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.
Excellent Sound
Having been a Focal customer for many years I took the step to upgrade from my Focal Sibs and Cub to the Aria 926 Tower speakers. Packaged great and the finish and look are top line.
Sound of the music played came alive in the 11 x 20 room. Very pleased !!
Super!
Absolutely beautiful with an amazing sound reproduction. The Voice of God.
Best sound i ever heard 10/10
Super sound speaker.
Excellent
I just set them up yesterday and absolutely love them. This was an upgrade from the Chorus 807V's that I bought many years ago. They too sound incredible. I just wanted to move up to something with a fuller sound. You can never go wrong with a Focal product. Build quality is so perfect.
There is no other brand of HiFi speaker that could be more impressive than Focal. The Aira 926 can only be described as beautiful, the quality of the cabinets are just perfect. These are beautiful sounding speakers, especially the bass which is just simply sublime but what is so impressive is they sound perfect at any volume. These were way over my budget but as soon as I heard them I had no choice but to have them!
Good
It’s been 9 months since these speakers have arrived and I am still loving every minute of listening to them!
Although I have owned many different speaker types over the years, this is the first time I have invested in a truly audiophile product. As soon as I opened the speaker boxes and saw the beautiful build and high gloss finish of the Aria 926s, I was delighted.
They are still running in, but already are exhibiting top quality music reproduction. I can't wait until they are fully loosened up and firing on all cylinders (or drivers!).
I'm delighted with my purchase and look forward to many years of music enjoyment from them.
Amazing sound well pleased
These speakers are absolutely incredible when paired with my Naim Uniti Nova. I couldn’t be happier with my purchase.
Only had them running for a couple of days but they sound and look fantastic.
Only question is should I have gone for the K2s.
I chose the Focal Aria 926 speakers after listening to them at a local hi fi store and was immediately impressed. I compared them to KEF and B & W speakers, and listened to a variety of music genres during my listening session. I was intent on finding a pair of my own. I have had them for only a few days at this point but have not done the run-in period of 20 hours of consecutive operating time. But in the few hours I have listened to them I am very happy with the result. I have them powered by the NAD M10 and did calibrate the listening room using DIRAC Live.
This wonderful pair of floorstanding speakers are really the best birthday present I ever had!
excellent product, clear voices, great stage, deep bass
Paired with a Naim Nait 5SI, I have impressive results especially when listening to Jazz and classical ensembles. For the price is probably the best purchase I've made.
very good
Fabulous.
I have always been a B&W buyer but since buying the Aria 926 I have been hearing bass I didn't know was there and the mid range (even breathing on voices) is superb with a huge sound stage.
Love them, waiting until they have had their hours of settling in.
Paul
Great sounding speakers. beautiful cabinets. good separation.
I only use this speaker for a day. After Audyssey setup, the whole system sounds very good. I need more time to have an accurate opinion about the speakers. As of today, my rating for these speakers 5 stars.
Great speakers!
Henk
Na een afspraak te hebben gemaakt bij Stassen, ben ik samen met mijn zoon en een tas vol cd's naar Tegelen gereden. Daar aangekomen eerst een lekker bakkie cappuccino gedronken en daarna een rondleiding gekregen van Bob. Je valt daar van de ene verbazing in de andere. Wat een assortiment aan speakers hebben ze daar. Afijn, inmiddels op de zolder aangekomen in de luisterruimte waar een 8 tal aan speakers klaarstond om te beluisteren. Er stonden speakers van o.a. B&W (2 types), Dali, Kef, Triangle en Focal. Nadat we verschillende cd's van Dire Straits tot aan Marillion en Nightwish e.a. hadden beluisterd, kwamen we tot de conclusie dat de Focal Aria 926 de beste waren (die lusten alles) gevolgd door de Dali. Bob zette naast de Focal Aria 926 zijn grote broer, de 936, neer om te vergelijken. Tot onze grote verbazing bleef de 926 het beste klinken: deze klonk opener en had een gedoseerde strakke bas. Na de Focal Aria 926 te hebben besteld zijn we weer terug gereisd naar Groesbeek. Heb een week later de Focal Aria's opgehaald in Tegelen. Ze staan nu iedere dag in te spelen.Ondanks dat ze nog niet zijn ingespeeld, is het geluid al fenominaal. Hierbij bedank ik de Firma Stassen en in het bijzonder Bob voor de rondleiding, uitleg en goede service. Top!!
Speakers look beautiful. Love the flax mid-range and woofers. Very tight mid and bass response. Tweeter clear and not fatiguing. Does much better with large orchestral pieces than my previous ELAC bookshelf speakers.
