Focal Aria 948 in Black Piano Lacquer Awesome Speakers for the Money Price lowered again

Up for sale is a one owner pair of Focal Aria 948 speakers.
They are 8 months old and hardly broken in.
Shipping and local pick up are both an option.
Pick-up would allow for auditioning.
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SPECIFICATIONS:

Type Three-way bass-reflex floorstanding loudspeaker
Speaker drivers Two 81/4’’ (21cm) Flax bass 61/2’’ (16.5cm) Flax midrange 1’’ (25mm) Al/Mg TNF inverted dome tweeter
Frequency response (+/- 3dB)37Hz - 28kHz
Low frequency point - 6dB 31Hz
Sensitivity (2.83V / 1m) 92.5dB
Nominal impedance 8 Ohms
Minimum impedance 2.5 Ohms
Recommended amplifier power 50 - 350W
Crossover frequency 280Hz / 2600Hz
Dimensions (H x W x D) 451/4 x145/8 x169/16" (1150x371x420mm)


PORON SUSPENSION FOR SOFT TREBLE

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.

FLAX CONE, SO ORIGINAL

The flax cone 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. F cone 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.

Reviews

http://www.the-ear.net/review-hardware/focal-aria-948-loudspeaker

http://www.theabsolutesound.com/articles/focal-aria-948/?page=2

https://www.upscaleaudio.com/products/focal-aria-948-loudspeakers-pair