To simplify the naming conventions, let's just call the new 'uns Sapphire and Topaz. The Maximus speakers, by M&D's definition, are bookshelf loudspeakers of sufficient SPL output to match or exceed that of medium-sized floorstanders by the competition. Recently two members have been added to the family called the Maximus-Sapphire and Maximus-Topaz. Mark & Daniel have truly found their winning formula and within two short years introduced ten models from miniature bookshelf monitors to a 280 lbs floorstanding flagship - all in their favored 2-way configurations. You of course will know what that means - a dynamic expander for your wallet. Wrapping up these good news, while all the design blueprints and patent papers are generated in M&D's Tucson/Arizona office, manufacturing takes place in Shanghai, China. The results are taut and clean bass mass and extension never before anticipated from such small 2-way loudspeakers - and lifelike, coherent vocals and treble with an optimal balance between resolution and musicality. To house two such high-power drivers, M&D resorted to equivalently overbuilt enclosures made of MDF on the inside and CAM (compound artificial marble) outside. Never before have we seen a woofer quite this small and potent and a tweeter/midrange quite so big, so capable of high acoustic power and low FMD pollution. They remodeled Oskar Heil's air-motion transformer and expanded it into their own DREAMS unit (Directly Responding Emitter by Air Motion Structure) to cover the entire five top octaves.
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They redesigned the woofer with a short voice coil in a long magnetic gap and manufactured their patented Super Xmax driver to be capable of deeper undistorted bass with much higher dynamic SPL output. They revisited conventional 2-way loudspeakers from scratch by lowering the ubiquitous crossover point from the industry standard of 2,000/3,000Hz to 800/900Hz. When the duo founded Mark & Daniel Audio Labs in 2004, they knew they were braving the tide and starting a revolution.
Nobody ever thought of challenging the orthodox 2-way loudspeaker design quite like Mark Wong and Daniel Lee had in mind when they donned their thinking caps and threw down the gauntlet for complacent designers and lazy users of 2-way loudspeakers. Review component retail: Sapphire $2,240/pr, Topaz $1,800/pr, matching stand $700/pr Room Size: 12' x 24' x 9' opens to 12' x 17' x 9' L-shape, short wall setup / 13' x 28' 8" x 9' with openings on one side to hallway and staircase, short wall setup Power Line Conditioning: Tice Power Block IIIC, Monster Power HTS-3500 Mk II (modified by Nu Force), Monster Power HTS-1000 Mk II Power Cords: Aural Symphonic Missing Link, Ensemble Powerflux, Unity Audio Link Precision Link Omni-Harmonizer, Maximus-RubyĬables: Symphonic Line Reference interconnect, Clearaudio Silver Line interconnect, Deltec Black Slink interconnect, Luscombe LBR-35 interconnect, Unity Audio Solid Link interconnect, Symphonic Line The Fast speaker cables, OCOS speaker cables by Dynaudio, Unity Audio Solid Link single-wire/Shotgun bi-wire speaker cables, Orphee Audio digital cable, Aural Symphonic Digital Standard digital cable Speakers: Klipsch Synergy F2, Mark & Daniel Maximus-Monitor w. Power Amp/integrated Amp: Symphonic Line RG4 Mk III, Nu Force Reference 9 and 9 SE, Dared VP-20, Dared VP-16, Dared MP-2A3C, Audio Zone AMP-ST, Kingrex T-20, Winsome-Labs Mouse, Nu Force Reference 9 V2, Audio Space Nova M-34, Audio Zone D-1 stereo amp Preamp: Symphonic Line RG3 Mk III, Micromega Variodac as preamp, KingRex Preamp, Audio Space Pre-2, Dared MC-7P This review page is supported in part by the sponsor whose ads is displayed aboveĭigital Source: Restek Radiant CD player, Assemblage D2D-1/DAC-3.1 Platinum, Micromega Microdrive, Deltec PDM Two DAC, Marantz SA6820
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