Jason Victor Serinus was impressed by this small, two-way, active all-in-one speaker from Denmark.1 He concluded his February 2023 review2 by writing, “Designed as a ‘complete wireless sound system,’ the Dynaudio Focus 10 active monitors are the most musically satisfying one-stop playback solution I’ve had the pleasure of hanging with. … Within its limitations of image size and bass quantity, the Focus 10 is one of the most musically satisfying active loudspeakers I’ve had the pleasure to audition. Highly recommended.”
I was also impressed by the Focus 10’s measured performance, which, as I wrote in the Measurements sidebar, “indicates a well-sorted design.” Aside from a slight excess of energy between 1kHz and 1.6kHz and a slight lack between 5kHz and 7kHz, the farfield frequency response, averaged across a 30° horizontal angle centered on the tweeter axis, was respectably even (fig.1).
JVS wasn’t able to investigate one aspect of the Dynaudio speaker’s performance in his review: built-in Dirac Live, which can be used to equalize and optimize the Focus 10’s in-room behavior. I still had the Dynaudios I had measured for the original review, and as I had used Dirac Live3 successfully with the sample of I decided to examine the effect of Dirac Live, which is the objective of this follow-up review.
