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    G ear G u i d e

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    ON THE COVER: Engineer Alex Oana at NRG Recordings Studio B with Genelec

    nearfields and Dynaudio main monitors (out of frame).

    Studio MonitorS

    Gear Guide 2013

    nothing ls has th potntial to improv an audio nginrs work lik th abil-

    ity to monitor accuratly. A suprior monitoring sourc allows its usrs to bttr

    assss ach dcision mad throughout a production. And, unlik th pursuits of

    purly rcrational listnrs, th ultimat goal is not simply about a subjctiv bttr

    sound. Its about rliabl translatabilityth mor accurat a monitor is to th sourc,

    and th mor consistntly th nginrs listning xprinc is to that of th audinc

    across a broad spctrum of consumr monitoring options, th bttr.

    Sur, options in monitoring for audio production abound: purpos-built, wall-

    mountd loudspakrs, hadphons and vn in-ar monitoring (IeM) dvics ar avail-

    abl for vry budgt.

    Th most popular choic in monitor dvics today would b th slf-powrdnarfild studio monitor, chosn for comfort (long sssions with hadphons and IeMs

    can b fatiguing), spatial imaging, consistncy of rfrnc and convninc (you cant

    carry a grat st of studio mains with you plac-to-plac, not to mntion th physical

    spac whr thy wr dsignd to prform thir bst). Virtually vry modrn monitor

    manufacturr offrs at last on such modl, most of which ar asily transportabl and

    fficint two-way dsigns.

    Hr, w xamin th tchnology bhind good studio monitors, talk to nd-usrs

    about what thy look for in a st of monitors, and tak a pk at som of th most

    imprssiv, innovativ and grat-sounding modls in th marktplac.

    2013 studio monitor G e a r G u i d e 3

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    By LyNN FuSTON

    is it possible for me to buy a pair of speakers and have

    some idea what Ill hear based solely on specifica-

    tions? If so, how do I interpret the typical specs to

    hopefully make an informed choice?

    Some speake shoppes have pobably wondeed exactly those

    things, especially ones who ae doing eseach fo a speake pu-

    chase without the advantage of heaing the speakes in peson.

    Intepeting meaningful data fom speake spec sheets can be a

    fustating task. What do they mean? Lets walk though the typical

    speake specs and lean how to intepet them.

    the BAsics

    Studio speakes can be listed as 2-way, 3-way o 4-way, and the

    numbe identifies how many times the audible spectum is split up.

    A 2-way speake has a woofe and a tweete, coveing low fequen-

    cies and high fequencies, espectively. A 3-way adds a midange,

    and a 4-way can split the midange (Lo-Mids and High-Mids), o add

    a supetweete fo extemely high fequencies. Some manufactues

    make dual-concentic speakes that featue the tweete and woofe

    in the same dive, with the tweete opening in the cente of the

    woofe. The advantage of this system is time alignment of the high

    and low fequencies, which some listenes ae moe sensitive to than

    othes. I also like to look at the cossove fequencies, the fequen-

    cies whee the audio is passed fom one dive to anothe dive. If

    the cossove fequency is listed as 2500 Hz in a 2-way speake, it

    means that the woofe epoduces up to 2500 Hz and not above and

    the tweete epoduces down to 2500 Hz and not below. In tuth,

    thee is a handoff between the two speakes at that fequency which

    involves filteing of the audio. That handoff in the midange can be

    seamless o poblematic depending on the design of the cossove

    netwok, the filte netwok that sends the appopiate audio content

    to each dive (HF to tweete, LF to woofe).

    Anothe consideation is whethe o not a subwoofe will be

    used. If a poweed speake system (meaning a single cabinet con-

    taining all the dives and amplification) is going to be used with a

    subwoofe, then the lowest fequency it will epoduce becomes

    less significant because the sub will augment o eplace its esponse

    below the cutoff fequency.

    Frequency response

    The fist citeia many listenes will conside is fequency esponse

    (Fr). When looking at a Fr chat, the flatte and smoothe the line is,

    the bette. That will mean its output is matched at all fequencies in

    4 studio monitor G e a r G u i d e 2013

    Speaker SpecS: What

    do they Mean?Lnn Fston records an orchestra session at

    Sond Kitchen, Nashville, sing his Tanno

    DMT-10 MkII, dal-concentric speakers

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    th auil an. Thats th ultimat

    gal, at last. A sak that has a um

    (ak) in th miang (say at 3-5 kHz)

    may sun tt t th listn ut will

    sult in a mix that has th invs f that

    um, thus a i, at ths fquncis.

    This is caus an ngin will cmn-sat f what h is haing. S a sak

    that is lacking in th lw fquncy ang

    will caus th mix t cmnsat f

    that ficincy y aing eQ, ushing

    u th fa n lw fquncy instu-

    mnts, which will cat a ass havy

    mix. Th sam is tu at all fquncis,

    s using a ight sak will likly sult

    in a ull mix.

    Whil many saks will actually

    uc 40 Hz ( cls t it) t 20

    kHz, th fa m imtant citia is

    hw tight th tlanc is, maning hwfa th saks utut stays fm a

    lativ z in tms f lus an minus. Th tlanc is stat as

    a + an figu an tyically is amn t th stat fquncy

    sns, f xaml: 60 Hz t 22 kHz, +1, - 1.5 b. Sm manufac-

    tus will scify Fr with vy tight tlancs, lik +/- 1 b, whil

    ths, in an attmt t mak th saks sns lk wi

    an flatt, will stat th Fr at +/-3 b. A sc f +/- 3 b mans

    that th is a 6 b vaianc in utut lvl twn th lust an

    sftst fquncis. Thats hug, scially whn cnsiing that an

    ngin is ftn making snic jugmnt calls n music matial an

    ajusting eQ in 1 t 2 b incmnts. Its cla hw a 6 b vaianc

    cul svly imact qualizatin jugmnt calls.

    H a sm al wl scs n might ncunt, ci

    fm mf. sc shts:

    n 60 Hz t 22 kHz, +1, -1.5 b

    n 33 Hz t 50 kHz, +/- 1.5 b

    n 37 Hz t 21 kHz, +/- 2.5 b

    n 31 Hz t 20 kHz (n tlanc list)

    n 30 Hz t 40 kHz, +/- 3 b

    S if a sak manufactu wants t mak thi saks Fr

    ang lk aticulaly wi, thn thy can just an th tl-

    anc. A sak that can nly uc fm 80 Hz t 12 kHz +/- 1

    b, might asily accmlish 25 Hz t 22 kHz at +/- 5 b. S if I s

    a fquncy sns ating that stats n tlanc figu, lik #4,

    thn that sc is maninglss. It snt man its a a sun-

    ing sak; it just mans that ths n way t tll hw flat its Fr

    ally is.

    input sensitivity

    Th inut snsitivity simly mans th saks aility t cnvt

    lctical signals int auil utut at what lvl stat in b SpL.

