AUDIO SOLUTIONS Figaro-S speakers w elegant xiralic brown side panels.
Photo shows a few small scratches on the LH side of one of the speakers
Special Price: NZ$4,495/pr
Price Guide: RRP $15,995/pr
Winner of SoundStage - Best High End award
Marketing on behalf, an excellent pair of Audio Solutions Figaro-S speakers.
Come with original packaging.
Original owner bought in July 2019
(Note - the LH side of one speaker has a few small scratches, see photo).
Meet Figaro! A pinnacle of engineering with 6 years of development and techs refinement, a remarkable tandem of performance and design where science meets art.
Audio Solutions Figaro S speakers receive overwhelmingly positive reviews for delivering high-end sound—detailed, dynamic, and balanced—at a competitive price, often exceeding expectations for their class with exceptional midrange clarity, surprisingly deep bass for their size, and excellent imaging, making them versatile for various rooms and amplifiers (tube or solid-state). Reviewers praise their musicality, "disappearing" act, and impressive build quality with unique finishes, offering a strong value proposition in the high-fidelity market.
Key Strengths from Reviews:
Sound Quality: Balanced, detailed, and transparent sound with excellent dynamics, pace, rhythm, and timing (PRaT).
Midrange: Exemplary, offering vibrant, clear, detailed, and smooth vocals due to wideband drivers, creating a strong sense of presence.
Bass: Surprisingly deep, fast, tuneful, and well-integrated, even in smaller rooms, avoiding boominess.
Imaging & Soundstage: Creates a holographic presentation, allowing instruments to occupy their own space, making them "disappear" into the music.
Versatility: Easy to drive, working well with different amplifier types (tube, solid-state, Class D), revealing the amp's character.
Value: Considered high-end performers at prices below many competitors, offering great "bang for the buck" in their price bracket.
Build & Aesthetics: First-rate fit, finish, and build quality with unique, attractive cabinet options, often surpassing more expensive brands.
Amp Matching: While versatile, pairing with an amplifier that offers "graceful ease" can enhance the smooth, full-bodied sound.
Overall Impression:
Reviewers consistently highlight the Figaro S series as exceptional, offering a complete, engaging, and emotionally compelling musical experience that punches well above its weight class, making them a strong recommendation for serious audiophiles seeking high performance without the extreme price tag.
DESCRIPTION:
Figaro! maintains timeless AudioSolutions' design accents and gracefully slides into the overall product portfolio. Designed to look solid, and be the accent of the living room or disappear. Make the speaker stand out by choosing one of two front baffles a.k.a "Stealth Grille". All floor-standing models are 3-way systems. Unique midrange in Figaro speakers works in extended band in order to reduce crossover distortions in a most critical area for the human ear (1000-1500Hz).
FEATURES:
Three-way speaker system with Mini-Horn loaded silk dome tweeter and two ER (Extra Rigid) paper cone bass drivers which are known for a fast transient response, sound clarity and tight bass. Cabinet assembly is based on our Self-Locking and Box-in-a-Box technologies. Figaro features height-adjustable feet, "Stealth Grille" system, WBT NextGen connection terminals!
UNIQUE MINI HORN TWEETER:
In order to reduce tweeter sharpness at higher volumes (a typical soft dome problem), we’ve introduced the mini-horn which is used in all our speaker systems. On top of that, we have the waveguide which helps to focus and control sound-front propagation. The tweeter we use is slightly smaller than usual. This allows us to have a faster response and fewer distortions of the dome at the very top end.
UNIQUE STEALTH GRILLE:
The unique technical decision where one speaker has two detachable front baffles which are different in looks (one with a protective cloth and other without it) but shares the same geometry. The same geometry of front baffle means exactly the same power response. The cloth itself rarely interacts with sound waves because wavelengths even at high frequencies are much longer than a thickness of cloth fibre. Listener no longer needs to remove grilles from speakers before listening, now you can choose a style of your speaker without altering the tonal balance
UNIQUE SELF LOCKING CABINET:
Our Self-Locking cabinet technique (the technique of very rigid enclosure joints with properties identical to those featured by monolithic cabinets) allows a very good bass control and deep bass extension even in the smallest Figaro models. It is truly remarkable what a properly designed cabinet can do. Usually, cabinets are made of six walls joined together and one or two extra bracings inside the cabinet for slightly better cabinet inertia. Such cabinets usually lack bass attack and clarity because many different frequencies resonate in the cabinet itself and the decay of the accumulated energy in the cabinet is very slow compared to how fast audio signal is changing. This results in a muddy and resonant bass, typically equalized in one or two regions. Most people describe this effect as "booming sound". This is a typical problem of middle-priced speakers. Our Self-Locking cabinet is designed in a completely different manner. The key in eliminating unwanted vibrations is combining materials with different resonance properties so that they damp each other out. The simplest way to do this is to use materials of different thickness or density and make a sandwich of them. The thickness of the Figaro cabinet varies from 18mm up to 50mm in different areas.
Combining materials is nice, but we have gone even further. We have modelled every surface in the speaker and made vibration analysis of it as a whole, and noticed the importance of joints between surfaces. It is remarkable what modern software can do. There is a very big difference between a simple joint and our Self-Locking joint. Without the Self-Locking joints, the analysis exposed huge flexibility in the joint areas which acts as hinges, after improving our joining technique the cabinet became virtually monolithic. The key concept here is that all surfaces act as one monolithic sandwich. The vibrations travel inside material until the joint is reached then it reflects back because the weak hinge-like joint can't transfer energy any further. Surfaces joined together in a locked joint becomes one system working together. The result is clear, tight and fast bass also vivid mids. A lucky "side-effect" is that we have relatively lighter speakers. To achieve the same cabinet properties with usual methods - mass has to be increased by at least 5
SPECS:
Dimensions: 940H x 232W x 401D mm
Weight : 28 kg each
Shipping weight : 31 kg each
Sensitivity : 91 dB @ 2.83V 1m
Nominal power handling : 90 W rms
Maximum unclipped power handling : 180 W;
Impedance : nominal 4,0 ohms;
Crossover frequency : 400 Hz; 4000 Hz|
Frequency response : 37-25000 Hz
Drivers : 2,5cm silk dome tweeter, 1x 15.2cm ER paper cone mid, 2x 15.2cm ER paper cone bass drivers.
See introduction video:
https://youtu.be/MegMfS1I0ks?si=sEUzGXwQLszfIbKb
See EAR MAG review:
https://the-ear.net/review-hardware/audio-solutions-figaro-s-floor-standing-loudspeaker/?fbclid=IwAR3NTpy7fe11SVjuxRlfZHCdjMTBQxr10uxs5IbCebWJiqMGqrNvwRyblAI
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