Wives. Ya gotta love 'em.
The Focal Chorus 706v is a very nice speaker. Defintiely good value for money. As regards their placement on a desk, and listening in the nearfield, they'll do superbly. You'll definitely have a large soundstage, with a good sense of aliveness, organicness, and refinement. Timbre accuracy and overall balance will be very good. Good Choice Tetsuro, I know they are Focal's value line, but aren't they a little on the pricey side? If you can get these, you'll have done very well indeed..