    Th stana f assiv saks is masuing th saks utut

    in b SpL at 1 mt with 1 watt f inut w. Fquntly stat as

    88 b/1 W/1 m, a b num that is lw mans th sak is lss

    fficint an a high num mans a sak is m fficint. This

    is imtant f assiv saks (ns withut uilt-in amlificatin)

    whn slcting an amlifi caus an infficint sak will qui

    m w t achiv th sam utut lvl in b SpL. Cnvsly, a

    vy fficint sak can us an amlifi with half vn a quat

    th w utut an lay lu. With th avnt f w sak-

    s, this sc is lss maningful caus th amlifis a intgatint th sak nclsu. on many saks amlifis, th inut

    snsitivity is ajustal, smtims v a wi ang (-20 t +8) in

    cas fin sts. I ncunt n w sak with a lw

    inut snsitivity, maning f th sam inut lvl it wul ut ut

    aut 15 b lss sun than a cmtit. That cul a cncn

    ning n th inut suc an if it was asily ajustal.

    WeiGht

    This can ccasinally vlk, ut it is an imtant citia

    ning n hw th saks will munt. Sm saks a

    vy light (15-20 ls.) ut ths, with multil amlifis uilt in, can

    asily ti th scal at 80 m uns. If th intn alicatin

    is a wkstatin sufac cnsl t, this can a al ak

    a ugt-ust if havy-uty sak stans a qui, which can

    cst as much as th saks. Th st thing aut this sc is that

    vy manufactu lists it an its nn-ngtial.

    distortion

    Whil isttin (th THd-Ttal Hamnic disttin an

    IM-Intmulatin disttin) is asy t masu in lctnic vic-

    s, th lctic/acustic tansf maks it challnging t cm u

    with a maningful sc. If smn is accustm t lking a THd

    scs f cnsls amlifis AdCs stat in th hunths

    (0.02%) thusanths (0.004%) f a cnt, thn sak THds will

    sm aysmally lag, ftn v 1%. Sinc THd is s high in lu-

    saks, in my yas f listning, I hav nv sn a maningful

    sc ntic a cllay twn ths nums an my listning

    xinc, althugh a lw figu is mst ctainly tt. but as a

    suc f cmaisn, unlss th figus a iv y th sam

    mth (such as fm a singl manufactu), it may a maning-

    lss cmaisn.

    poWer specs

    F w saks (with activ cssvs an uilt-in ams),

    th w sc is th w ating (qut in watts-th lctical

    6 studio monitor G e a r G u i d e 2013

    PMCs MB2 SA is a

    3-way speaker with

    woofer, midrange and

    tweeter.

    This frequency response chart of the JBL 6332 speaker system

    shows its very smooth frequency response from 60 Hz to 20 kHz.

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    ow tasf to th sak fom th am) fo ach amlifi,

    sc accoig to th fqucy a it is sulyig. Though

    som maufactus will scify this as ak ow o music ow

    to mak th um high (a commoly us tick i th cosum

    makt, sic ak ow ca 10-100 tims high tha rMS), th

    mo maigful cotiuous ow atig is stat i watts rMS.

    Aoth tm o might s is shot tm, which is somtimscit wh th limitig cicuits i a amlifi k it fom livig

    maximum outut i rMS. Som maufactus will iclu th amli-

    fi ty withi that sc: pWM o Class Ab o oth class.

    Aoth olm with statig a sc i ak ow is that th

    uatio of th ak is oft uscifi a ca icily shot,

    lik a fw milliscos o v micoscos (thousaths o mil-

    lioths of a sco) a, ulss th THd of th amlifi is stat at

    that ak ow outut, its a maiglss sc.

    examls of ow atigs fo 3-way saks, lift fom mau-

    factus scs:

    n Low/Mi/High

    n 250/250/50 (music ow 350/350/100)

    n 80/30/30n 180/120/120 (shot tm)

    n 400/400/100

    n 200/200/200

    Ths ums show that ifft maufactus hav ifft

    hilosohis cocig how much ow is qui fo ach f-

    qucy a, vayig fom all th sam (200/200/200) to lss o th

    MF o v lss o th HF. High fqucis qui lss ow to

    ouc tha low fqucis, so a small amlifi is fqutly

    utiliz. Th coc to m is whth th iclu amlifi has

    sufficit haoom to hal th mas of th icomig auio.

    High wattag amlifis hav mo haoom a ca accom-

    moat yamic music a tasit aks with lss stss o th

    amlifi. I my xic, havig a ovsiz amlifi with lots of

    haoom is always fal soically. plus th amlifi qui-

    mts a ictly lat to how lou th list liks to moito,

    hc th imotac of th xt sc (you might fi this a usful

    lik if you wat to futh xlo th toic of amlifi ow: htt://

    www.mysou.com/suot/as/am_ow.htm)

    mAximum spl

    If th goal is listig louly, th this is o sc that ally

    matts. Whil most saks will o lou, ot may will o lou

    accuatly. Whil may sak maufactus quot a Max SpL at-

    ig (som actually ot), somtims th scifics of that sc a

    cuiously missig. Is that atig fo cotiuous SpL o ak SpL? Fo

    what uatio? At what istac?

    H a som xamls:

    n Max SpL (@1m) 116 b (cotiuous)

    n Max SpL 116 b (ak @ 1m)

    n Max pak Acoustic pow ai @ 1.7 m with music 126 b

    n Max pak SpL 113 b

    Claly, ths littl staaizatio i this sc as wll, ut if I

    a sak that will lay louly, th I look fo cotiuous, ot

    ak, atigs. Comaig witt scs to tmi which sak

    will lay lou will a tough call ulss oth scify th sam

    coitios.

    Aoth issu to cosi h is accuacy. May ow sak-

    s ths ays iclu limits i th amlifi cicuits. Is that fo

    soic asos, to mak thm sou tt? no. Its isuac fo th

    maufactus so thy (o you) at lacig low ivs f-

    qutly. Ths limits ca kick i at suisigly low SpL lvls. A

    whil som saks hav iicatos o th fot to lt th listkow wh th limit is gag, suisigly, som o ot. So if

    I stat listig at a lvl that is yo th alistic caailitis of

    th saks sig, all ts a off. Ths o tllig what I am

    haig. A sic th limit is uilt ito th am, I may haig

    limitig o th woof a ot th mis o highs. Goo luck makig

    ucat soic cisios as o that fomac.

    dispersion

    Aoth icily citical a omously u-sc cosi-

    atio of lousak sig is issio o ictioality. dissio

    is th outut volum of ifft fqucis, as o th agl of

    th a to th iv. It ca also f to as off-axis sos.

