AsciLab F6Bs Speaker Review

[JayGilb]

Looks like a decent choice for a desktop or tv room setup. The price is attractive and the specs are impressive.
I am and always will be a floor stander person, but I'm guessing with an addition of a sub or two, it would be a great combo.

Amir - thanks for another review.

 

[Purité Audio]

What sort of warranty does purite audio offer for these AsciLab passive and upcoming active speakers in the uk.

Exactly as AsciLAB,

3. Warranty Policy FAQ - Ascilab

Frequently Asked Questions and Answers

ascilab.cafe24.com

Keith

 

[Pritaudio]

Exactly as AsciLAB,

3. Warranty Policy FAQ - Ascilab

Frequently Asked Questions and Answers

ascilab.cafe24.com

Keith

Does any correspondence have to go through you.
How about diagnosis.
And what role do you take in the 3 year warranty.

 

[Billy Budapest]

Sorry if this has been asked before—is there a U.S. distributor?

 

[Billy Budapest]

Also, the website indicates $725 is the price for a pair—not $545. Effect of tariffs?

 

[Bleib]

Also, the website indicates $725 is the price for a pair—not $545. Effect of tariffs?

No, they added the shipping cost into the price directly

 

[AsciLab]

Sorry if this has been asked before—is there a U.S. distributor?

There is currently no distributor or dealer in the United States.

 

[lordhumungous]

So this speaker or Ascend V2 for medium size room and 200 watt amplification. Room is sort of a hexagon , weird shape.

 

[vinodk69]

Debating between this and Philharmonic Ceramic mini or Sierra-1 V2 for bedroom system without sub. Wondering which one will go lower. Not sure if we will get hit with import duties in US.

 

[staticV3]

Debating between this and Philharmonic Ceramic mini or Sierra-1 V2 for bedroom system without sub. Wondering which one will go lower.

You can use spinorama.org to compare spin data from various sources.

E.g: https://www.spinorama.org/compare.h...gin1=Vendors-Ascend+Acoustics&version1=vendor

The F6Bs is sealed, so will not play particularly deep.

The regular F6B would be a more fair comparison.

 

[Purité Audio]

Does any correspondence have to go through you.
How about diagnosis.
And what role do you take in the 3 year warranty.

When there is an issue first port of call is usually the retailer from whom you purchased the equipment.
Keith

 

[Marc v E]

Debating between this and Philharmonic Ceramic mini or Sierra-1 V2 for bedroom system without sub. Wondering which one will go lower. Not sure if we will get hit with import duties in US.

Will depend on your preferences for bass.
Personally I cannot do without. That's why I selected the c6b for same application.

Will post results without sub when they've arrived. I suppose it could be enough to go down to 50 hz or so (imo) but I've experienced I like my bass to extend to 30hz. Ymmv

 

[vinodk69]

Sorry yes considering F6B & not F6Bs for more low end extension. I am not a big bass head but like to have decent in-room low end extension down to 40Hz range without sub for music.

 

[OnAir]

Sorry yes considering F6B & not F6Bs for more low end extension. I am not a big bass head but like to have decent in-room low end extension down to 40Hz range without sub for music.

In a room measuring 10ft × 10ft, the F6B started roll off at 50hz

 

[paulgyro]

Pretty standard tool in the “bag of tricks” available to speaker manufacturers. Many brands use similar phase plugs.

Agreed, if you look at the measurements though it seems to be much more effective in that the dispersion increases at about 6.5k hz. I don't recall ever seeing that before.

 

[davmol]

Also, the website indicates $725 is the price for a pair—not $545. Effect of tariffs?

The price now includes shipping but in respect of tariffs / taxes payable by US consumers:

• Landed before 9th July: $725 list +extra 10% tariff / tax ($72.50) paid by consumer when it lands.
• Landed 9th July onwards: $725 list +extra 25% tariff ($181.25) paid by consumer when it lands.

Probably worth US consumers waiting a few weeks (before ordering) to see how the recent decision on blanket tariffs (being illegal) plays out. Might save a chunk of change should the decision be upheld in higher courts.

 

[tw 2022]

The ceramic has 5 inch woofer.
Huge difference to 6 inches in terms of area and spl.
How does it compare to the 3way bmr model. Must have lower imd.

yes , i would assume the 6 inch goes deeper/ higher spl , but that ceramic mini has a bump at about 100 hz , so a nice mid bass bump.. the thing i really like about both is the distortion in the mids / highs are low .. that makes for a very transparent presentation.. Dennis Murphy(philharmonic) took my emotiva b1's and worked a similar outcome ( if you look at the b1 distortion it is very good at moderate volume).. so in effect i have a "poor man's" version of his ceramic mini in tonality and clarity (if you moderate the volume knob within reason)

 

[tw 2022]

Debating between this and Philharmonic Ceramic mini or Sierra-1 V2 for bedroom system without sub. Wondering which one will go lower. Not sure if we will get hit with import duties in US.

the ceramic mini has nice mid bass .. in a small room they may actually sound like they have "more" bass... but both the others effectively go deeper iirc , so if linear / clean bass notes are essential either of the others may be what you want ... it's a matter of taste... they are all going to be very transparent

 

[holbob]

Is it me or is that a not insignificant high frequency difference in amir's klippel measurement from ascilabs? Starting arround 2K? I think the 500hz bump is bigger on Amir's as well.

 

[Inertiaman]

The price now includes shipping but in respect of tariffs / taxes payable by US consumers:

• Landed before 9th July: $725 list +extra 10% tariff / tax ($72.50) paid by consumer when it lands.
• Landed 9th July onwards: $725 list +extra 25% tariff ($181.25) paid by consumer when it lands.

Probably worth US consumers waiting a few weeks (before ordering) to see how the recent decision on blanket tariffs (being illegal) plays out. Might save a chunk of change should the decision be upheld in higher courts.

As I understand it, none of those tariffs would apply to a $725 order while the de minimis exemption remains in place for non-Chinese origin shipments. It was removed for China (so sub-$800 parcels from China now subject to duty) but for other countries it has been postponed until a TBD date.

The information on this is all so ambiguous and changing daily that I don't feel particularly confident in any specific scenario, but the above observation is my best sense currently.

I think Ascilab should consider sale/shipment of individual speakers in some cases. For example the normal F6B with an $825 total won't benefit from de minimis treatment. Better to order two speakers a couple days apart unless the shipping costs scale very non-linear.