| 1981 |
Apogee Acoustics
Incorporated founded by Jason Bloom and Leo
Spiegel |
| 1982 |
The Full Range
also known as "The Apogee" is the first full ribbon
speaker released |
| 1985 |
The legendary Scintilla
is released to critical acclaim around the world |
| 1986 |
Release of the original Duetta,
a smaller and more importantly easier to drive Apogee |
| 1987 |
Release of the Caliper,
the smallest Apogee so far, and the revised Duetta II |
| 1988 |
The Diva,
Apogees second 3 way with a true ribbon tweeter enters production, late
1988 saw the release of Duetta Signature which came
to be Apogees most popular speaker |
| 1989 |
The revised Caliper
Signature is released |
| 1990 |
Apogees smallest and cheapest
speaker the Stage is released, the first with
etched ribbon components |
| 1991 |
The Centaurus range,
Centaur Minor, Centaur and
Centaur Major are released, Apogees first hybrid range
ribbon/cone speakers |
| 1992 |
Release of the Grand
series, Mini Grand, Studio
Grand, and Grand the companies statement
speaker |
| 1994 |
The Slant
range, replacement range for the Centaurus are
released |
| 1998 |
Home theatre LCR
(Perseus), Ribbon Monitor, Column
and In-wall speakers released, ADS Technology Inc purchase Apogee |
| 1999 |
ADS closes Apogee Acoustics
as it is considered not commercially viable, leaving owners without
spares support, Matt Carnicelli starts the Apogee Acoustics Users Group
(Stereophile link) |
| 2001 |
Graeme "Graz" Keet
reforms Apogee Acoustic's and starts supplying
revised upgraded spares for the majority of the Apogee line improving
the original performance using proprietary CNC ribbon machining
equipment |
| 2003 |
Establishment of Apogee
Acoustic's local service centres commences. Operators trained
by Graz to repair clients speakers with exclusive agreements to use
Graz revised Apogee Acoustic's parts, and
installation procedures within their regions. First in the UK, then
Switzerland, the Netherlands, East Coast USA, Germany, West Coast USA,
ongoing |
| 2004 |
Apogee Classic speaker build
service offered, and "special products" new reference Apogee
Acoustic's Definitive speaker announced, taking the classic
Apogee visual appeal, but adding massive structural rigidity and
considerably higher efficiency. Late 2004 sees the introduction of KLM2
& XLM2 series Mid/tweeter ribbon parts
available for Apogee speaker owners worldwide, for either home or
installer installation |
| 2006 |
Ability to use the www.apogeeacoustics.com
domain granted by title holders for the first time. Introduction of the
new Apogee Acoustic's Synergy loudspeaker at the
London Park Inn show (22-24th September 2006) covered widely by the
audio press (Stereophile link), many clients
past and present attend the show from all over Europe and the world (Picture) |
| 2007 |
Apogee bass restorations
policy changed so all installations will be carried out exclusively by Apogee
Acoustic's (Graz) trained installers to establish quality
control befitting the repair |
| 2010 |
New Apogee
Acoustic's KLM5 series Mid/tweeter ribbon parts announced for
classic Apogee speaker owners, home installation (excluding 3 element
type Caliper/Duetta/Diva) or installer installation |
