For Sale Mark and Daniel Apollo II Floor standing speakers.
From 6 Moons Review:
"Apollo II
Toward the other end and second from the top of the M&D line is found the Apollo II. This speaker is no fly weight. It stands 47.2 inches tall by 14.2 inches wide and 15.8 inches deep and tips the scale at a back-straining 170lbs. Rated as being 87dB efficient with a frequency response of 25Hz- 35kHz, the Apollo will qualify as full-range by most standards. With an impedance of 4 ohms, Mark & Daniel recommend an amplifier of at least 150 watts.
From 600Hz on up, the Apollo II uses the aforementioned DM-3 Dreams driver. As unique as that driver is, I'm here to tell you not to underestimate the importance of M&D's proprietary and patented SX technology as implemented in their woofers. The SX10-1.2 'Super Xmas Woofer' of the Apollo utilizes a 48mm long magnetic gap created by very large NdFeB magnets. A high efficiency ribbon copper voice coil of 18mm length is wired onto a 250°C-grade TIL glass fiber former to yield ±15mm linear excursion. That's 1.2 inches!
Behind the cone sits a die-cast aluminum frame, a durable
DuPont Metamax damper incorporating a large rubber surround and a compound paper cone and dust cap all said to combine for stunning dynamics while yielding outstanding bass control and 88dB/2.83V/1m at 4 ohms in efficiency - and over 150 watts of power handling.
Though the Apollo II is described as a two-way speaker, it does incorporate a small Dreams super tweeter mounted on top - the same DM-2 as utilized in the Mini. The auxiliary tweeter covers 7kHz- 35kHz and output can be dialed down by 6dB via a rear-mounted potentiometer. This driver fires upward into a cone-shaped dispersion lens to deflect its output into a 360º omni-polar pattern".
Asking $6995.00 Audition available.
