M K SOUND D95 Wall Speaker White Pcs Instruction Manual
- June 9, 2024
- M K SOUND
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D95 Wall Speaker White Pcs
Instruction Manual
D95 Wall Speaker White Pcs
The loudspeaker specialist long beloved by die-hard AV-Holics is now taking aim at regular living rooms with its D95 on-wall model. ed Selley investigates
The range of loudspeakers from audio brand M&K Sound already covers off a wide
selection of AV roles, so the new D Series has been added to appeal to a
different sort of end user. This isn’t a speaker to be buried in-wall in a
darkened theatre – it’s dying to be easily placed on-wall in a two-channel
music system, or either side of your TV.
The reason the D95 can be considered simple to install is twofold. First, the
cabinet is sealed and largely (but not entirely) immune to proximity to walls.
The second is that the cabinet is just 95mm deep. When combined with keyhole
mounting on the back and a VESA mount pattern too, you have a speaker that
should fit into most environments without a fuss. True, the D95 engineers some
all-important cabinet volume by being a little wider (240mm) than you might
expect, but at 300mm tall, it’s still handily compact.
In contrast to some of the more sophisticated models from the company that
have dipole/tripole-based driver arrangements (see HCC #289), the D95 is
simplicity itself, with one 1.1in silk dome tweeter and a 6.5in polypropylene
bass/ mid driver per cabinet. Something that’s interesting is that the D95
puts a lot of load on the tweeter; the crossover network is set at 1.6kHz,
which as low as I can recall seeing.
Sensitivity is suggested at an amp-friendly 91dB and this doesn’t feel like
fiction when you start listening.
Viewed objectively, the speaker itself looks a little oddly proportioned but
not to the extent it’s unattractive. White, black and grey finishes are
available
AV info
PRODUCT:
Two-way on-wall loudspeaker
position:
The larger of two new M&K Sound D Series models
peers:
ATC HTS11;
DALI Oberon on-wall; System Audio Saxo 6 and grilles are provided. At £695
each (there’s an also-new D85 sibling, selling for £595, which uses a smaller
5.25in bass/mid), this isn’t an ‘affordable’ speaker, but the build and finish
is more than commensurate with the asking price – although the push-torelease
speaker terminals don’t feel great and won’t happily accept 4mm plugs.
How low can you go?
Absolutely key to putting the performance of the D95 in context is that M&K
Sound makes no claims to changing the laws of physics. For the speaker’s low-
frequency response, the manufacturer quotes 90Hz at the rigorous +/- 3dB
measurement and 70Hz at a rather more severe -9dB roll off. And while the D95
is largely unaffected by proximity to walls, if you do wall-mount it as
intended you’ll get some useful boundary reinforcement.
What this means is that watching film and TV material through the D95s on
their own is a rewarding, engaging experience. What the speaker does
brilliantly is combine excellent detail retrieval with a crisp and dynamic
presentation. And there is enough weight to make such sessions enjoyable.
Specifications
DRIVERS: 1 x 6.5in polypropylene bass/mid driver; lx1.1in coated silk
dome tweeter
ENCLOSURE: Sealed FREQUENCY RESPONSE (CLAIMED): 90Hz-20kHz (+/-3dB
SENSITIVITY (CLAIMED): 91dB IMPEDANCE (CLAIMED): 4ohm (nominal — 3.4ohm
minimum) POWER HANDLING (CLAIMED): 135W DIMENSIONS: 240(w) x 300(h) x 95(d)mm
WEIGHT: 4.9kg
FEATURES: White, black and grey matte finish options (with matching
grilles); keyhole wall-mount fixings; 100mm x 100mm VESA compatible
The D95 is sealed, and claims a 90Hz LF response
That said, adding a subwoofer to the mix (in this case a BK Electronics
P300SB) is enough to give an entirely full-range performance. A rewatch of Die
Hard 2 on Disney+ over Christmas was a pleasure – the D95 never feels like a
satellite speaker, because it has enough heft and scale of its own to ensure
gunfire, exploding snowmobiles and the like don’t feel as if they are solely
the preserve of the subwoofer. The speed and transparency on offer does mean,
however, that the woofer you use will need to be quick and agile too.
Musical performance is also superb. That speed and cohesion they show is no
less helpful here, and the speakers’ tonal balance manages to flatter decent
recordings without making poor ones unlistenable. And subjectively, that low
crossover point has no discernible effect on the integration between the
tweeter and bass/mid drivers either. Once again, all but the most delicate of
genres will need a subwoofer to be truly effective though.
Space saved
Brand enthusiasts might look at the D95 and imagine it being a tasty partner
for M&K’s other speaker models, suited to surround channel installation in a
home cinema. There’s no reason why the speaker couldn’t be used that way,
although the company itself still believes tripoles are optimal in that
regard, and is positioning the D95 very much for use in a stereo system. Set
to that task, it performs admirably, and the space saved by mounting an on-
wall model frees up some carpet for a partnering sub. And I wouldn’t want to
deter anyone from doing that, buying another three, and going 5.1
HCC Verdict
M&K sound D95
➜ £695 (each) ➜ https://mksound.com
WESAY: It’s not cheap and you’ll likely want to add a subwoofer, but the
D95 offers a sparkling performance from an easy-to-site enclosure.
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