FS: Audible Physics Arians pair, some of the finest 6.5's ever made

[architect7 10+ year member]

Item(s) for Sale:

Audible Physics Arians 6.5" mids

These sound better than my $1k/pr. Dynaudio Esotar mids above 100hz. The Esotars are bass monsters but the Arians can play full range up to 8khz+ with ease and sound incredible doing it. As you can see in my pics I have them paired with my $1600/pr. RAAL 140-15D dipole ribbons, some of the best tweeters ever created and the Arians easily match their detail and high output.

If I had the time, I'd build these into kick panels with a smaller RAAL ribbon and then put a high output 8" in my doors for a world class 3-way front stage. These are literally the best mids I've ever heard, better than some very high dollar stuff like SEAS Excel, etc.

Item(s) Description/Condition:

9.5/10

Price:

$350 shipped. Firm on price, you can't find these anywhere and they originally sold for $700/pr.

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Included for CONUS

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[Ge_off_me 5,000+ posts]

These are very nice speakers. I used them in my car for a bit. The only downside is that they cannot handle too much power.

 

[architect7 10+ year member]

Funny you mention that, I was talking to the designer Rishi about a month ago about the Arians and he said the power handling is an issue because the Arian was created as a full range home audio mid with no crossovers, hence the lower power rating. With a realistic cutoff such as 80hz at 12db he said they'll handle 100 watts+ no problem. That's where I had them and the midbass was phenomenal!

 

[Ge_off_me 5,000+ posts]

Funny you mention that, I was talking to the designer Rishi about a month ago about the Arians and he said the power handling is an issue because the Arian was created as a full range home audio mid with no crossovers, hence the lower power rating. With a realistic cutoff such as 80hz at 12db he said they'll handle 100 watts+ no problem. That's where I had them and the midbass was phenomenal!

I was speaking to him about that 2 weeks ago myself lol.

The only difference is that they put a car audio basket on this driver and not on the home audio driver haha.

 

[architect7 10+ year member]

Yes, too funny! Have you heard the H6MB? I had those in my truck before my Esotars, those are the best value for the money of any mid I have ever used.

 

[Roland 10+ year member]

I feed my Arians as much as my PHD FB Pros, they both do very well with 100 + watts for me.

For a 2 two way system the Arains are very hard to beat.

 

[whitedragon551 5,000+ posts]

Love Audible Physics drivers.

 

[Ge_off_me 5,000+ posts]

Yes, too funny! Have you heard the H6MB? I had those in my truck before my Esotars, those are the best value for the money of any mid I have ever used.

I have not, I have used the h-audio souls and those were very nice.

I feed my Arians as much as my PHD FB Pros, they both do very well with 100 + watts for me.
For a 2 two way system the Arains are very hard to beat.

Trust me, the fb pros will take MUCH more power than the arians. I've fed my fb 6.1 pros a ppi p600.2 each. The arians are pretty well tapped out at 120 or so. Not saying that makes it a better driver, but it does handle more power.

 

[Roland 10+ year member]

Trust me, the fb pros will take MUCH more power than the arians. I've fed my fb 6.1 pros a ppi p600.2 each. The arians are pretty well tapped out at 120 or so. Not saying that makes it a better driver, but it does handle more power.

Very good to know. I'll have to try more power on the FB 6.1 Pros. I was saving the FB 6.1 pros for a eventual 3 way system. just been digging the Arains so much i have no rush to go 3 way.

 

[eg9 10+ year member]

Love Audible Physics drivers.

This ^^^^^^^^

Wish I had the cash for these..............

 

[architect7 10+ year member]

SOLD! Thank you!

 

[caggi14]

Price difference between AP and the PHD?

 

[Roland 10+ year member]

Price difference between AP and the PHD?

Depends on which models PHDs you are talking about. Arians are no longer in production, used they go for $400- $300. I have a extra set of Arians that iv'e been thinking abut selling. You can Pm me if you're interested since Architect has sold his.

I think i paid $230 for my PHD Fb 6.1 Pro's new. Id sell mine for $160 even though I never used them.

 

[architect7 10+ year member]

I actually have another pair that I might sell lol.

 

[Paradigmonds]

If you were going to compare and contrast the two .............the Arians vs the 6.1 FB Pros, how would you say they compare?

I'm looking to put together a 3-way setup for my front stage and I really was a very musical 6.5", but also that exhibits good midbass and will make a very clean transition to my 2" or 3" midrange.