Daedalus Ulysses

@szelda53 Interesting--the Apollo 11 and the Studio Muse both have the same Daedalus house sound but present the music a little differently due to the driver configurations. The Apollo 11 is meant for larger rooms (obviously--bigger speaker) and will perform very well in open floorplans where a wide sweetspot may be preferred. The Studio Muse (and the larger Apollo with the same driver configuration) offer a different presentation with more focused imaging in a smaller sweet spot. I first heard the original Muse at CAF a few years ago and fell in love with the way the clustered driver array presented such a coherent sound with very realistic image size and location. When Lou came out with the larger Apollo with the same driver array I just had to have them. If I had a large, open space I'd have gone for the Apollo 11's, which present more similar to the way my DA-1.1s did. But with a small room and my listening chair not too far from the speakers the clustered array really is spectacular.

I wrote a detailed review on the Ulysses here on audiogon

https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/review-daedalus-ulysses-v2-speaker?highlight=Daedalus


I love them - they are so natural and just let the music flow.

Lou is currently building me a pair of Apollo 11s.

I flew up to Washington state and Lou spent time with me in his shop and I was very taken with the sound and such a wonderful experience, thank you.

You can visit Fenrdale, WA between Seattle and Vancouver - great place for whale watching

or you can check out the shows Lou does on the Daedalus page on audiocircle and also for the possible opportunity to hear the speakers in someones home.

all the best

I play upright bass - you won’t need subs unless you play very low register movies, synth bass, etc
natural low end.

I have heard only at shows and wasnt impressed.

Recently used a pair of REL T/9i they supposedly go down to 28HZ , I am sending them back to get either REL G 1 MK 2 or a pair of REL S/812 as has been suggested to me I can say this My Poseidon's did sound a bit more ( smidge)fuller  don't know why? I did find the mid's  seem to be more clear ?? even though   I only listen to 2 channel music on this system rest of my equipment being QuickSliver 60 watts mono's with high damping factor , Wywire Daedalus Speaker Cables 2 sets of WYwire Diamond Interconnects,  Don Sach Pre-2, PS audio Directstream DAC with Bridge card, Oppo 205 for transport  For room treatment 1st  reflection points treated  with recently acquired GIK panels other than  that heavy curtains  and strategically placed sofa and furniture I use the Radio Shack SPL meter  consistently to achieve a 75 db level but only listen in at about 68 db at the most