    Hs o tst I o wh listig fo th fist tim to a sak. (Ittaks guts to o this caus it is guaat to licit som o looks

    fom ayo staig ay.) I lug o a with my fig a us

    my o a lik a tst micoho with it facig th sak fot.

    Th I mov my ha acoss th hoizotal fot la of th sak.

    A th I o aoth ass i th vtical la. This will wok with

    ith a oaa ois souc o with music. I list as th f-

    qucy alac chags as I mov off th ct of th sak. Th

    chag i what I ha (usually most otical i th high fqucis,

    with cymals o vocal sc) is u to th issio chaactistics

    of th sak. It ca also caus y oth factos (lik flctios

    off a cosol sufac o sk), ut Ill assum that Im listig i a

    f-fil viomt fo ow. Th iffcs that I ha as I mov

    off-axis ca th most citical facto i slctig a stuio moito.

    Why? Th aso it is such a cucial cosiatio is caus of

    how w wok i th stuio. W ith achig fo a eQ o com-

    sso, tuig ou ha to ajust somthig o movig out of th

    8 studio monitor G e a r G u i d e 2013

    These polar plots reveal the off-axis response of the Renkus-

    Heinz T15/4-2T speakers, in both the vertical and horizontal

    planes at six different frequencies.

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    swt st s th atist uc can listn. evy tim w mv

    ack an fth hizntally an whn w stan u, th sun aiv-

    ing at u a changs. Th gal is t mak that chang as small an

    insignificant as ssil. Many snic cisins will ma influ-

    nc whn listning ff-axis, nt t mntin that whn my ha is

    in twn th saks, th atist uc will making all his

    cisins ff-axis. S having a smth ff-axis sns is cucial.

    Sm saks can vy ictinal at th highst fqun-

    cis, which I call aming. It is mst ntical whn things sunight an cla ictly in fnt f th saks, ut astically lss

    s whn ff t th sis. Unlss th listn is in a situatin wh

    all th snic cisins can ma withut mving, thn having

    a smth ff-axis sns is citical. Unftunatly, this is an aa

    wh scs will tyically f littl hl. Whil sm manufactu-

    s vi la lts (a 360 vha viw f th utut lvl f

    th sak, ltt at iffnt fquncis), mst nt. If a la

    lt is vi, thn lk f vn an wi issin at u

    fquncis (lw fquncis a much lss ictinal).

    Adjustments

    Fquntly, th task f matching a sak t a m is as im-

    tant as th chic f th lusak itslf. (An sitining th

    sak is hugly imtant, t, ut thats a whl iffnt all

    f wax.) Sm saks ff ajustmnts f all nn f ths

    aamts: lw fquncy shlving, high fquncy shlving, high

    ass filting (in cas f us with sus), high fquncy shlving, lw

    fquncy eQ, lw-mi fquncy eQ, mi fquncy eQ, iv gain.

    Ths ajustmnts a nt ff n

    sm saks ut can vy im-

    tant whn matching th sak t

    th iniviual sac. Having th aility

    t ta th saks utut withut

    sting t xtnal eQ acustic

    mificatins within a m can a

    ig fact, s chck n what cntls

    th sak ffs f uchasing.

    An expert opinion

    San oliv, th dict f

    Acustic rsach f Haman

    Intnatinal, summ u th si-

    al chaactistics t lk f in a

    lusak this way, as n yas

    f sach an tsting thusans f

    listns at JbLs listning la. Th sak shul flat n-axis

    fm 20 Hz t 20 kHz, ffing a listning winw f +/- 30 % ff-axis,

    th fist flctins shul smth alng with th sun w

    an ictivity. His sach inicats that listns will f a flat

    sak t n that is hy in th majity f th cass, whn th

    tw a cma si y si in a cntll, lvl-match tst.

    listeninG

    Listning is th aslutly mst citical st in valuating a

    lusak. Fining a sak that ffs what I lik t ha whil

    als viing what I n t ha is th ultimat gal. I nt want

    a sak that flatts m an maks m think that my cing

    suns tt than it actually s, caus that will sult in my

    mix suning ws vywh utsi my cntl m. I n

    a sak that aals t my a ut is citical nugh, accuat

    nugh, that it will tll m wh an whn lms xist.

    An listning t th sak in th sac wh it will us

    is cucial as wll. Unftunatly, a-

    ing th scs can nly infm a lis-

    tn aut whth nt a sak

    systm might mt his/h ns, ut

    ing al t unstan an intl-

    ligntly valuat th sak scs

    will gt a listn futh wn that

    a. Th tuth is that th is n n

    fct sak that fits vyns

    ns. Th ultimat tst is sitting

    wn an listning. An f that,

    yu n yu wn.

    Lynn Fuston is a Nashville-based

    recording and mixing engineer, the

    proprietor of 3D Audio (3daudioinc.

    com), and Technical Editor forp

    Aui rviw.

    10 studio monitor G e a r G u i d e 2013

    The control panel of the Focal SM9, which shows the extensive

    control available: five bands of EQ plus Hi-Pass.

    Frequency plots showing the audible effects of the

    controls on the Genelec 1037c.

    A sonically transparent curtain assures listeners will not be

    visually biased as they audition speakers at the Multichannel

    Listening Lab at Harman International headquarters in

    Northridge, California.

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    By STEVE HARVEy

    translatinthe ability f a fin-

    ished mix t sund unifrmly

    at its best and as it was intend-

    edregardless f what system it is

    played n, frm studi t hme t

    car t ear budsis all-imprtant in

    music recrding. one f the mst

    critical elements fr ensuring trans-

    latin is the studi mnitr system.

    but th saks shoul not

    consi in isolation. rfnc

    monitos a at of a lag sstmthat also inclus th monito contol-

    lwhatv is oviing th switching

    an volum contol, an somtims th

    convtsan th listning nvion-

    mnt. Th nvionmnt, incluing th

    acoustic tatmnt of a oom, is lagl

    off-toic fo this iscussion, ut on

    lmnt, isolation, is affoal an

    can mak an nomous iffnc to

    th fomanc of vn an xnsiv

    monito sak sstm.

