Eminently suited for tracking, mixing, or mastering, the two-channel A-Designs Audio EM-EQ2 is housed in a rugged, all-metal 2U chassis. It shares the same custom-milled faceplate, brushed-aluminum control knobs, big jewel power indicator lamp, and heavy-duty Carling toggle switch as the HM2EQ Hammer (which, by the way, the EM-EQ2 sonically pairs with marvelously). The EM-EQ2’s controls attenuate high band at 5k, 10k, 20kHz; vary bandwidth AND boost mid to high band at 3k, 4k, 5k, 6k, 10k, 12k, 16kHz; and boost or attenuate the low band at 20Hz, 30Hz, 60Hz, or 100Hz. Boost and attenuation range from 0dB to ±10dB.

Along with modern performance enhancements, the EM-EQ2 faithfully preserves the EQ section design, control layout, and wonderfully smooth musicality of the original Pultec. It also has the same frequency settings and inductors that made the Pultec a must-have for capturing the bottom end. Additional features include a proprietary nickel-core output transformer, Wima caps, and true hard bypass. Instead of using common off-the-shelf chokes, A-Designs Audio employs a tapped inductor that’s custom-wound to the same values as the 500-series EM-PEQ. Along with the classic EQ circuitry, layout, and exceptionally musical sound of the original Pultec, the EM-EQ2 offers fully balanced, noise-free performance and modern impedance specs, bringing quick and easy integration to the modern studio.

EM-EQ2 Features:

• Dual mono, three-band band, Pultec-style EQ
• Faithfully preserves the EQ section design, controls, and musicality of the Pultec EQP-1
• Eminently suited for tracking, mixing, or mastering
• Same frequency settings and inductors as original Pultec make it a must-have for capturing bottom end
• Fully balanced, noise-free performance and modern impedance specs
• Quick and easy studio integration
• Wima capacitors
• True hard bypass
• A-Designs proprietary, custom-wound tapped Inductor
  
• A-Designs proprietary nickel core output transformer
  
• Rugged 2U metal housing with custom-milled faceplate and control knobs
  
• Big jewel power indicator lamp with heavy duty Carling power toggle switch

EM-EQ2 Specifications:

• Boost: 0dB to +10dB
  
• Attenuate: 0dB to –10dB
  
• Attenuate high band: 5k, 10k, 20kHz.
  
• Vary bandwidth/boost mid to high band: 3k, 4k, 5k, 6k, 10k, 12k, 16kHz Boost/attenuate low band: at 20Hz, 30Hz, 60Hz, or 100Hz

Along with modern performance enhancements, the A-Designs Audio EM-PEQ meticulously maintains the EQ-section design and control layout of the original Pultec EQP-1A, as well as its wonderfully smooth musicality. It also has the same frequency settings and inductors that made the Pultec a must-have for capturing the bottom end. Makeup amplification is achieved through the use of the same discrete Class AB amplifier found in A-Designs Audio’s immensely popular solid-state Pacifica mic preamp—putting a slightly unique and modern twist on the classic design of yesteryear.

The EM-PEQ’s controls attenuate high band at 5k, 10k, 20kHz; vary bandwidth AND boost mid to high band at 3k, 4k, 5k, 6k, 10k, 12k, 16kHz; and boost or attenuate the low band at 20Hz, 30Hz, 60Hz, or 100Hz. Boost and attenuation range from 0dB to ±10dB.

Additional features of the EM-PEQ include a nickel-core output transformer, gold Grayhill rotary switches, Wima caps, and a true hard-wired bypass. Plus, instead of using common off-the-shelf chokes, A-Designs uses a custom tapped inductor, wound to the original values as the original Pultec. Along with the classic EQ circuitry, layout, and exceptionally musical sound of the classic Pultec, the EM-PEQ offers fully balanced, noise-free performance and modern impedance specs for easy operation and fast studio integration.

In the world of pro audio recording, there are two types of equalizers: those that you don’t want to hear in action (“surgical or corrective EQ), and those that you do (“color, or character” EQ). The EM-PEQ is one you most definitely do. Unlike any other 500-Series equalizer, the A-Designs EM-PEQ sits on the extreme end of the “character” bench. It focuses on “correcting” that which cannot be fixed by so-called surgical EQs: the enhancement of tone and musicality.

