"X" Marks the Spot: French-Made Aria Evo X N°1 Bookshelf Loudspeaker Distinguished by In-House-Made Driver, M-Shaped TAM Tweeter, and Neutral Playback

When it comes to bookshelf loudspeakers, you’ve got options — many options when it comes to the price point represented by the Focal Aria Evo X N°1. But how many  models in that cost bracket are fully developed and built in a dedicated factory, boast in-house-made drivers, have patented materials, and benefit from decades of speaker design expertise?

The French-made Aria Evo X N°1 gives you all those advantages, as well as the ability to play every type of music and integrate into a surround system without missing a proverbial beat. Ideal for smaller rooms and offices, the two-way Aria Evo X N°1 plays with a finessed and transparent, silky and smooth highs thanks to its aluminum/magnesium M-shaped inverted-dome TAM tweeter. It offers a wide diffusion angle and spectacular definition — all without sacrificing directionality — while a urethane tweeter plate with waveguide adds horizontal directivity and bolsters the pinpoint images.

Naturalism, extension, and richness come by way of a 6.5-inch driver — whose cone features Focal’s patented flax fiber sandwiched between two sheets of glass fiber — that checks all the requisite boxes in terms of rigidity, dampening, and coloration-free responsiveness. Also on tap:  A patented TMD (Tuned Mass Damper) that stabilizes the surround between the solid frame of the speaker driver and the mobile cone, thus homogenizing the timbres even more and creating desired neutrality.

Elegant and understated, the 15.75 x 8.875 x 11-inch (HWD) Aria Evo X  N°1 has non-parallel MDF side panels to keep vibration to a minimum, a leather-effect front panel, and detachable magnetic grille add to the charm. As does the generous manufacturer warranty and seamless relationship with every other speaker in the Aria Evo X Series. 

If you’d like more information on Aria Evo X  N°1, just call a Music Direct audio consultant at 312-433-0200.