    Th monito contoll is on of

    th most imotant comonnts of th

    listning chain, accoing to Junio

    Sanchz, a dJ, mix, ouc an

    ngin long associat with lc-

    tonic anc music, ut who has wok with atists as ivs as

    Maonna, Goo Chalott an Goillaz. Sanchz, who most cntl

    collaoat with Stv Angllo fom th Swish Hous Mafia, has

    long sinc ma th tansition fom commcial multitack stuios to

    his own hom-as facilit.

    you want th monito souc to a v al, clan, fficint

    souc, sas Sanchz. you ont want to listn to nonsns. pol

    ont sm to aliz that its a caus-an-ffct thing. you invst a

    ctain amount of ollas an go an gt th st monitos ou can,

    ut thn ou monitoing though a [cha contoll]. dont sn

    svn gan on a ai of monitos an thn monito though an of

    ths not-u-to-a ics of quimnt.

    Sanchz cuntl mlos a monito stu that inclus a ai

    of AdAM S3As with a Focal Su, a ai of bafoot MicoMain35s,

    an a ai of Auatons. I was a Gnlc us, h ots. I ha

    1031As fo a long tim. Whn I cam acoss th AdAMs, I fll in lov

    with thm: I lov th high n, th ion twt an th wa it

    souns. Its v on an v tu.

    but ov th as, Sanchz gan to fl th n fo a scon

    st of monitos to off an altnativ. I want somthing ls,

    just so I coul A/b, an st m as, an hav a iffnt souc of

    fnc.

    H calls, I was in L.A. an listn to th bafoot MM27s

    an I fll in lov with thm; I thought th w amazing. I stat to

    o mo sach; I sok to Jff [ehng] at Vintag King, an

    got to talk with Thomas bafoot an saw som of his vios. I saw

    how th uilt an stuctu, an how th sus a osition

    in a wa that th cancl th intia, an th fam asicall osnt

    viat. you can ut thm on a sk an ou listning to th

    monitos; ou not listning to woo. you coul ut a fath on

    to of on an th fath woulnt viat. I havnt n so lown

    awa a ai of monitos in a long tim.

    but, fist things fist, h sas: bfo I got m AdAMs, as ago,

    I got m dangous Music stuff. Sanchz has a dangous Monito

    ST with intgat dAC ST fo consistnt igital-to-analog conv-

    sion, lus a dangous 2-bus LT fo summing.

    phas no lss imotant than his dangous monito contol

    chain, h continus, a th pimacoustic rcoil Stailiz isola-

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    ti as. I hav th as all f m mits, icluig th

    bafts, which it all thm, Sachz ts. Thsthigs a icil, gius; I t kw wh sm it

    thik f ths f. yu ca all ha th iffcu gt tha th mit f th fist tim.

    Summig u, h sas, If sm all cas aut thi mixig

    vimt a th willig t g th xta mil, ths th ig-itssaks, ctll, a islati asa cst ffctiv.

    yu mits, hw u mit, a islati, a u g t g.

    Chis Va, umm with ni Ich nails util 1997, aumm-tu-ka la with Mail Mas fm 2007

    thugh 2011, is w a us uc, gi, mix, sgwita gamm. Va ats ut f Th Thus f T,

    a wll-qui ivat ucti stui i Shma oaks, CA,mail wkig with atists at th lw f th cig ugt

    scal, such as u-a-cmig iustial mtal as daw f Ashsa Itals Am f th Uivs, with whm h als fms.

    F m, m is tt, sas Va, whutilizs fu ais f mits. I kw th -

    lm with mst l i th al wl is thatmst ms at ig ugh f th saks

    th u. Th tw iggst lms f ahm stui, u t th fact that its a gaag

    a m whatv, is that th m istacusticall fct. As a sult, taslati ca

    a ig lm: yu tak it smwh lsa its awful.

    Vas mit fcs hav vlvv th as, m ctl als aig

    t a ivs cllcti that sus his mixstaslat. Iv g thugh a sak ais-

    sac i th last cul f as. I ha alwas a Ta gu. I ha a ai f 800As, th

    activ vsi with th ight-ich cctics. Ius thm f v 10 as.

    but th h gt t wk a jct iGma. Th ha Mackis a AdAMs, with

    a su. AdAMs a gat saks, ut, is-sct, th hash t m; I fatigu ut th

    high with thm.Th Macki Hr824s w all sli, h

    ctius. I call Wst L.A. Music a ughtthm. Th Mackis gt s lu, almst lik

    mi-fils. evthig I thm taslats.H th sl his Ta saks a ught

    a ai f daui Acustic bM5 MkIIs, lus afuth st, a ai f Glc 6010A skt saks.

    pl ask wh I hav s ma saks: I wat t mak as-lutl su. I ca g tw all fu sts. W all mak u music i

    a vacuum ut its gt t la vwh. Th ass uctiis viusl ifft tw all fu sts, h svs, ut if th

    vcals a mi-ag sta sli fm st t th xt, th mix willtaslat utsi f th stui.

    but ultimatl, h cmmts, h cat avis a what sak-s th shul u. yu cat tll l, this sak is awsm.

    A sak is a cmiati f u as, what sus g t u,

    what fits i th m that u wk i, a tim. Wh I ught thds, I cul tll istatl that th w awsm. yu just thw th

    fas u thugh Glcs a it sus mix caus th havthis hi-fi-ss aut thm. but th ma suck i thi m.

    That sai, th a a lt f all gat saks ut th, sas

    Va: F $1,000 a ai, th is a chic f six sv amazigsaks.

    Lik Sachz, Va has pimacustic as u his mai mi-

    ts. I hav th ais. Th ma a hug iffc, h sas.Va als ags with Sachz that th mit sak is

    t th l citical ic i th chai. Th mst imtat icf ga i this m is that dagus d-bx. I ught it caus I

    wat th summig, ut th mit ctl was cucial. p Tlsgs it it, a m Cd la, a its th switch f th saks.

    pi t that, I ha a $500 ic that has th sam fatusit uiv mix I i. I ha a a wh vthig was s a; thig

    wk utsi f this m. It was that x. If ths a ic

    f ga i-li that is isttig thigs i such a vilt wa that itmaks u smthig that is t all haig, u f***.

    That was haig t m.pilsu Stuis, a tackig a sgwitig stui attach t th

    Suth Califia hm f Jff pils, fuig mm f dkka lgtim ass la with Fig, fatus th sts f mi-

    ts: Macki Hr824s, vitag yamaha nS10s, a a ai f Altccmut saks. Mst ctl at th stui, pils has c

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    alum jcts with T&n, fatuig

    th igial mms f dkk;

    Al, which fatus fm Gus

    rss umm Stv Al;

    a tacks f Figs th-isc

    (tw Cds, dVd) tsctiv

    a liv gatst hits st, FeelsLike the First Time. His xt jct

    at pilsu will tackig a w

    Stashi alum, which will iclu

    ight sgs witt pils, with

    sig Mick Thmas.

