Lower-Cost Omni Speaker from German Physiks
The top-mounted DDD driver produces pistonic, bending-wave and modal radiation. It features a very low moving mass to ensure proper transient response, and it is phase linear throughout its operating range. Its omnidirectional output is said to "produce well-focused stereo images that can be enjoyed from a wide range of positions in the listening room." The Unlimited Mk II is finished in black, gray,
dark-brown or white acoustic vinyl, which reportedly "provides significant additional
damping to a cabinet that is inherently very well damped." The cabinet also uses
Hawaphon damping material, a polymer sheet containing a matrix of small cells filled with
very fine steel shot. |
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Physiks Unlimited Mk II speaker ($14,998/pair) represents a lower price point for the
German maker of omnidirectional speakers, but it uses the same carbon-fiber driver as the
company's $225,000-per-pair flagship Gaudi model. This DDD driver is proprietary to German
Physiks and produces a wide bandwidth -- 200Hz to 24kHz -- so the Unlimited Mk II has no
midrange crossover. A downward-firing 8" woofer augments the speaker's bottom end.