The EM-PEQ is also available as the EM-EQ2, a 2-channel, 2U rackmount version offered at the same price as two EM-PEQs and a 500HR power rack. Whether you prefer to work with the 500-Series form factor or standard rackmount format, both the EM-PEQ and EM-EQ2 are identical in both sound quality and functionality.

EM-PEQ Features:

• The first and only Pultec-style equalizer in the 500-Series format
  
• Three-band EQ with the same control layout as original Pultec
  
• Fully balanced, noise-free performance and modern impedance specs
  
• Same frequency settings and inductors as original Pultec make it a must-have for capturing bottom end
  
• Excels at tracking, mixing and mastering—a truly magical EQ!
  
• Perfectly compatible with API lunchbox (or A-Designs 500HR rack)
  
• True hard-wired bypass
  
• A-Designs proprietary-wound tapped Inductor
  
• A-Designs proprietary nickel alloy output transformer
  
• Quick and easy studio integration
  
• Wima capacitors

Threshold, Hard Threshold and Variable Sidechain Filter:

Upon inspecting the NAIL’s highly attractive custom-milled aluminum knobs and faceplate, you’ll notice the absence of a ratio control. In its place are Threshold and Hard Threshold. With Hard Threshold turned off, Threshold acts much like an LA-2A by increasing gain reduction. Attack and release controls become somewhat irrelevant in this mode and the NAIL becomes a model of simplicity; set its threshold and gain, and let the NAIL work its magic.

For those who like to dig deeper, Hard Threshold opens up a world of compression-/envelope-shaping possibilities. Like the hard knee of a traditional compressor, Hard Threshold works in conjunction with the Filter, which is a variable high-pass filter continuously controllable from 8Hz to 250Hz. Once the Hard Threshold is crossed, the NAIL will apply desired compression above the selected frequency, and less to the frequencies below. This prevents the greater energy of bass from triggering unwanted compression and ducking the entire mix. Filter also lets you enhance bottom end for bass-heavy music without throwing the mix’s entire frequency spectrum out of whack, as a multi-band compressor often does.

Put simply, the combination of Threshold, Hard Threshold, and Filter allow you to dial in amount of compression, at what level it will engage, and above which frequencies it will act. Ratio is always self-adjusting in response to program material.

Attack, Release, Gain and Metering:

The HM2 NAIL’s remaining continuously variable controls include Attack, Release, and Gain, which function as expected. However, Attack and Release are dependent on the settings of the Hard Threshold and also respond dynamically to program material, making for a more forgiving and musical response than traditional “once size fits all” attack/release circuits. Other functions include compressor In/Out for quick A/B comparison; Stereo Link/Dual Mono; and Gain Reduction/Level for metering, all controlled via toggle switch. Speaking of meters, the NAIL’s LED meter was chosen for it’s ultra fast response and the ability to see it clearly from across a dark-lit control room.

Mix Control:

The HM2 NAIL’s Mix knob offers continuously variable control between direct (dry) and compressed signal. Particularly useful for DAW mixing, Mix enables you to apply parallel compression to a submix without losing two channels of A/D/A for an aux send/return. And of course, you can also use it on an overall mix to add size and depth, or during tracking.

Nail Features:

• Solid state/tube hybrid design combines high performance with rich sound

  
• Dual channel with switchable stereo link or dual mono modes

  
• Mix control lets you blend wet/dry signal for parallel compression

  
• Hard Threshold and Filter let you select amount of compression and frequency (to 250Hz) to prevent mix from being “dragged down” by LF energy

  
• Awarded “Mix Certified Hit” by Mix magazine

  
• Custom-milled aluminum knobs

  
• Custom-milled aluminum faceplate

  
• LED Indicators switchable to stereo

  
• Gain-reduction switch for meters

  
• 2U rackmount

  
• Balanced XLR outputs

  
• Carling toggle power switch

  
• Red jewel power indicator

  
• In/out switch

Nail Specifications:

• Frequency response: 3Hz – 50Khz
• Noise: -89dbu
• Balanced Input: XLR
• Balanced Output: XLR
  
• Clipping: +20dbu
  
• Filter: Off – 8Hz (starting point) – 250Hz
  
• Channel Isolation @1kHz: 90dB
  
• Variable Ratio: Self adjusting
  
• Mix (direct/compression): Complete bypass to complete compression
  
• Power Requirements: 120/230VAC – 23 Watts
  
• Dimensions: 19″ x 3-1/2″ x 10″ (W-H-D)
  
• Weight: 10 lb.
  