    Th Macki mits w

    a cmmati fm Kll

    Has, Figs sig, pils ts. W w wkig

    tgth a cul f as ag a I just ha th yamaha nS10s at

    th tim. H kt saig, M as gt s fatigu th nS10s. S

    h ught v his Mackis. W st thm u a I thught, ww!

    Th w just imsiall s much tt. I still lik nS10s f c-

    tai thigs, which is wh Iv hl t thm, v thugh thats tth ial listig siti f thm, ut m mixs imvwhat I

    was takig ut f h was 30 ct m accuat.

    pils as, Th pimacustic as a ath 10 ct

    t f that. I cul t liv th iffc th ma. bass is

    alwas a lm, a th all cla that u a lt. Iv gt th

    su f th nS10s, ut thats t alwas a accuat a ith.

    of his th sts f mits, pils sas, I sa 70 ct f

    th tim, Im m Mackis, 20 ct th Altcs, a 10 -

    ct th nS10s. With nS10s, u hav t wk t mak it su

    g. Th lm is, th v sh i ctai fquc aas,

    a imsial aas. That is smthig I all j m a

    m w, listig t imsi

    i cigs. Th Mackis just

    imv that s much f m.

    pils fqutl taks j-

    cts, icluig Fig, t Ttal

    Accss stuis i r bach,

    CA f mixig, wh w Wdavis has a ai f M mits.

    Th Ms a all, all ic,

    ut f a facti f th m,

    ths Mackis hav th sam ffct

    f m. nt t th sam g;

    th Ms a autiful. but I

    all lik ths Mackis a lt.

    I a lt f tackig i h. Wh Im tackig ums, I t

    t t us much eQ tackig; i fact, I f . Ths hl

    m gt th michs lac i a wa that I thik is just s much

    m ffctiv. Iv t ha a cmlaits aut ums i th last

    fw thigs that Iv fm th gis, sas pils. I thik

    ths saks hav smthig t with it.pfct Su Stuis, isctl tuck awa i th Hllw

    Hills, ctl ta ut th mai mits i its ctl m f a

    w ai f pMC Ib2S saks. W f t thm as a gam chag-

    , sas Jas dagh, chif gi at th tackig, mixig a

    mastig stui lcat cls t th hat f Hllw.

    pfct Su, which ctl ml its attach luxu

    accmmatis, fatus a w SSL AWS csl a a classic 1970s

    aalg nv 8014 sk. Th wl-class facilit has attact jcts

    Sum 41, ba f Hss, ra Aams a a hst f ths. Mst

    ctl, sas dagh, Iv wkig with a a call Cic,

    a mtal a. Wv wkig with uc Maki, whs als a

    atist, a a a call Tallahass,

    fm th ast cast. Iv gt tw mixs

    f a a call Scatt Hamlts

    cmig u.

    dagh ctius, I lv mixig

    th pMCs. I still mix m nS10s.

    but wh it cms t tackig, I v

    hav a ut aut what Im haig

    with th pMCs, which is just a wight

    ff m shuls. Th gat sak-

    s wh u tackigv tail

    a aticulat, a u haig

    vthig that u wat t ha. yu

    ca als tu thm u a gt a g

    vi gig, if th guitaist is tackig

    i th ctl m u t

    imss th clit.

    I fact, dagh a th staff ha

    csi tig f th xt ml

    u i siz i t gt lt f lvl

    i th m, ut pMC cmm

    th small ml. Th Ib2s a a

    aslutl fct fit f u ctl

    m. Athig igg wul hav

    14 studio monitor G e a r G u i d e 2013

    Jeff Pilson

    You cant tell people, this

    speaker is awesome. A

    speaker is a combination of

    your ears, what sounds good

    to you,what fits in the room

    that you work in, and time.

    Chris Vrenna

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    verearig, he sas. brst 7b amlifiers are

    rivig the assive mitrs.

    Set u was quick a eas, he rerts.

    The it take much tweakig; we ut

    the seakers u a that was it. our rm is

    treate: we ha [acusticia] Vicet Va Haaff

    hel with it. but theres tuig the seak-ersits rett much straight ut f the ar

    a it the seakers. I cat seak highl

    eugh aut them. There fatastic seakers,

    a ver much wrth the ivestmet.

    The stuis trust nS10s are eig rive

    a air f brst 4b-ST amlifiers, with a

    yamaha su. Ill ever get ri f thse nS10s;

    I grew u usig thse, s there m it f

    referece fr 99 ercet f what Im ig,

    sas dagh. Its a cmfrt issue.

    perfect Su als has a set f cmuter

    seakers fr referece. We use a little a

    Altec ip ck smetimes, but thats verrarel use, he sas. Sice I gt the pMCs, I

    t reall ee t referece m mix t

    ma ther thigs.Perfect Sond hosted the u.S. VIP debt of PMCs twotwo monitors, shown here side-

    by-side in the stdios control room with their PMC IB2S models.

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    By ROB TAVAGLIONE FOR Pro Audio review

    in 2010, AdAM Aui fist intuc th AX-Sis fa-

    tuing its uat X-ArT twt lus significantl lwics than its flagshi SX-Sis. Th A77X hizntall

    sitin, th-wa lusak is th t f th fiv-ml AX-Sis.

    Th X-ArT twt has an actual iahagm aa (ifunfl) f fu squa inchs (th quivalnt f a 56mm

    m twt in aa). Cssv is at 3 kHz an th twtachs u t 50 kHz. Th A77Xs 7-inch wfs fatu a

    ul sanwich f figlass/can fi/rhacll anhigh xcusin. on f its wfs hanls nl 400 ccls

    an lw, whil th th ucs lws as wll as micntnt u t 3 kHz, wh th in taks v. A 100W

    pWM-t am ws ach wf, whas th twt hasits wn 50W Class A/b am. Th a anl huss th XLran rCA inuts, a lw- an high-fqunc shlving eQ cn-

    tl (at 300 an 5 kHz, sctivl, +/- 6 b) an a twtlvl cntl (+/- 4 b).

