AppleDesign Powered Speakers Īlong with the PowerCD introduced in 1993, Apple released two versions of their desktop speakers: the AppleDesign Powered Speakers (M6082) and the redesigned AppleDesign Powered Speakers II (M2497) a year later. Although primarily aimed at the Apple IIGS which it cosmetically matched and better suited for, the speakers were also made available for early Macintosh models.
The powered speakers lacked a variable volume knob or magnetic shielding (a warning label stated to keep it distanced from the CRT and magnetic storage) and retailed for US$299.99. Later editions of the speakers, likely for legal issues pertaining to Apple Records, replaced the Apple shaped logo with a rainbow colored square. The speakers matched the same platinum gray color scheme introduced with the IIGS that year. The front grille each of speaker had the 'Bose' logo in a black box, and the official rainbow Apple logo next to it. In September 1986, Apple bundled (as well as sold separately) a special edition of the Bose Roommate speakers for the Apple IIGS computer–which sported a built-in Ensoniq synthesizer chip with optional stereo sound.
