Marten Oscar Duo Bookshelf Speakers

Marten Oscar Duo Standmount Speakers

The Marten Oscar Duos are compact and stylish and boy, can they fill a room with rich, detailed sound that feels far bigger than their size suggests.

Oscar Duo sparked a design rethink to deliver Marten sound with new technology - bespoke drivers were created to make this possible. And that’s not the only thing that is custom: the optional stand is a Marten original. Innovation drove the creation of the Oscar series; understanding challenge, taking risks and rethinking design are the ashes from which Oscar was born.

Oscar Duo meets the demand for a reasonably-priced Marten speaker, without sacrifice to their renowned sound and quality. To achieve this they re-designed the build and created a bespoke driver.

Ceramic Domes

To keep the same Marten sound, brand new drivers were designed, allowing more control of the details. Hard ceramic is light, yet extremely rigid, making it one of the best materials for speaker membranes – it’s also known as Sapphire. 

The ceramic domes have a high internal damping factor, because of a refined electrochemical process. The membrane also has a high material resonance frequency, meaning distortion is minimal; offering a level of clarity that is the holy grail for high end speaker domes.

Oscar Duo Cabinets

The exterior is an exercise in minimalist design – no unnecessary details; no embellishment. Marten cabinet design is a balance of strength and elegance: the perfect compliment to the sound.

The optional magnetic cover snaps on with a satisfying click, instantly streamlining the form without changing the sound.

Internal Wiring

Using Jorma internal wiring, for its exemplary quality and performance. Handmade in Sweden, the cables use separate + and – for enhanced shielding and the highest quality Copper. This offers natural, transparent sound; the perfect choice for our speakers. Cables are integral components, so they must work harmoniously with our precision design and build. Jorma delivers exactly what a Marten speaker demands.

Speaker Stands For The Marten Oscar Duo Speakers

To ensure the stand would work perfectly with Oscar Duo, Marten designed it - with as much consideration to resonance, as to form. It had to be rigid enough to deal with vibrations, but also look good. After many iterations, they settled on a triple pillar design: making the overall appearance lighter, while keeping it stable. Please note the stands are an optional extra.

Feet: By reducing contact with the supporting surface, spikes are a tried-and-tested method for stand speakers.

Marten Isolators: With IsoAcoustics we created Marten Isolators. This precision product allows the cabinet to be completely isolated from the floor, reducing resonance and distortion – leaving the soundstage free. Please note the isolators are an optional extra.

Crossover

Marten prefer to use lower order crossovers, as the higher order crossovers tend to limit the dynamics and details. The second order crossover has been creatively designed to make the best of the dynamic range.

• Copper foil air core coils
• Silver/Gold capacitors
• Supreme resistors
• Jorma internal cabling