    Th caint is a ass flx sign with ual fnt-anlts an tinal magntic shiling. AdAM Aui fins

    th A77X as suital f th nafil an mi-fil mnit-ing cnsiing its high w (114 b SpL utut lng-tm),

    high SpL lvls (122 b max.) an aiatin chaactistics.I incat th A77X ai int m wkflw, at m

    pimacustic rcil Stailizs an wkstatin funitu. Ichs t sitin th mi-wfs twas th utsis f m

    swt st (th A77X ai a mak as ith A b mlsf this), which was th lacmnt that sun th st with

    th st imaging. I c t nl clintlss iting anugh mixing wk f th nxt wk an a half. duing that

    tim, I hnstl nv flt cmftal with th A77X mnits.Aft a ak-in i, th A77X ai chang cmltl:

    Th t n was xtml tail; high-mis musical; anlw-mis nw sun w an ich. I was imss with

    aml ttm an unch, vn with m suwf ass.dnt lt th smallish A77X caint siz, iminutiv wight

    7-inch wfs suis u: Ths xs will ck. Thnv shut wn, althugh th will istt if ush v

    ha an th gt lnt lu nugh t cut guitas in thcntl m. M nl significant cncn is a naw swt

    st, making th A77Xs nt ial f situatins with mthan n citical listn.

    At aximatl $2,800 ai, th A77X is ctainl nta ugt mnit; th a stin f fssinal us. yt

    f th makt, I liv th a iall ic, as th quitsimila Aam SX-Sis S3X-H (with intical ivs an sam

    hizntal cnfig as th A77X) a ic at aximatl$7,000 ai. Iv listn t th S3X-H mnits, t, an I

    fin th A77X t its imssivl affal altnativ.AdAM Aui | aam-aui.cm

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    adaM audio a77x ax-SerieS

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    By JERRy IBBOTSON FOR Audio MediA worldwide

    these are fairly ig seakers comare to what

    I een execting 13.7 high. That uts

    them on a ar with many comact stuio

    seakers that you haily ut on stans or

    even soffit mount. but thats not the oint; what

    makes the dbM50s secial is the angle front

    face. Its tilte uwars, irecting the 1-inch

    tweeter an 7.5-inch woofer at the users ears.

    The iea is that they can e lace irectly on

    the eskto or working surface, for use in moreconfine saces.

    Scificatis iclu 50 Watts f w ach

    t twt a wf, fqucy ss fm46Hz t 21KHz, 1.5kHz cssv fqucy, a

    MdF cait, XLr alac a rCA ualaciuts. o a f ach sak a a iut lvl

    slct (+4b a -10b), a high-ass sttig fths usig a saat su, a LF st/cut, a MF

    cut, a a HF st/cut. Ths allw f simlajustmts accig t vimt; fxaml, ialig ack th ass if thy lac

    cls t a wall.My suc was a Fcusit Saffi p 24,

    which haily has a Mit k th ft,uig ff a VAIo lat. Th is a tial

    a vy sh-lkig icat vlum c-tll ($69) f th dbM50s ($499 ach), ut

    that wast availal f th viw. Th vi-mt i which I was tstig is my hm-

    wkig stu.Thugh th dbM50s w faily cls

    tgth a i cls ximity t m(my sk ist that ig), f familia music

    layack, th was still a cackig [bitishsak f g e] st imag a

    icil tail t th su. This wast a jaw--th-fl mmt as Iv ha with th saks that

    Iv tst, ut it fctly suit my listig vimt. I thlay ack sm itviw matial that I ha ctly c f

    a jct, usig a rla r-26 a r nTG3 mic. nw, this was ajaw/fl itfac mmt. I listig t this matial v

    a v th saks a hahs a I v ha itsu this g. Th vics w stuigly uc.

    May a st f mal ight-agl saks cul thsam j, ut yu hav t mut thm ith agl, high

    ugh f aligmt with th as. If yu w itig vi

    a xcllt su ucti, ths cul justth thig. Small vic stuis a ai ucti vimts

    cul als ut thm t gat us. but thy a tuly cackigsaks a shul fiitly yu sht-list. Just mak

    su yu sk is ig ugh.

    dynauio professional | ynauiorofessional.com

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    dynaudio dBM50 deSktop

    active MonitorS

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    By RuSS LONG FOR Pro Audio

    review

    focals latest offering, the SM9,offers the tremendous sound

    quality that Focal is known for

    as well as the revolutionary conceptof offering essentially two monitor-ing speakers (a 2-way and a 3-way)in one unique 12.8 x 19.6 x 15.6

    cabinet ($3,995 each).

    In 3-way atin, its a th-way

    mnit quid with a Fcal hallmak,

    n-inch, u byllium invtd dm

    twt; a 6.5-inch mid/lw fquncy

    div; an 8-inch cn lw-fquncy

    div; and an 11-inch cn istn,

    xta wid invtd suund assiv

    adiatth last th all Fcal W

    cmsit sandwich cns. Whn st t

    Fcus md, it cms a tw-way mn-

    it, utilizing nly th twt and th

    6.5-inch mid/ass div, making it asy

    t viw hw wll a mix will tansf t

    a lw-fquncy challngd systm. Th SM9s Tl and Midang

    cmnnts a ach wd y a 100 W, Class A/b amlifi and

    th lw fquncy div is wd y a 400 W, Class A/b am.

    In th-way md, th sak has a atd fquncy sns

    f 30 Hz 40 kHz (+/- 3 db) with a maximum SpL f 116 db (ak @

    1 mt) and in tw-way (Fcus) md, it is atd at a 90 Hz 20 kHz

    (+/- 3 db) fquncy sns with a 106 db maximum SpL (ak @

    1 mt). Th inut is a 10 kohm, lctnically alancd, fd fm

    an XLr jack switchal twn +4 dbu/-10 dbV. Th xtnsiv

    tn-shaing cntls includ hi-ass, (45, 60, 90 Hz) Lw and High

    fquncy shlving (+/- 3 db in 0.5 db sts) and eQ sttings f

    Lw, Lw-Mid and Mid fquncis, 50, 160 and 1 kHz sctivly

    (+/- 3 db in 0.5 db incmnts). Th a anl als includs a vlt-

    ag slct, IeC cnnct and w switch.

    At 77 unds caint, ths ais a havy! I guss I

    shuldnt suisd that th wful class A/b ams in a singl

    nclsu mak f a tty hfty ic f ga.

    Aft snding th wks wking nn-st n th SM9s, Im

    sld. Th imaging is sctacula and thy vid a flat, smth and

    natual sund gadlss f vlum lvl. Whn th and cms in

    th cntl m f a listn, I can cank u th mnits and kick

    utt, ut thy als sund gat at xtmly lw lvls. I lik that

    th a significantly m tnal shaing tls n th SM9 than n

    any th mnit Iv ncuntd. This allws th SM9s sns

    t snically adjustd t wk in sacs with a stng snic thum-

    int. Lw aant lvls f disttin vid nn-fatiguing mni-

    ting, which is anth stng suit f th mnits.

