers? Well, you might want someone elses opinions there, I can only honestly comment on what I am listening to in my own audio room. The 4BST would power these speakers very well. The Focus are extremely efficient.