• Shipping weight: 12 lb

Each channel of the Hammer features six rotary controls: three gain knobs with continuously variable boost or cut of 12dB, and three frequency-selector knobs detented for easy recall. The Hammer’s selectable frequencies range from 30Hz to 15kHz. The low, mid, and high bands have a selectable center frequency, and the bands themselves overlap in such a way that makes for a very smooth transition throughout the entire frequency spectrum. Also on each channel are toggle switches for EQ In/Out, plus low-cut (84Hz) and high-cut (8kHZ), filters, which allow the engineer to perform utilitarian EQ chores while still being able to bring the full power of The Hammer’s three bands to bear. Bandwidth (Q) is self-adjusting (floating) based on both the amount of gain applied and in response to the behavior of the program material at the selected frequencies. The Hammer’s unique ability to have its Q “move with the music” is one the secrets to its highly musical response, and also a reason for why its near impossible to make the Hammer sound bad at any frequency or gain setting.

Like its twin, the A-Designs Audio HM2 Compressor “Nail,” the Hammer boasts a black, custom-milled, brushed faceplate, which plays host to its custom-milled aluminum control knobs; big, blue jewel power indicator lamp; and heavy-duty Carling toggle power switch—overall, a stunning combination of modern-retro looks that jump out of the rack.

Not just another pretty face, it’s what’s inside the Hammer that counts, which, along with its clever tube-harmonic filtering circuit, are two transformer-less 12AT7 tubes (offering the most consistent control of any tube), and a custom toroidal power transformer. But most importantly, the Hammer is an inspired design whose sonic majesty is far greater than the sum of its components. As producer-mixer Ronan Chris Murphy (King Crimson, Terry Bozio) says, “The Hammer is all about gorgeous, smooth top and high mids. I am just not used to being able crank the top on the rock cymbals so much and have them stay so smooth. Another engineer I really respect described the HM2EQ as “the best EQ” he had ever used . . .”

Not just for the 2-bus, the Hammer’s dual-mono operation makes it a marvelous tool for tracking as well. Whether it’s 2-bus, submix, voice, or instrument, just reach for the A-Designs Audio HMEQ2 Hammer when you want great sounds—and you want them quickly and easily.

Hammer Features:

• World-class, three-band, dual-mono tube/hybrid equalizer
  
• Designed to sound highly musical for larger EQ functions typically found on expensive mastering
  
• Smooth, super-fidelity EQ, suitable for very high-end applications
  
• Beautiful-sounding broad EQ-shaping across several octaves with no adverse effect on tone
  
• Clean and airy high end
  
• Warmth, transparency, and quality sound.
  
• Continuously variable boost and cut controls
  
• Fixed frequency settings with highly musical overlapping bands and floating “Q”
  
• Low-cut and high-cut filters and bypass
  
• Transformer-less 12AT output tubes
  
• Custom-milled aluminum knobs and faceplate with EQ in/out, low-cut, and high-cut toggle switches
  
• Heavy-duty Carling power toggle switch

Hammer Specifications:

• Frequency Response: -3dB points @ 5Hz and 40kHz
  
• Noise Floor -94dbm with 30kHz bandwidth
• Low boost: +12dB; cut: -12dB
  
• Mid boost: +12dB; cut: -12dB
  
• High boost: +12dB; cut: -12dB
  
• Low-frequency switch: 30Hz/50Hz/100Hz/200Hz/300Hz/400Hz
  
• Mid-frequency switch: 250Hz/500Hz/1.2kHz/1.6kHz/2kHz
  
• High-frequency switch 2.5kHz/3.5kHz/5kHz/7.5kHz/10kHz/15kHz
  
• Low-cut filter: 84Hz
  
• High-cut filter: 8kHz
  
• Bandwidth (Q): Floating
  
• Distortion +4dBm
  
• Power Requirements: 120/230 VAC – 42W
  
• Dimensions (W x H x D) 19″ x 3-1/2″ x 10″
  
• Weight 10 lb. (Shipping weight 12 lb.)

A-Designs   Audio,   Inc.   is   proud   to   announce   the   release   of   the   MIX   FACTORY ,   a   totally   new   concept   and   approach   to  summing out-of-the-box for people who demand more from their current sound and work-flow.