    Th dual mnit fatu is a illiant ida. I wish th was a

    ftswitch inut s th sak md culd changd y sting

    n a singl ftswitch instad f having t ss a uttn n th

    sid f ach f th mnits.

    Th imlmntatin f a assiv adiat v a td dsign

    wks wndfully. Th lw-fquncy ductin in th mnits

    is unchy, tight and full. Its nic t us a mnit that vids full-

    ang ductin withut th nd f a su.

    Focal | focalprofessional.com

    focal profeSSional SM9

    3-/2-Way active StudioMonitor

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    By CHRISTOPHER WALSH FOR Pro Audio review

    JbL has hit the sweet sot with the versatile Control 2p($249 list), a comact owered monitor that fits multile

    alications from audio roduction to AV, electronicinstruments and home entertainment.

    Th wst mm f th Ctl Sis, th Ctl 2p is a

    ial siz f skt aui a vi. Th 35 W/chal systmfits icly i a dAW stu: i my alicati, a st f Ctl 2ps

    vi su f a iMac-as Lgic/Fial Cut/p Tls hm

    stui that uls as a hu f iTus a Cd layack, Itt

    ai stamig a dVd-Vi layack.

    Ctl 2p mits a vy siml t st u a at.

    pw mast a assiv xtsi saks, a xtsi

    sak wi a w suly (all iclu) a all s t

    u a uig. F skt aui, su t sa th iclu

    stals f -axis listigth Ctl 2ps a quit ictial.

    F wall mutig, JbL ffs th tial MTC-2p kit.

    Th mast sak fatus a

    whit Led th ft t iicat

    w. A Led flashs wh

    th sak is aachig

    thmal tct m, a

    glws ctiuusly t ii-

    cat that th systm shul

    tu ff t cl (i my

    xic, ith has yt

    t ccu).

    o th mast saks

    si is a lag vlum c-

    tl a ighth-ich ha-

    h jack. Th a al

    huss th w switch,

    dC w iut a mst

    f th Ctl 2ps i- a

    ututs. na th ct

    a cmiati nutik

    XLr/TrS alac iuts

    f th mast a xt-

    si saks. rCA

    iuts a als fu

    th mast saks ack

    al, as is th quat-ich

    xtsi sak jack. Lastly, a HF ajust switch alis a +2 -2

    b high fqucy shlf.

    Havig tst a wk with a vaity f skt mitig

    systms, I fu th Ctl 2ps th st sluti, t at, f my

    s. With a 80 Hz 20 kHz fqucy ag, thy liv a a,

    accuat sctum at lw a mat lvls (th Ctl 2ps ca

    gt lty lu, t, a mai accuat at high lvls). Sli lwfqucis withut th f a ulky suwf cwig th

    flthats a wlcm chag.

    I my alicati, th multil ututs allw mitig ictly

    fm th cmut, via a ighth-ich t rCA aat, f Lgic a

    Fial Cut (a iTus a dVd), fm a digisig Mx f p

    Tls. My Stiway ga iawll, th vitual Stiway i Lgics

    eXS24 mkII samlsus fatastic thugh th Ctl 2ps; if

    that w thi ly fucti, thy wul wll wth th (attac-

    tiv) ic.

    JbL | www.jlro.com

    JBl control 2p coMpact

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    na Kh 310 A t-

    way Av m

    Th w numa KH 310 A icooats

    wly vlo ivs i a sal cait

    fo accuat, lia ouctio ov its ti

    fqucy sos ag, fast LF tasit

    sos a th ottial fo high ouc-

    tio lvls. Th KH 310 A tl, miag

    a ass ivs, all numa sigs, havall otimiz usig acoustic simula-

    tios a a xtsiv sis of masu-

    mts. bass sos xts to 34 Hz, mi

    fqucis a -ouc y a icat

    soft om miag iv a high fqu-

    cis a hal y a alloy faic om twt i a llitical

    Mathmatically Mol dissio wavgui.

    Th class-Ab amlifis a a high caacity SMpS ow su-

    ly giv th systm a high haoom a fomac scultig eQ

    allows th systm to aat to its viomt. Tight maufac-

    tuig tolacs allow ay two KH 310A moitos to fuctio as a

    match ai.

    AdAm A F s

    AdAM Auio has itouc its mo affoal F Sis ofs-

    sioal moitos, icluig th F5 a F7 afil moitos a SuF

    icat suwoof. both th F5 a F7 mloy th comays

    w ArT twt that ovis fomac simila to AdAMs

    acclaim X-ArT twt i a small siz to fit th w fom facto.

    dsig fo small ooms, th comact F5 ais th ArT

    twt with a fiv-

    ich miwoof, ach

    comot iiviu-

    ally ow y 25 W

    (ms) A/b amlifis.

    Th F7 has a 40 W

    am fo th twt

    a a sv-ich

    woof ow y a

    60 W am. Th SuF

    fatus a ight-ich

    woof with a 150 W

    (ms) pWM ow

    amlifi.

    pmc ww Av m

    pMCs w activ sis of moitos maks th sig aoach

    of pMCs to lis availal at a low ic ag. Th twotwos

    mloy pMCs ATL (Avac Tasmissio Li) ass loaig/

    xtsio aoach alog with uilt-i amlificatio a high

    solutio igital filtig. Th UK-uilt li iitially comiss two

    mols, th twotwo.5 a twotwo.6 (ictu h). A thi, th

    twotwo.8, is slat to xt th li i th fist quat of 2013.

    All th sha th sam co sig a fatus with fiv-, six-

    a ight-ich woofs. A ooa dSp gi is us to oti-

    miz iv sos, ovi a highly cis cossov, maximiz

    issio, a ovi comot otctio. Th uilt-i Class

    d ual-amlificatio livs 50 W to th twt a 150 W to

    th ass iv.

    dya m3xe

    s ma m

    dyauio pofssioal has itouc its

    20th Aivsay M3Xe moitos, ow- y two La.gu pLM10000Q

    amlifis: a sigificat uga fom its

    csso, th ow M3A 3-way

    moito. Fatus iclu a 20 Hz to 22

    kHz fqucy sos, yo 133 b

    SpL outut ottial, Lak pocssig,

    a mo.

    Th M3Xe cait iclus ual

    12-ich woofs with alumium voic

    coils; ual 6-ich Miag ivs with

    75 mm alumium voic coils; a 1.1-ich

    (28 mm) soft om twt, also with a

    alumium voic coil; a a total wight of132 ls. Amlificatio, via th La.gu-

    pLM10000Q, ovis 4 x 2300 watts (2 x 2300 W woof, 1 x 2300 W Mi, 1 x 2300

    W HF) with aalog a AeS/ebU iuts.

