Daniel J SaitDoAcoustics says its range combines beautiful looks, effortless performancewith small footprint yet big-sounding loudspeakers.
DoAcoustics, a loudspeaker brand from Scilly, is proud to announce that its unique MicroDesign range of products is now available in the UK. Featuring two-channel stereo, Home Cinema and active models, the range consists of stand-mount, floor standing and home cinema speakers that all carry the same design philosophy – discrete, slim and understated in appearance, yet able to produce a very natural performance that belies the cabinet size.
Armonia Mundi Impact
The brain-child of life-long professional musician and Hi-Fi store owner Davide Oliveri, DoAcoustics was founded in Catania, Sicily in 2011, with the dream of being able to reproduce near-field monitor studio sound in a domestically acceptable package. Davide designed the complete range himself with the guiding eye of his wife Raffaella, who, as an architect and designer, is no stranger to industrial design.
Davide worked to create the sound characteristics he required. The resulting MicroDesign models epitomise Davide’s vision by offering a very stylish range of speakers that fit into any domestic environment yet deliver a performance any music lover would crave.
All models in the range are transmission-line designs, yet offer a very slim 10cm wide front profile thanks to the use of TB and SEAS 3in drivers throughout. Featuring a mixture of full-range and bass-only drivers dependant on the model, DoAcoustic’s found that the use of multiple smaller drivers meant that their designs were faster to react to transient signals, have better off-axis dispersion and a better damping factor, all of which delivered the performance they were aiming for.
When combined with the company’s point-to-point hard-wired crossovers, which are fitted throughout with Mundorf components, the range was complete and delivered to the brief – a range of speakers that had a very natural sound that is effortless to listen to yet accurate enough for the studio.
The range
The three stand-mount designs – Microcosmo, Macrocosmo and Macrocosmo Reference – feature a single 3in full-range Polypropylene-Paper-coned driver, delivering a true point-source performance that makes them equally at home in a lounge room as they are in the studio. Slightly larger in height, the two-way Macrocosmo Reference Impact features an additional 3in bass driver, whilst the larger again Jupiter houses two full-range drivers and two bass drivers in a reverse D’Appolito design.
Adding an additional out-of-phase tweeter to the rear of the cabinet, the Jupiter Impact offers a terrific sound stage and can be mounted either vertically or horizontally, says the company. An optional floor stand is available for the stand mount variants were the user wanting to complete the chic design.
Moving onto the floorstanders, all of which stand 86.5cm tall, three models are available: Armonia Mundi, Armonia Mundi Impact and Armonia Mundi Impact Active. The Armonia Mundi houses 1 x full-range and 1 x bass driver, whilst the Armonia Mundi Impact ads an additional full-range and bass driver per side, along with a tweeter mounted on the rear panel.
The result delivers a sound stage that belies the relatively small footprint, along with frequency response normally associated with larger designs. For those looking for flexibility, the Armoni Mundi Impact Active packs in a 90W per channel amplifier, Bluetooth 4.0 Aptx, S/PDIF and USB digital inputs, along with analogue inputs and outputs. Each of the floor standers come with a spiked plinth for extra stability.
All MicroDesign models are available in a range of standard colours that include white matt, black matt, natural bamboo, purple matt and green matt.
Albeit that the acoustic design of the MicroDesign range is aimed at audiophiles who are seeking the very best performance, the industrial design opens the range up to music lovers who not only want beautiful sound to listen to but also beautiful products to look at. To find out more, call +44(0)7799 068720.
DoAcoustics Range Overview and UK Pricing inc VAT
MICROCOSMO (Matt White, Black, Green, Grey & Purple) NO Bamboo
£525.00
MACROCOSMO (Matt White, Black, Green, Grey & Purple)
£739.00
MACROCOSMO (Bamboo)
£825.00
MACROCOSMO REFERENCE (Matt White, Black, Green, Grey & Purple)
£1,059.00
MACROCOSMO REFERENCE (Bamboo)
£1,149.00
MACROCOSMO REFERENCE IMPACT (Matt White, Black, Green, Grey & Purple)
£1,599.00
MACROCOSMO REFERENCE IMPACT (Bamboo)
£1,699.00
JUPITER (Matt White, Black, Green, Grey & Purple)
£1,279.00
JUPITER (Bamboo)
£1,379.00
JUPITER IMPACT (Matt White, Black, Green, Grey & Purple) £2,099.00
JUPITER IMPACT (Bamboo)
£2,199.00
ARMONIAMUNDI (Matt White, Black, Green, Grey & Purple) £1,599.00
ARMONIAMUNDI (Bamboo)
£1,799.00
ARMONIAMUNDI IMPACT (Matt White, Black, Green, Grey & Purple)
£2,399.00
ARMONIAMUNDI IMPACT (Bamboo)
£2,599.00
ARMONIAMUNDI IMPACT ACTIVE (Matt White, Black, Green, Grey & Purple)
£3,399.00
ARMONIAMUNDI IMPACT ACTIVE (Bamboo)
£3,599.00
MICRODESIGN CENTRE (Matt White, Black, Green, Grey & Purple) £849.00
MICRODESIGN CENTRE (Bamboo)
£939.00
FOREST 60 SPEAKER STANDS (Black, White)
£399.00