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The third option from Prouty’s top three picks, the Focal Aria 926 are high-end speakers that are worth the splurge. “I love the beautiful design with leather-effect coating, and the TNF tweeter handles high tones with minimal distortion,” Prouty says. “In addition, the Flax Cone midrange drivers provide smooth mids and low bass tones, extremely accurate sound reproduction.” The three-way design also includes 1-inch dome tweeters made of aluminum and magnesium, and dual 6.5-inch woofers. The Focal Aria speakers are available in black high gloss, brown, and prime walnut.
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The Polk Monitor XT60 Floorstanding Tower Speakers are wildly popular for a reason: They’re affordable speakers that aren’t cheap in quality and won’t eat up too much floor space. Each speaker has a 1-inch Terylene dome tweeter, 6.5-inch bi-laminate paper driver, and two 6 .5-inch passive bass radiators, which are designed to deliver great mid-ranges and bass. The black two-way speakers have a set of binding posts and a frequency response of 38 to 40,000 Hz, and they can support Dolby and DTS.
