Audio Quasar Antares Mk2 specifications

Model: Antares Mk2

Factory price: 6.000 ,- DM

Other models of the same series:

Excerpt from a review of the Antares:

About the midrange driver: The legendary midrange driver of the Audio Quasar wrote hi-fi history. About the tweeter: A proven one: The small fabric dome of Scan-Speak with the front rubberized against reflections is a well-known size. For the structure: For a stable reproduction of the sound image, the audio Quasar developers arranged the midrange and tweeter symmetrically. The Antares obtains the lower bass range from a band bass construction, which transmits the sound to the outside world only via the reflex opening (bottom left). View: The capacitors of the Antares are of the best quality. In some cases, even the very expensive Mundorf Supreme series is used. It has a long-lasting and very stable structure – even after decades, its excellent values are unlikely to change much. Housing costs money, good housing costs more. For example, the Antares from Audio Quasar is made so perfectly despite its elaborate interior design that there is very little comparable in this price range: the precisely fitting sinking of the tweeter and woofer / midrange, the outstanding finish of the veneer surface and the high stability of the housing - everything is just right here. About the sound:...but the Audio Quasar presented itself a little more moderate in dealing with toxic brass inserts. Restrained and dry in the basses, she also remained very slim in the fundamental range. Nevertheless, the Antares impressed with an all–round harmonious reproduction of vocals and classical instruments and – if required - made it really crash even during bass thunderstorms. Her outstanding discipline of individual instruments or vocal lists was precisely positioned.

Prinzp: 3-way, bandbass construction (bass)
Sine power: 160 W
Impedance: 4 ohms
Chassis:
- 1 x Scan-Speak tweeter, later in the Evolution variant Focal
- 2 x midrange KEF , later in the Evolution variant Seas
- 2 x woofer WHD, later in the Evolution variant Scan Speak
Dimensions (H x W x D): 120 x 24 x 40 cm
Weight: approx. 54 kg