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    Fa tw6 B s rf m

    Th Twin6 b is a

    th-way activ

    sak, Fcals

    st slling ml,

    uilt f hizntalmunting. Th

    saks ncl-

    su (lack-i

    with vn

    sis) huss

    tw Fcal 6.5 inch cmsit sanwich cn ivs la y tw

    lag css-sctin lamina ass ts. Fcals signatu LF ivs

    w vl t cntl cn wight, igiity, an aming f

    tansancy f fmanc with xcllnt has sns an lw

    isttin. bth f th 6.5 ivs hanl lw fquncis ut nly

    n f th tw (slctal) asss l-mi fquncis.

    Th qually chaactistic Fcal vs m byllium twt

    affs sns at t 40 kHz with accuat imag an tansintsns. Th Twin6 is w intnally y tw 150 W rMS amli-

    fis f th LF an MF ivs an a 100 W rMS amlifi f th

    twt.

    jBl msc1 m c

    Th MSC1 is th an

    autmat m cc-

    tin tl an a suc/

    mnit slct/vlum

    cntll f us with any

    tw ais f saks an a

    suwf. Th JbL rm

    M Cctin systm

    uss a tst michn

    an sftwa algithms t

    masu mnit fmanc in a givn nvinmnt, an calculats

    an alis cctiv eQ t timiz th lusak fmanc.

    Th MSC1 is hus in a stuy skt-ay chassis. All I/o is

    n th ack f th unit, allwing f th saat st sucs:

    tw inut ais a availal, n using alanc quat-inch TrS

    an th th using unalanc rCA cnncts. oututs t tw

    sts f mnits an n suwf a all vi via quat-inch

    alanc TrS ututs. Th is als a quat-inch hahn jack,

    ighth-inch I/o jacks f th rMC mic, an a USb cnnctin t uti-liz th rMC css with a hst cmut. Th MSC1 shis with a

    caliatin mic, USb cal, an ighth-inch TrS cals.

    G se dsp mg sy

    Th Gnlc Se (Small

    envinmnt) dSp mni-

    ting systm is a full sys-

    tm suun slutin f

    small t mi-siz -

    uctin ms in n

    f cis tw-channl

    fiv-channl suunmniting. Th sys-

    tms inclu Gnlcs

    AutCal slf-caliatin

    systm an GLM.Se

    (Gnlc Lusak Manag f Small envinmnts) sftwa f

    intllignt an autmat m-cctin cssing.

    Th hat f th Gnlc Se dSp Systm is th 10-inch Se7261A

    dSp suwf. Th 59-un suwf is uilt aun a singl

    10-inch iv w y a 120-watt am, with a 19 Hz t 100 Hz

    f fil fquncy sns. Th sus ight-channl, igital-nly

    inut is caal f 24-it, 192 kHz slutin (a cmanin A/d is

    availal).

    Th 8130A mnits hav twin 40 W amlifis iving a 5-inch

    wf an 3/4-inch mtal m twt f a 58 Hz t 20 kHz at

    fquncy sns. Its AeS 3 inuts als sut 192 kHz/24-it

    igital aui inuts. Th 8130A is at f Gnlcs latst mnit

    signs with th wav gui an intgal at f th minimum if-

    factin i-cast aluminum

    iA iso-l8r130

    s m sa

    IsAcustics has xtn its lin f sufac cu-

    ls with th ISo-L8r130 sak stans, scifically

    sign f small saks with withs xcing 5

    an wights f nt m than 20ls. Th ISo-L8r130

    stans sha all th fatus fun in th awa-winning

    ISo-L8r155 an ISo-L8r200 (th ISo-L8r family is ic-

    tu) incluing flxiility in hight an tilt an atnt

    flating achitctu f aui imag stailizatin.

    Th nw sak stans masu 5.1 wi an 6

    an cm with tuing t cnfigu it t ith 2.5 8 in hight an 2 sts f n lugs t vi 14 ssil tilt ajustmnts.

    Th ISo-L8r130 was vl in sns t n-us qusts f an ISo-L8r ml suit f small mnits.

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    AdAm Aadam-audio.com516-681-0690

    Aalsis.com401-658-5760

    Aba Acalcub.com858-485-7514

    Atcatcloudspakrs.co.uktransaudiogroup.com702-365-5155

    Axaudixusa.com503-682-6933

    Aaxauralx.com

    317-842-2600

    Ava pavantonpro.com828-523-4311

    B&Wbowrs-wilkins.com978-664-2870

    Bag e lakbagnd.com847-382-4550

    Bgbhringr.com425-672-0816

    B skablusky.com516-249-1399

    Bbos.com800-869-1855

    da pfadynaudioprofssional.com519-745-1158

    e

    roland.com323-890-3700

    eva pemotivapro.com615-791-6254

    ea Aquatoraudio.com888-772-0087

    ev evntlctronics.com805-566-7777

    Fafocal.com800-663-9352

    Fxfostx.com800-431-2609

    Ggnlcusa.com508-652-0900

    Gff Agriffinaudiousa.com914-248-7680

    hab lakharbth.co.uk603-437-4769

    h hhothouspro.com845-691-6077

    iAisoacoustics.com905-294-4672

    jBljblpro.com818-894-8850

    KrKkrksys.com800-444-2766

    lk slipinskisound.com877-876-4844

    makmacki.com508-234-6158

    m-Am-audio.com401-658-5765

    m-Gam-githain.d

    m smyrsound.com510-486-1166

    mK s

    mksoundsystm.com855-657-6863

    na snady.com510-652-2411

    nanumannusa.com860-434-9190

    nhtpronhthifi.com800-648-9993

    p s & Awww.chrisplonisspakrs.com805-242-1041

    pmcpmc-spakrs.com888-653-1184

    paprimacoustic.com604-942-1001

    psi Apsiaudio.com858-414-3900

    qqustd.com888-653-1184

    raroland.com323-215-2111

    sa Asamsontch.com631-784-2200

    se mslctronics.com800-222-4700

    sls lakslsloudspakrs.com417-883-4549

    ssonodyn.comtransaudiogroup.com702-365-5155

    tatannoy.com519-745-1158

    taatascam.com323-726-0303

    t Apmi-audio.com310-323-9050

    t A

    truthaudio.com850-830-7168

    u Aunityaudio.com888-572-5825

    Wak Awstlakaudio.com323-851-1222

    yaaayamaha.com714-522-9105

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