All items tagged with studio monitors (217)
PreSonus Expands Eris Active Studio Monitor Family with Eris E7 XT
March 2, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

PreSonus Expands Eris Active Studio Monitor Family with Eris E7 XT

Offering accurate frequency response and powerful amplification, the original Eris-series studio monitors have been a successful product for PreSonus. Now, a new intermediate model Eris E7 XT offers big, controlled bass in a compact form that will fit into a studio of nearly any size, featuring the same Elliptical Boundary Modeled (EBM) waveguide design by Hugh Sarvis of WorxAudio, and using silk-dome tweeters and 7-inch woofers in a ported enclosure, providing a wider 100-degree horizontal dispersion.
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IsoAcoustics Launches New Stage 1 Board and Iso-Puck 76
January 17, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

IsoAcoustics Launches New Stage 1 Board and Iso-Puck 76

During the 2020 NAMM Show in Anaheim, California, IsoAcoustics focused on the musicians and studio market and announced a pair of brand new products: the IsoAcoustics New Stage 1 Board portable isolation platform for music amps, and the IsoAcoustics Iso-Puck 76 isolator for large studio monitors. These two introductions bolster the Canadian company’s already wide range of speaker and equipment stands.
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Test Bench: Trueanalog TAFE28 Silk Dome Tweeter
December 26, 2019 by Vance Dickason

Test Bench: Trueanalog TAFE28 Silk Dome Tweeter

For this edition of Test Bench, Vance Dickason characterizes the TAFE28, a 28 mm silk dome tweeter from Trueanalog. This is the first time Test Bench has characterized any product from Trueanalog, and the company sent Voice Coil its new 28 mm diameter silk dome tweeter, intended for high end hi-fi and recording studio applications. This article was originally published in Voice Coil, October 2019.
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Peter Thomas Is Honored By The Institute of Professional Sound
December 23, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

Peter Thomas Is Honored By The Institute of Professional Sound

PMC’s founder and CEO Peter Thomas, whose inventions have helped push the boundaries of modern loudspeaker design, has been awarded a Fellowship by the Institute of Professional Sound (IPS) and awarded a coveted IPS trophy in recognition of his contribution to the professional audio industry. The Institute recognizes Peter Thomas transformative work, and significant impact on the audio industry through pushing the boundaries of monitor design to achieve more accuracy, particularly at higher volumes.
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Meyer Sound Back in Full Force at NAMM 2020
December 11, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

Meyer Sound Back in Full Force at NAMM 2020

Recognizing the importance of the annual event to audio professionals, Meyer Sound has booked its largest-ever exhibit space for the 2020 NAMM Show, scheduled for the Anaheim Convention Center from January 16th to 19th. The floor booth (17219) fronts an adjacent, spacious demo room (17218) that will be fully stocked with the latest additions to Meyer Sound’s definitive line of self-powered loudspeakers. The demo room, in turn, opens directly onto an outdoor terrace which will provide fresh, open-air ambience for the conviviality of the Sonic Lounge.
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Hypex Electronics Introduces New NCORE Amplifier Family for Active Speakers
December 5, 2019 by Special Content

Hypex Electronics Introduces New NCORE Amplifier Family for Active Speakers

Hypex introduces the NCAS500MP. The first member of an all new NCORE family of amplifiers specifically designed for 2-way Active Speakers. From Pro-Audio solutions, High-End HiFi speakers to Studio monitors, with the proven NCORE technology the NCAS500MP can be used for all active speaker designs. With a power rating of 400 + 100W in 8 ohm it is very powerful for its size.
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Zero Phase In Studio Monitors
December 4, 2019 by Vance Dickason

Zero Phase In Studio Monitors

This Voice Coil’s Spotlight, written by Vance Dickason with commentary from Floyd Toole, Wolfgang Klippel, Andrew Jones, and James Croft, focuses on Zero Phase in Studio Monitors. As Dickason explains, "the implication of using FIR filters to zero out the phase of a loudspeaker to improve its subjective performance seems inherently flawed given all the research done over years that concluded that the human ear is not very sensitive to phase or group delay." This article was originally published in Voice Coil, October 2019.
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JBL Professional Announces One Series 104-BT Desktop Coaxial Monitors with Bluetooth 5
December 4, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

JBL Professional Announces One Series 104-BT Desktop Coaxial Monitors with Bluetooth 5

Harman Professional Solutions announced the new JBL Professional One Series 104-BT desktop reference monitors with Bluetooth 5. The new design features a single coaxial driver that delivers clear, detailed sound while mixing and editing. The new compact and very affordable speakers were designed to enable content creators and audio professionals to stream accurate, studio-quality audio via Bluetooth or playback audio using a standard wired connection.
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KRK Announces Limited Edition ROKIT G4 “White Noise” Studio Monitors
December 3, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

KRK Announces Limited Edition ROKIT G4 “White Noise” Studio Monitors

A great white finish for good sounding speakers, with an unfortunate name? KRK Systems, part of the Gibson family of brands, added a new family of studio monitors to its latest ROKIT Generation 4 (G4) range, the limited edition ROKIT G4 White Noise. Available in 5-, 7-, and 8-inch bi-amp models, these limited-edition monitors offer the same impressive features as the newly released ROKIT G4s, but with an enticingly different aesthetic.
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KRK Systems Introduces Classic 5 Nearfield Studio Monitor
November 11, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

KRK Systems Introduces Classic 5 Nearfield Studio Monitor

KRK Systems, part of the Gibson family of brands, introduced the Classic 5 Professional Bi-amp Studio Monitors to its renowned family of professional-grade monitor offerings. Incorporating over 30 years of experience in studio monitor design, KRK’s Classic 5 was designed using concepts from the brand’s previous ROKIT lines to deliver the same high-quality mixes that users have come to expect from KRK. The result is a nearfield studio monitor that delivers a balanced and neutral reference for music creation, mixing and mastering.
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