The   MIX   FACTORY   is   not   just   a   summing   unit,   it   delivers   analog   warmth   with   the   depth   and   image   needed   to   make   your  mixes stand out from the crowd.

The   MIX   FACTORY   is   a   concept   developed   by   Tony   Shepperd   (who   is   known   for   his   high-quality   recordings   ranging   from  Gospel,   R&B   to   Rock),   designed   by   Paul   Wolff   (one   of   the   top   designers   in   the   audio   industry),   and   manufactured   by   A  Designs Audio, Inc. -  (manufacturer of products such as the Pacifica, Ventura, REDDI, Hammer 2 and Nail).

Tony   Shepperd   was   one   of   many   modern   engineers   that   felt   that   everything   could   be   done   “IN   THE   BOX.”   But,   he   came   to  realize   that   analog   and   digital   could   live   very   well   together.   By   combining   the   two   -   analog   and   digital   -   to   create   a   Hybrid   -  was   the   special   combination   that   took   his   mixes   to   a   level   that   had   other   recording   engineers   calling   him   for   tips   and  demanding to know how he made his recordings sound so great.

The end result, after years of R&D, was the MIX FACTORY.

What makes the MIX FACTORY special?

There   are   16   channels   (which   are   2   D-sub   inputs   summing   to   a   stereo   XLR   out).   All   16   channels   have   a   continuous   Gain  Knob,   Pan   (center   detent),   and   Mute   that   acts   as   a   signal   indicator   with   an   audio   sensitive   LED.   The   LED   indicator   glows  when   signal   is   passing   into   the   channel   and   intensifies   when   the   signal   is   stronger.   The   same   Mute   button   changes   color   to  Red, when used as a mute, to Green when signal is passing through the channel.

There   are   (2)   Eight-Channel   groups:   1-8   and   9-16.   Each   group   has   an   Insert   for   a   Compressor   or   EQ.   There   is   also   a  Master Insert for all 16 Channels, along with 3 Mute buttons for each Insert.

And we aren’t done, yet!

The   MIX   FACTORY   has   a   pushbutton   option   to   go   from   clean   (the   standard   setup   bypassing   the   transformers)   to   tonal,  using   the   custom-made   output   transformers   made   by   Cinemag.  The   difference   between   transformers   and   no   transformers   is  night and day. This gives you an option for analog tone and/or color.

There’s MORE!

The MIX FACTORY is also linkable! This means you can have 64 or more channels...it’s like having a console in a Rack.

And   if   that   isn’t   enough,   there   is   an   external   power   supply   to   insure   a   perfect   sounding   unit   every   time.   This   is   a  switchable Power  Supply,  which  can  be  used  for  domestic  (US)  120v  and  export  230v. The  Power  Supply  is  hefty  enough  to  handle  any needs you may require from the MIX FACTORY.

We  understand  there  are  summing  boxes  out  there.  But,  nothing  has  come  close  to  the  MIX  FACTORY  for  providing  you  an image to your mix that just stands out.

Whether you’re looking for clarity and transparency, or the rich, euphonic sound of input tubes driven hard, the MP-2A can give you all that and more. Each channel features a -20dB pad; two selectable tone switches for four possible tones on each channel; 60db gain for use with next-generation ribbon mics; and Cinemag input transformers coupled with custom-wound output transformers, delivering the low noise and top-quality sound you demand from a high-end preamp. Additional features include balanced combo XLR/1/4″ inputs, true VU meters, phantom power, polarity switches, and front-panel, line-level input jacks.

Built to audiophile-quality standards with a price tag well below other boutique preamps in its class, the MP-2A has no integrated circuits in the signal path—it relies solely on discrete components, namely tubes, film capacitors, and custom transformers. To maintain the integrity and purity of its sonic signature, bells and whistles are kept to a minimum. This serves two purposes: First, the more switches in the circuit path, the more sound quality can be negatively affected. Second, by keeping only necessary features, costs are kept down and your money goes where it really counts: sound quality.

