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Focal Aria K2 936 Floorstanding Speaker

The Focal Aria K2 936 Limited Edition Loudspeakers are as quick and articulate as electrostatics, easy to drive, and image like champs almost regardless of placement. Their gloss ash grey color will work with a VERY wide range of décor, and there is enough variation to their appearance (black glass top, leatherette on baffle board, & nice-looking black grills) that the speakers won’t look like monoliths in your theater room.

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But the real magic comes up with the volume once the lights go down. Focal has turned up the technology for the Aria K2 936 Limited Edition speakers, and the results are stunning. Focal uses their usual sandwich construction for the driver cones, but with a foam filling rather than their usual flax. The foam is apparently lighter and quicker, and the difference is audible. The famous alloy Focal inverted dome tweeter provides its usual great dispersion and flat response, but with a new Poron surround, it sounds better than ever.

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If you want to take your home theater to the next level, the Focal Aria K2 936 Limited Edition speakers are the obvious way to go. Watch for the full review soon!

Focal Aria K2 936 Floorstanding Speaker

See the complete review for the Focal Aria K2 936 Floorstanding Speaker.

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I learned to play the guitar in high school, hoping to persuade Berma Sanchez to date me, but alas, no such luck! In the late 1970s, a neighbor who was the station engineer for the local PBS network took me under his wing and taught me the electronics of audio reproduction. Throughout college, I used that knowledge to modify Dynaco vacuum tube equipment for friends. After graduation from LSU, I took a job in the chemical manufacturing industry, learning about industrial hygiene and the mechanics of hearing. In the 1990s I learned to write, initially as the newsletter editor for my local Safety Engineering chapter. In the early 2000s, I had my first book published (I’m now working on my third). A few years ago, the Secrets of Home Theater and High Fidelity website issued a call for authors. I responded and was excited to be selected. Over the years, I’ve published a number of equipment reviews and am honored, in 2019, to be given the title of “Senior Editor.” But none of the above offers the “why” of my interest in home audio. My musical tastes are highly diverse, and my love of music (acquired probably in the church choir of Grace Baptist Church) has been passed on to my daughter, who got her B.S. degree in music and her M.S. in violin performance and music education before being switching gears and then going on to graduate from Harvard Law. Although the majority of my extended group of friends and family prefer hobbies such as hunting, fishing, football games, etc., I’ve found that I still greatly enjoy time with my audio system and discovering new music. At some time in the fairly near future, my hearing will decline and I’ll no longer be able to listen analytically. But so long as my audiograms show acute hearing, I’ll keep doing what I enjoy best - listening to wonderful music and sharing my thoughts and impressions with like-minded friends.

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