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Focal Aria 936 Floorstanding Loudspeakers These speakers are about 3 years old unmarked and in as new condition. They are finished in high gloss piano black. They are an excellent sounding speaker with beautiful mid range and a bass. They are revealing and non fatiguing speaker. I have paired them with Musical Fidelity M6 pre amp and power amp combo. Recently I paired them with a Canor 1.2 amp and this lifted them showing that they have more to give with better gear. They fit in well with surrounding furnishing with their clean look. I have really enjoyed these speakers and had a lot fun with
At A$2,200, this is a slightly below-median ask against your recent AUD comps: the median and 25th percentile both sit at A$2,389, with the 75th percentile at A$2,595. That puts it under the typical market by A$189, which is a solid, buyer-friendly price rather than a bargain-bin outlier.
The Aria 936 is well regarded for giving you proper floorstander scale, with good dynamics, a big soundstage, and enough finesse to stay enjoyable on both music and TV. In like new condition, the appeal is straightforward: you’re getting a current-class Focal tower at a sensible used price, and if the cabinets, drivers, and grilles are all clean, this looks like an easy shortlist candidate.
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Focal traces its roots to 1979 in Saint-Étienne, France, where engineer and hi-fi enthusiast Jacques Mahul founded the company in a small workshop within his father's precision engineering firm. Initially operating as JMlab, it began crafting bespoke speaker drivers, with early models like the DB13 earning acclaim for their compact yet dynamic bass performance. This heritage of acoustic innovation and French craftsmanship propelled Focal's evolution, marked by pivotal 1990s expansions under Gérard Chrétien's leadership, yielding iconic references such as the Vega and Grande Utopia loudspeakers that redefined audiophile standards.
The brand's core focus remains high-fidelity loudspeakers, where it excels through in-house driver design featuring breakthroughs like inverted-dome tweeters, Polyglass cones, flax diaphragms, and beryllium tweeters in its Utopia line. Focal has diversified into professional studio monitors, premium headphones, car audio systems, and select accessories, all emphasizing noble materials and meticulous engineering. While not delving into amplifiers, turntables, DACs, or cables, its speaker-centric portfolio spans home, mobile, and pro applications with unwavering commitment to purity of sound.
Positioned firmly in the high-end market, Focal commands respect as a world leader among discerning hi-fi buyers for its benchmark performance, international awards, and "Made in France" prestige. No longer a niche boutique, it blends heritage appeal with cutting-edge technology, attracting serious audiophiles who prioritize transparency, dynamics, and emotional depth over mass-market compromises.
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