Unlimited "Sweetspot" and Tonal Variation

With many preamps, you’ll find that they tend to have only one setting where you hear “the magic.” Move past it, and the magic is gone. The problem with a single-setting sweetspot is that you can’t always run the preamp at that setting, since the strength of the input signal will vary from sound source to sound source. Not so with the MP-2A! Thanks to its fixed-gain amplifier with output attenuator, you get consistent behavior (the magic) whether the MP2-A is turned up or down. It also provides polarity switches, which allow you to record a stereo sound source out of phase in order to enhance stereo imaging, or tame overwhelming bass via cancellation. Factor in the tone switches that give you a palette of four unique sonic flavors on each channel, and you can easily see why we say you could make an entire record with just this one incredibly versatile preamp.

MP-2A Features:

• All-tube design
  
• Selectable tone switches offer four sounds per channel
  
• 60dB gain allows use of next-generation ribbon mics
  
• EF86 input tubes/6N1P output tubes
  
• Cinemag input transformers and custom-wound output transformers
  
• True VU meters
  
• Dual level controls
  
• -20dB pad switch (per channel)
  
• Polarity switch (per channel)
  
• Toroidal power transformer
  
• Balanced XLR I/O and 1/4″ direct injects
  
• Custom-milled faceplate, solid vented metal frame (2U rack size)

Specifications

• Frequency Response: 20Hz-60kHz
• Gain range: 0 – 60dB
  
• Distortion THD: > .08 @ 1kHz
  
• Noise (EIN): -128dBu
  
• Input impedance: 1.4k ohm
  
• Phantom power: +48V switchable power source
  
• Mic input phase: 0-180˚ (switchable)
  
• Instrument input: 1/4″ phono
  
• Instrument input impedance min: >100k ohm
  
• Output impedance: 600 ohm, switchable to 10k ohm
  
• Maximum output level: +22dBu
  
• Output: Low-Z, transformer-balanced
  
• Power requirements: 100/120/230 VAC – 42W
  
• Dimensions: (W x H x D) 19″ x 3-1/2″ x 10″
  
• Weight: 18 lb. (8.16kg) (Shipping weight 20 lb.)

The P-1 has the highest fidelity of all the A-Designs Audio 500 preamps, capturing the mojo of its older and larger sibling, the extremely popular Pacifica. While not an exact replica, it sounds as close to Pacifica as is possible for its smaller size. It has a big low end, slightly forward midrange, and extended highs. If you’re a fan of Quad Eight or API, you’ll love the A-Designs Audio P-1.

The P-1 shines on vocals, instruments, room mics, piano, and on instruments with sharp transients, such as drums and various percussion instruments. And if you’re building a lunchbox with drum recording in mind, a pair of P-1s is a superb choice for overheads when you want to capture the entire kit along with the sizzle of the cymbals.

P-1 Features:

• -20dB Pad
• Phase
• 48v Phantom
• Cast aluminum knob
• Thumb Screws (for easy install and un-install)
• Solid construction
• Custom Wound Transformers (input and output)
• Original Design (no CLONES)
• Red LED indicator for Phantom power

In keeping with A-Designs Audio’s mission of sound quality above all, the features of the Pacifica are just what an audio professional needs to record high-quality tracks and no more. Sonically compromising extra switches and components of dubious features are eliminated from the signal path. Plus, with 72dB gain and extremely low-noise operation (-128dB EIN) the ribbon mic-friendly Pacifica ensures clarity and fidelity—whether you’re going for transparency or plenty of punch and character.

Paying homage to the color scheme of the Quad Eight Pacifica console, the hand-crafted Pacifica sports a rich, cream-colored finish with solid-feeling, red metal gain knobs; a red +48V phantom-power push button with red LED indicator—both for easy identification if ribbon mics are involved; plus grey push buttons for phase reverse and –20dB pad—all giving the Pacifica a look reminiscent of California girls, beach boys, and classic Woodies.

It also has two front-panel Hi-Z instrument inputs, but just like a classic Woodie, it’s what’s under the Pacifica’s hood that gives the DIs a special kick. Unlike other preamps, the Pacifica’s DIs are routed through the input transformer, which puts signal through two transformers for added depth and richer tone. And these aren’t just any transformers. Key to the Pacifica’s sound, they’re custom-designed input and output transformers built by Tom Reichenbach of Cinemag (whose father, Ed, built the transformers for the original Quad Eight desks). The output transformers are custom wound and share the same design as those found in the original Quad Eight. Input transformers are pure, proprietary A-Designs.

