Focal Aria 926
(Priced Each Speaker)
3-WAY FLOORSTANDING LOUDSPEAKER
The Aria 926 embodies the home 3-way floor standing loudspeaker. This musical and expressive loudspeaker is easy to install. All kinds of music lovers will be thrilled with its acoustic qualities. The Aria 926 is by definition an affordable audiophile loudspeaker.
The intention was a return to the very essence of acoustics for those who are passionate about music. Flax cone are characterized by their natural sound, with low coloration, their richness of reproduction in the midrange register and their tighter bass. The result is a more homogeneous sound, improved dynamics. Aria offers a classic and modern design.
It is ideal for rooms measuring from 215ft2 (20m2) and from a recommended listening distance of 10ft (3m).
For the TNF tweeter, we have brought two major evolutions to our aluminum/magnesium tweeter. The suspension between the dome and its bracket uses Poron, a material with shape memory.
This suspension method is directly derived from the famous Utopia Beryllium tweeter, making it possible to reduce distortion by a factor of three in the 2-3kHz range, where the human ear has very great sensitivity.
The inverted dome’s spatial characteristics and very low directivity already make it greatly superior to the conventional domes used by our competitors. This guarantees an incredibly stable sound stage which makes the listening position much less critical.
The flax cones are made in France exclusively by Focal since 2013. With their original design, the cone are entirely oriented towards acoustic performance. They are made of high quality flax fiber enclosed by two thin layers of glass fiber. Flax cones are characterized by their natural sound, with low coloration, their richness of reproduction in the midrange register and their tighter bass.
The lightness of the fiber satisfies the criteria of high internal damping, high velocity and high flexural rigidity. Flax is twice as light as fiberglass, because the fiber is hollow. It also has very low elasticity which makes it ideal to increase the flexural rigidity of a sandwich structure.
Type | Three-way bass-reflex floorstanding loudspeaker |
Speaker drivers | Two 61/2” (16.5cm) Flax bass 61/2” (16.5cm) Flax midrange 1″ (25mm) Al/Mg TNF inverted dome tweeter |
Frequency response (+/- 3dB) | 45Hz – 28kHz |
Low frequency point – 6 dB | 37Hz |
Sensitivity (2.83V / 1m) | 91.5dB |
Nominal impedance | 8 Ohms |
Minimum impedance | 2.9 Ohms |
Recommended amplifier power | 40 – 250W |
Crossover frequency | 290Hz / 2400Hz |
Dimensions (H x W x D) | 403/4x119/16x145/8” (1035x294x371mm) |
Weight | 55lbs (25kg) |
Home Theater Review
The Focal Aria 926 possesses a smooth yet detailed top end along with a level of coherency across its frequency range that is surprising at its price. The Focal’s inverted dome tweeter along with its Flax midrange and Flax bass drivers combine to present phenomenal imaging within a soundstage that is surprisingly wide and deep. The Focal Aria 926 can hold its own against speakers costing more and not be embarrassed.