No Focal is high end speakers.Mcintosh is just loud and thats about it.Stanley Clark & George Duke , getting ready to smoke over Miles Davis Bitches Brew or Frank Zappa Conducts the " LSO " London Symphony Orchestra , either one is fine with me , i had an afternoon nap so i'll be up all night so its a perfect time to rock out the high end Mcintosh speakers the wife got me for xmas ..