Good design and high quality of sound.
It's really that kind of loudspeaker I always wanted to call my own. It's such a great experience to listen to them every day
Na een afspraak te hebben gemaakt bij Stassen Hi-Fi, ben ik samen met mijn zoon en een tas vol cd's naar Tegelen gereden.
Daar aangekomen eerst een lekker bakkie cappuccino gedronken en daarna een rondleiding gekregen van Bob.
Je valt daar van de ene verbazing in de andere.
Wat een assortiment aan speakers hebben ze daar.
Afijn, inmiddels op de zolder aangekomen in de luisterruimte waar een 8 tal aan speakers klaarstond om te beluisteren.
Er stonden speakers van o.a. B&W (2 types),
Dali, Kef, Triangle en Focal.
Nadat we verschillende cd's van Dire Straits tot aan Marillion en Nightwish e.a. hadden beluisterd, kwamen we tot de conclusie dat de Focal Aria 926 de beste waren (die lusten alles) gevolgd door de Dali.
Bob zette naast de Focal Aria 926 zijn grote broer, de 936, neer om te vergelijken.
Tot onze grote verbazing bleef de 926 het beste klinken: deze klonk opener en had een gedoseerde strakke bas.
Na de Focal Aria 926 te hebben besteld zijn we weer terug gereisd naar Groesbeek.
Heb een week later de Focal Aria's opgehaald in Tegelen.
Ze staan nu iedere dag in te spelen.Ondanks dat ze nog niet zijn ingespeeld, is het geluid al fenominaal.
Hierbij bedank ik de Firma Stassen en in het bijzonder Bob voor de rondleiding, uitleg en goede service.
Top!!
Henk Driessen.
Still getting to know them but the sound they make is fantastic! Clear as crystal without feeling strained
Fantastic speakers bring my music listening to a new level.
Absolutely stunning speakers, both acoustically and asthetically.
Build quality is obvious just by looking at them.
Everything just sounds so realistic through them.
Beautifully amazingly sound. Very please over all with the product.
Excellent sound!
These are a great sounding speaker at this price point. If you want to have some great low end and extremely accurate highs, then these are the speakers for you. I have them paired with the Naim Atom streamer at 40wpc and they sound fantastic! Do yourself a favor and consider Focal and Naim with your next audio purchase.
Super kolumny, grają czysto zarówno na wysokich tonach jak i na niskich.
Dźwięk jest bardzo czyściutki w połączeniu z Pioneerem SC-LX90 sprawują si wyśmienicie. Bardzo polecam ten zestaw.
Incredible sound for music and home theater! Grateful to worldwide stereo! Beautiful crystal clear sound!
I have only had the speakers for a few days now, but with my Int amp Rotel it sounds great. Must have for audiophiles.
Finest speaker ever have I owned. Nothing but good things to say. Sound amazing right away. Run in progressing well.
I have only played the speakers for 30 minutes, and they sound amazing. I cannot wait to break them in. The speakers are powered by Musical Fidelity M5SI integrated amplifier.
I love it! Detail, power and above all musical emotion. Build quality is also superb. Very good price/quality balance
I just finished about 40 hours of run in time and they sound better each day! Excellent craftsmanship as expected.
As a professional recording studio owner who uses Focal SM9’s as my main monitors iReally wouldn’t choose another manufacturer for my home monitors - especially knowing how exceptional Focal Products are. Even before burning in, these Focal Aria 926’s sound superb - you’d think they’d cost four times their selling price. Focal are second to none.
I received the Focal Aria 926 via FEDEX yesterday. Today, I have hooke Aira 926s to my Parasound A21 with Classe preamp combination. I have bought the Focal's as a replacement to my PMC HB1+ main speakers.
Aria 926s have very good and clear voice reproduction and the upper/mid range frequencies are more aparent. The base seems tight and light, but hope it would improve after few hours of conditioning. I have no issues on the base as I have a sub-woofer which could fill-up the missing low-frequencies. Since my listening room is 12'-00"x 17'-00" and 10'-00" cieling hight, I think the Aria's seems adequate.
Build quality is superb, and ease of setting up. Aesthetically pleasing Walnut finish.
I will be doing few speaker placements trial and error to get the best sound our of Aria's. I will give you the feedback after few weeks of use.
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Amazing sound and look
Stupendous
Very good!
EXCELLENT
Beautiful, powerful, refined. I rarely use a sub, though I will use it for electronic/dance/house music. The AlMg tweeters are crisp and sweet but never harsh. I'm still experimenting with placement--I find significant bass boost closer to the wall, more than I have with other speakers. Minimal toe-in, they fill a 350 sf room easily with headroom to spare. Highly recommended.