But transformers don’t tell the whole story. Another key factor to the Pacifica’s sound is its wide-bandwidth design, which ranges from 9Hz to 101kHz with less than 1% distortion. Along with its custom transformers, the linear response down below 10Hz provides the big, punchy sound that the Pacifica has become famous for. It also provides harmonic content well above the range of human hearing, which reduces in-band phase shift for more realism, along with the added benefit of more harmonic information to work with at mixdown—turning your EQ into a creative tool rather than a corrective one.

Pacifica Features:

• Two-channel, solid state preamp with two front-panel Hi-Z inputs
  
• Captures the sound quality of the legendary Quad Eight Pacifica console with even more presence and high-end
  
• Very warm and full tone without being dark; wide bandwidth with a sweet top end.
  
• Custom-wound Cinemag input and output transformers
  
• Input transformer: A-Designs proprietary input transformer with unique winding
  
• Output Transformer: A-Designs proprietary alloy using the same massive design as the original Quad Eight.
  
• 72dB of quiet gain, great for use with ribbon mics.
  
• Unique DI design sends signal through the input transformer for two transformers in the signal path.
  
• Balanced XLR I/O
  
• Phase reversal (each channel)
  
• -20dB pad (each channel)
  
• +48V phantom power (each channel)
  
• Solid construction, handmade in the USA

Pacifica Specifications:

• Frequency response: 9Hz-101KHz
  
• Input impedance: 1500 ohm
  
• Gain range: 72dB
  
• Noise (EIN): -128dB
  
• Phantom power: Switchable 48V
  
• Mic input phase: Switchable 0 -180°
  
• Instrument Input Jack 1/4″ Phono
  
• Output: Balanced XLR
  
• Distortion: Less than 1%
  
• Power requirements: 100/120/230 VAC – 23W
  
• Dimensions: 19″ x 1-3/4″ x 10″
  
• Weight: 11 lb.
  
• Shipping weight: 12.5 lb.

A bold statement, yes, but one of many just like it said of The A-Design’s Audio REDDI all-tube DI by an ever increasing number of professional bassists and recording professionals (see below). Designed and built by former career studio bassists, the REDDI has been hailed by engineer and bassist alike as the best-sounding DI around. Inspired by the glorious sound of the Ampeg B-15 tube bass amp, its 6N1-P tube-driven amplifier feeds signal directly into a hefty custom output transformer, which is key to providing a harmonically rich tone. Its wide-bandwidth design from 20Hz to 60kHz reduces in-band phase shift, which results in greater detail and realism in the audible spectrum. Another big plus of its wide-bandwidth design is the prevention of LF phase shifts by maintaining a linear response extending below the audible bass range, which is the secret to achieving a big, full sound.

Complementing its distinctive bright red steel chassis, the A-Designs Audio REDDI has a front-panel Neutrik XLR/1/4″ combo input jack, balanced XLR output, and a 1/4″ thru-put, for those who desire the reassurance of sending signal to a bass amp (before they wind up discarding the miked track and go with the REDDI track alone). There is also a 0-16dB-gain control on the front panel as well. Take note, the REDDI is not a high-gain device. Gain has been carefully designed and controlled in order to avoid the slightest compromise to sound quality. Finishing up the front panel is an extremely bright blue LED power indicator. The exceptional brightness of the LED was intentionally provided for easy visual confirmation that the REDDI is powered on, and also to temporarily blind annoying A&R reps lingering in the control room. On the back panel are toggle switches for power and ground lift, along with the REDDI’s IEC power connector.

Not just for bass, the REDDI’s all-tube circuitry can enhance the character of any instrument run through it; with an airy top end to go with the full, rich mids and bass it also imparts. That’s why Grammy-winning producer Ted Perlman (Chicago, Bob Dylan, Burt Bacharach, Elton John) runs all his guitars through the REDDI. And as long as we’re on the subject, the ever-increasing list of world-class bassists and engineers who rely on the REDDI includes notable bass players, such as Reggie Hamilton, Justin Meldal-Johnsen, Viktor Krauss, Jamiroquai’s Paul Turner, Steve Bailey, Don Boyette, Carlitos del Puerto, and Millard Powers of Counting Crows; along with producer-engineers such as Tony Sheppard, Dylan Dresdow, Ross Hogarth, Billy Bush, Ronan Chris Murphy, and Russ Long.

