More historical insights… In 1997 the launch of the Rockport Technologies Merak 2-way loudspeaker heralded the arrival of a new series of Rockport speakers with custom Audio Technology midrange and bass drivers and the legendary Dynaudio Esotar tweeter. Like the Procyon and Syzygy loudspeakers before it, the Merak’s 90 pound enclosure was constructed with inner and outer glass fiber/epoxy composite shells sandwiching a custom-manufactured viscoelastic core material. As Rockport’s first foray into custom driver design the smaller Merak produced a remarkably wide dynamic range and prodigious bass for its smaller size.