Thanks for your help.
Did the employee say why to skip the 936?
Its logic, the 926 and 948 are more in balance in regards to amount of drivers. 936 are more emphisised on the lower frequenties which can make them 'boomy' quickly in a not well treated room. I had the 926 and while i sold them because of the metal tweeter not being to my liking, the balance was great. If you want more bass later on its always better to add a subwoofer. 936+subwoofer would be overkill
About to pull the trigger on a Focal Aria system:
Thanks for your comparison on 926/936/948. Just to be absolutely clear: when combining dual sub with either of these, your favorite was 936?
I would think with properly integrated subs the difference between the 926 and 936 would be pretty small.
I don't listen that loud, I never exceed 90 dB which should be a breeze for either of these. And my main reason is 948 are just too massive. I'm not even blaming that one on my other half, I've audited the 948 in store but while loving the sound, I don't want it in our living room.
That sale is ongoing for the 926/936 too btw. Problem with store auditioning is: it's not my room. and I won't have my exact front-end gear at my disposal, nor will the sub and speakers be matched using dirac (if there is a sub at my disposal at all). You make a valid point, but in my mind it's nearly impossible to create the conditions where I would be satisfied that the comparison is "valid".
.I'd only be getting 1 sub though. But given the similarity between the speakers, one would expect so. Unfortunately, I've never seen anechoic measurements of the 926 (or 936 in fact). Only 936 K2 by audioholics, whhich I'm assuming is pretty much the same given similarity in impedance, crossovers, dimensions,...
Thanks, and nice setup you've got there
. Aren't these the (normalised in room) stereophile measurements? Which I thought weren't anechoic?
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That sale is ongoing for the 926/936 too btw. Problem with store auditioning is: it's not my room. and I won't have my exact front-end gear at my disposal, nor will the sub and speakers be matched using dirac (if there is a sub at my disposal at all). You make a valid point, but in my mind it's nearly impossible to create the conditions where I would be satisfied that the comparison is "valid".
Is your advice on the sub 1000 F based on some experience you had with them? Or if you have measurements at your disposal, please do share because I couldn't find anything online. The reviews that I did find praised it for its precision and accuracy. Maybe I should "distrust" the sub in advance (which I haven't heard either) and just get the 936, giving the sub less work to do? Although I would be surprised Focal are no good at designing them. For one, they have many subs: for cars, home theater and hifi at different price points. I'm not fully on board with that metaphor. If tower speakers are cars, then subs might be more like motorbikes rather than bikes. Which BMW definitely makes quite well, despite any challenge harley davidson might pose
But as I already said: due to the looks (which is something my partner gets a say in) it's gonna be 1000 F or no sub. The aria's themselves (mainly due to the light color and material of the flax drivers) have quite an impact on the look of the family room. Throwing in something like SVS or REL is too much of a challenge for her and, even though I could get over it myself, I get it.
Then why the Purifi ?
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Because it´s stable down to 2 ohm (flat frequency response and no load variation in the frequency response) and has very low sinad. I can keep that thing for as long as it doesn´t die on me, because upgrading just makes no scientific sense.
Interesting. Hadn´t heard of BKelectronics yet. I also heard that a sealed sub is generally going to sound more audiophile. Not sure if there´s any truth to that, but let´s not go off topic too far.