REDDI Features:

• All-tube direct box with custom output transformer
• Ultra wide frequency range (20Hz-60kHz)
• Neutrik input connector, balanced XLR out, and 1/4″ thru jack
• Inspired by the Ampeg B-15
• Clean and airy high end, warmth, transparency, and ultra high-quality sound
• Level control
• Ground lift
• Ultra bright blue LED on/off lamp
• Zero-feedback loop design
• Massive, custom-wound transformers
• 6NI-P tube
• Low-Z, transformer-balanced output

REDDI Specifications:

• Frequency Response 20Hz – 60kHz
  
• Input impedance: 1M ohm
  
• Gain range: 16dB
  
• Noise (EIN): -126dB
  
• Output impedance: 600 ohm
  
• Maximum level: +22dBu
  
• Distortion THD: > .08 @ 1kHz
  
• Power Requirements: 100/120/230VAC – 42W
  
• Dimensions (W x H x D) 3-1/2″ x 3-1/2″ x 14-1/2″
  
• Weight 10 lb. (4.54 kg.)

The number of A-Designs REDDI's in use on stages and studios all over the world is nothing short of staggering.

Quite simply, there is no better sounding way to convert an instrument, or line level signal, to XLR.

The same tone and sound from the REDDI is now available in a dual mono 2RU rack mount version.  Designed with the help of top studio engineers and bass players, REDDI-v2 has been widely praised by engineers and musicians all over the world as the best-sounding DI solution on the market today.

It is important to note that the REDDI-v2 is not a high-gain device! Its gain structure has been painstakingly engineered to avoid the slightest compromise in sound quality. Inspired by the glorious sound of the Ampeg B-15 tube bass amp, the REDDI-v2 6N1-P tube-driven amplifier feeds signal directly into a hefty custom output transformer by Cinemag – a key component to providing a harmonically rich tone. The REDDI-v2's extremely wide frequency range (20Hz to 60kHz) prevents in-band phase shift, resulting in outstanding detail and realism. Another major benefit of its wide bandwidth is the prevention of LF phase shift by maintaining a linear response extending below the audible bass range, ensuring a full, natural sound.

The REDDI-v2's distinctive bright red steel chassis sports two front-panel Neutrik XLR/1/4” combo input jacks, two balanced XLR outputs, and two 1/4” thru-puts, for sending signal to a bass amp – not only useful for live applications, but also for simultaneously recording direct and miked amp tracks in the studio.  A 0-16dB-Level control and a Red LED power indicator complete the front panel controls. The back panel contains a heavy-duty toggle switch for ground lift, along with the IEC power outlet.

The REDDI-v2's all-tube circuitry will enhance the character of any electrified instrument that runs through it -- not just bass -- but stereo keyboards, as well. Plug the pickup of an acoustic guitar through REDDI-v2 to add depth and fullness to its tone.  Capture and improve all the richness and life of an electric piano or analog synthesizer. Warm up sterile sounding digital keyboards or drum machines by strapping a REDDI-v2 across their outputs – for stereo!  The uses are endless.

HIGH STANDARDS, LOW PROFILE

The A4V is a two-way speaker incorporating a 4-inch long-throw woofer made from the same Multi-Layer Mineral (MLM) fibers as other A Series speakers plus the classic X-ART tweeter. Onboard DSP-based tuning capabilities let you easily dial in the perfect sound for your space.

With a frequency range of 52 Hz to 45 kHz, the A4V can accommodate a broad spectrum of audio applications—from producing podcasts to mixing string quartets—and will fit well within immersive and 3D setups.

NOTHING COMPARES

A NEW INDUSTRY STANDARD

ADAM Audio Sub10 Mk2 10-Inch Powered Active Studio Monitor Subwoofer Speaker

The Sub10 MK2 is a powerful subwoofer designed to extend the low frequency capabilities of any near or midfield monitoring system down to 25Hz.

A sturdy special woofer with extended cone travel and a heavy-duty coil have been optimized for accurate reproduction from a bass reflex enclosure. The down-firing bass reflex tube avoids intrusive ventilation noise because of its generous size and shape. The PWM amplifier produces over 90% efficiency and can handle critical passages without overheating for long periods of time. An additional output allows you to cascade as many subwoofers as needed.

