AudioSolutions will show the second generation of its most popular acoustic model Figaro at the High End Show 2023 opening this week in Munich . The speaker is marked with the MK2 suffix in the title.
External changes are quite significant – AudioSolutions Figaro MK 2 began to look much more modern. At the same time, the proportions of the speaker cabinets remained the same.
Despite the fact that the first generation AudioSolutions Figaro were truly revolutionary speakers, over the five years of their production, the developers have collected enough information about what could be improved. All this was implemented in the AudioSolutions Figaro MK2.
One of the most anticipated upgrades was the studded outrigger system at the base of the column. The acoustic system has not only become more stable, but the contact area with the supporting surface has also been minimized.
Crossovers have been significantly upgraded in the new model. For windings of inductors with air cores, conductors of a larger cross section were used. In addition, a new PCB layout has been developed, resulting in even shorter signal paths. The AudioSolutions Figaro MK2 continues to use the quality WBT Next-Gen screw terminals.
The most significant update concerns the speaker cabinet design. In the first generation Figaro, the manufacturer used a self-locking cabinet ( Self-Locking cabinet ), first used in the AudioSolutions Overture MK2 model in 2015.
The AudioSolutions Figaro MK2 case is an evolution of this solution, first implemented in the Virtuoso series in 2019. AudioSolutions called this cabinet Cabinet-In-a-Cabinet (CIC) .
Specifications:
- Type: 3-way floorstanding speaker
- Drivers: 2.5cm silk dome tweeter, 15.2cm ER paper cone midrange, dual 18.3cm ER paper cone woofer
- Crossover frequencies: 400 Hz; 4 kHz
- Frequency response (indoor): 30 Hz – 25 kHz
- Sensitivity: 91.5dB at 2.83V, 1m
- Rated impedance: 4.0 ohm
- Rated input power: 170 W (RMS)
- Maximum input power: 340 W
- Single speaker dimensions (H x W x D): 1,138 x 270 x 472 mm
- Single speaker weight: 45kg