Great product, sound and build quality definitely meet my expectations. Paired with Naim Unity Atom, pleasure to use and listen!
ABSOLUTELY STUNNING SOUND AND VISUALLY BEAUTIFUL BEST SPEAKERS I HAVE EVER PURCHASED.
Great, rich sound with controlled deep bass.
Great speakers with great sound and build
Excellent speakers, during the listening test in the shop this speakers where sounds the best to me in it's price range. What i like the most from this speakers is the big soundstage and the beautiful stereo image. What supriced me the most is at home the bass is even as strong and tight is as my old much bigger speakers with 12 inch woofers and the bass goes nearly even as deep. I love the midrange that sounds a little bit warm but open and neutral, never screamy or to loud. With this speakers you hear also every detail from the music and recording, sommething that i like to hear. The high is very beatiful defined and refined. This speakers sounds soft on my ears, nothing hurts my ears or sounds enoying or to loud, everything is perfect in balance, yet it also has a lot of dynamics. Beside the beatiful sound, they look beautiful, i love the finish with the different materials and the glass plate on top, the included base with spikes makes it complete.
Excellent resolution, timing, and dynamics. An overall fantastic product.
Amazing!!!!
Great set of speakers. I bought hoping that they would sound better than my old speakers (tekton doubel impact). These sound more clear and they dig down deep in bass. The advantage with Focal is in hearing more detail from my music. The lower bass sounds are really good as well. I don't need a sub with these in my room. Also fit and finish is super. No regrets. I wish I would hav bought these before many other recent speaker purchases. These are my favorite.
Rewelacja
I am happy. thank you for good product.
All the best,
Vidmantas
replacing previous stand mounts have added another sound dimension. To get the best from them at this time adjusting room acoustics. Will review again once completed the work.
Best bang for the money if you like music you are in for a treat
As a home theater they just work i add a subwoofer to get the most as well an amplifier
Have been running them in daily for the last 3 weeks after a generously lengthy demo at Richer Sounds.
I mainly listen to music through them rather than watching movies and can honestly say that they are the best speakers I have owned.
The bass is smooth and natural, rather than in your face and boomy, which is much preferred to my taste.
The mids & the highs that have really impressed me and the depth and detail of these Arias is fantastic.
I can listen to 30 year old cd's that haven't been remastered and I am hearing things that I haven't heard for years in the detail.
The same can be said if listening to Vinyl or downloads, they are very, very clear.
I'm no Audiophile but listening to the separation of the instruments on the recording is most satisfying.
If this 926 is the entry level Aria then the 936 & 948's must be amazing !
I chose the Noyer Walnut finish which looks beautiful. The build quality is solid and it is good to see that Focal are still manufacturing in France rather than sub contracting the assembly to China like many other manufacturers.
I highly recommend these Aria 926's and look forward to them sounding even better still, as I continue to addictively run them in !
Amazing clarity, hearing new details in vocals and instruments that I have not heard before. Amazing sound field!!
One of the best quality to price ratio.
It is very easy to amplify that column and due to special construction of bass reflexes very easy to find optimal placement for listening (speakers can stand close to the walls).
The sound is great with plenty of bass, very good build quality, highly recommend.
I purchased these to replace Chorus 716V's I bought 2nd hand from a friend. I was pleased with the 716's, but unfortunately one of them developed a rasp from the tweeter, which became annoying, particularly a low volumes. I also had them in front of a bay window and over the couple of years they were sited there, they hated being in the sun and the vinyl wrap shrank and peeled off at the corners. This didn't effect the sound, but they look a bit of a mess now.
I found the Aria's in Richer's sale and as they were ex service, this brought them into the price range I had been looking for and has meant I have a step change upgrade from the 716's but have been able to remain with the Focal brand. Really enjoying them so far, as they run in they are coming into their own :)
Absolutely stunning speakers, look fantastic and sound brilliant right out of the box. I am eagerly running them in :)
Brilliant speakers
They sound just fantastic.
EXCELLENT PRODUCT
The sound and build quality are unparalleled whilst the music replication and versatility are second to none, there truly is nothing better at the price point (or really even above it given cost!)
Absolutely stunning sound quality and they look great and are well made. Very helpful demo given by Richer Sounds, Bath really helped my decision in buying these speakers.
Very pleasant sound, superb.
Amazingly good
Am very happy with my product
Fantastic Speakers
I am using a NAD 777 v3 to power an Aria 7.1 system. (pair of 926, with a CC 900 and 4 x SR 900 speakers). I am using a REL S3 SHO for low end pressure levels and an ASUS Essence STX II 7.1 DAC.
This system is stunning. Quite possibly the best I have heard in the price range. The Aria's are truly revealing. Clarity, depth and articulation on 192khz/24bit audio files (MQA/Blurays) is beyond stunning. I often find myself having to re-listen to songs I have heard thousands of times. The reproduction of sonic information reveals layers and sounds I have never heard before. Unfortunately this also means that poor quality recordings are easily recognizable.
Bass - Expressive, deep, clean.
Mid - Profound, clear, balanced.
Treble - beautifully restrained, articulated.
The Aria's, while amazing right out of the box, are versatile enough that with the right equipment you can tune your system to suit any listening tastes.
I partnered a pair or Aria 926s with my Naim Uniti Nova and these speakers have vastly improved my listening experience. They are extremely clear and there's bass aplenty without it being overpowerng or boomy. I am very pleased indeed with these speakers.
I bought these having come back to HiFi after many years away. I originally wanted to get Tannoys, as 20 years ago, this was a brand a loved the sound of.
I had never heard of Focal, and to be honest was somewhat dubious about a French brand, having always had British or American speakers. Creative Audio in Shrewsbury persuaded me to take a listen and powered by a Cyrus One amp they sounded amazing.
I listen to a range of music from mainstream to very eclectic and they have never failed to put a smile on my face and lift my mood, I take back everything I thought about non-British speakers and would recommend them to anyone. I do understand these are pretty much 'entry level' for Focal and unless I win the lottery I will never be able to upgrade, however based on this - I need to start buy lottery tickets.
They are so good, I hate the sound of my TV and my car radio!!
I love the natural sound of those speakers and the calmness the sound is producing. Very clear without any overruling sound/speaker. Also the bass is natural sounding, even the very deep bass. There is absolute no need to add a subwoofer. I'm using mostly with movie watching , but I'm sure they can handle almost anything.
Also inside the movie when music is playing, all music played nice. However with only music I didn't test all forms of music. But what I tested was great.
I'm using now with teh Yamaha RX-A1080 and inside the Yamaha I needed to reduce the low-lever base frequency,, as it was even too much for my liking. But others would love it. As like I said, even the low bass is natural. Only I like lesser bass.
Only thing, is that when I use the Yamaha to setup the speakers (distance, level and such) I wil get an error that the cables are wrong connected. As I read on Focal somewhere, you then need to connect wrong (red > black) and when Yamaha is done, you need to re-connect the cables correctly.
Excellent speakers - so good that I bought a pair of 936s for my Home theater 2 years later
Very good !
Excellent speakers
Love them ,stunning sound
Die Aria 926 ist in ihrer Preisklasse ein überragend musizierender und toll verarbeiteter Standlautsprecher. Sie bietet mit ihren Flachsmembranen auch jede Menge für das Auge. Es hat mir lange nicht mehr so viel Spaß gemacht Musik zu hören. Ich kann sie wärmstens empfehlen.
Toller ausgewogener Lautsprecher
Really pleased with these Aria 926's. They work well even in a smallish listening room.
Sweet,soft treble and lovely midrange. They throw out a huge sound stage and have as much bass as you will ever need!
In my opinion they present music in a very enjoyable and fun way
Oustanding
Added to my home theatre Dolby atmos system.
Also my dennon hifi set up.
My records play on another level and is like having the artist in your living room.
Watched the last jedi and felt I was at the cinema. speakers will blow you away the are cystal clear and can identify the instrument's and voices perfect.
Highly recommend.
The sound at lot more expensive than what they are, as I have heard speakers twice the price not as good. If you are after more definite sound, these are for you.
So far great sound , time will tell ,as this is a lifetime purchase .
Aria 926 Black high gloss: high manufacturing & sound quality. High expectations completely fulfilled.
Excellent speakers and a good step up from the Chorus 816 VW which I also loved
Bought these on approval, and the agreement was two weeks. On set up, within 2 minutes, I was in love with them! Stunning sound, and they are still not run-in! These have depth, clarity, separation, and focus and punch well above their weight. They handle quiet and mid and loud, and when going up the scale, that thump to the chest, which is pure sound, NOT volume occurs. These are simply the best speakers I could find at around the £2,000 mark and I firmly believe that these would compete with £4,000 plus speakers! And since they are French, let me say, ''Magnifique!''
Amazing speakers. I've had the Aria 926s for nearly a year and every day it's a pleasure to listen to them. The sound is clear, well balanced and engaging, regardless of the music genre. Simply fantastic!
Simply fantastic!
Perfect
Price/Quality wise hard to beat. Very pleased with looks and sound !