The Sub10 MK2 subwoofer provides a precise combination of low cutoff frequency (-3 dB at 25Hz) and an undistorted high sound pressure level (113dB at 1m)

Adam Audio A7X Nearfield Studio Monitor Single

More than 30 glowing reviews, numerous awards, and countless dedicated fans made the A7, the predecessor of this new model, a true legend in nearfield monitoring. Now, the legend continues with the A7X: All drivers, all amplifiers, as well as the cabinet have been revised, resulting in a speaker that claims nothing less but to be a new benchmark in nearfield monitoring.

Driver technology

The first aspect that distiguishes the old from the new model is the X-ART tweeter. The ‘X’ stands for ‘eXtended frequency response’ and thus for one of the features of the Accelerating Ribbon Technology that has been drastically improved: the frequency response. It now extends all the way up to 50kHz. In addition, the X-ART tweeter has a higher efficiency and higher maximum sound pressure levels.

The perfect integration with the lower frequencies has been achieved with a newly designed 7” midwoofer. It has been redesigned with a much bigger voice coil (1.5”) and is driven by an amplifier with twice the power compared to its predecessor. This combination produces an amazing sound and pressure levels with an almost distortion-free musical reproduction.

Amplifiers / controls

Each driver has its own dedicated amplifier. A 50W A/B amp is responsible for the X-ART tweeter, while the midwoofer is being driven by a 100W PWM (Pulse Width Modulation) amp. The front panel includes a power switch and a control for the volume that retains the volume setting independently from the on/off switch.

On the rear panel of the A7X are several additional controls: a gain for the high frequencies (± 4dB) and two shelf filters for high and low frequencies. To ensure greater compatibility, there are both XLR (balanced) and RCA (unbalanced) connectors.

X-ART Technology

The X-ART (eXtended Accelerating Ribbon Technology) tweeters and midranges incorporate a new approach to the Air Motion Transformer concept originally developed by Dr. Oskar Heil. ADAM Audio has improved upon this splendid idea utilizing superior geometries and materials to achieve unprecedented audio fidelity. X-ART strikes a new path concerning the kinematics of moving air, resulting in a dramatic improvement in the quality of audio reproduction.

The X-ART membrane consists of a pleated diaphragm in which the folds compress or expand according to the audio signal applied to them. The result is that air is drawn in and squeezed out, like the bellows of an accordion.

The ADAM X-ART design overcomes the piston-like motion of all conventional drivers and their inevitable problems by achieving an improvement in air loading by a factor of 4 over conventional transducers. To illustrate the basic principle by a comparison: When you breathe, your thorax is moving slowly whereas the air is moving comparably fast. Similarly, the X-ART diaphragm presses the air faster in or out of its folds than they themselves are moving. This markedly superior ”motor” is responsible for the unprecedented clarity and pristine transient reproduction that can be heard with the ADAM X-ART drive units.

In addition, the X-ART tweeter’s pleated membrane avoids the typical breakup/distortion and subsequent dynamic limiting at higher frequencies of stiffer voice coil designs, such as those found in dome and cone tweeters. Another positive result of the X-ART design is that the driving ”stripes” are in direct contact with the outer air and are cooled immediately.

Pulse Width Modulation

PWM (Pulse Width Modulation) – sometimes referred to as Class D amplification, sometimes called Switching Amp Technology – converts the incoming signal to a series of rectangular waveforms of equal height. The width of the rectangles varies in time and the relation of the width of the rectangles represents the musical signal. This waveform can be amplified much more simply, as the transistors are not modulated anymore; instead they are used as switches that only turn the power supply voltage on and off.

It is possible that a very fast mechanical switch could do the job, but power transistors are a better choice for the task, so PWM amplifiers still work pretty much like conventional Class AB designs. It is important to note there are no bits and bytes involved, so “Digital Amplifier” is a misleading and inaccurate term.

The main advantage of PWM amplifiers is their extremely high efficiency (>90%). As a consequence the heat to be dissipated is only one fifth of earlier designs, leading to much lower temperatures within the amps and making the use of heat sinks obsolete.

This principle has been known for decades, but time was needed to develop units that perform at the leading edge in sonic reproduction quality and yet still maintain the high efficiency mentioned previously. The ADAM units use the new technology for both the amp and the power supply section (i.e. no more transformers) combined with state of the art input and filter sections to achieve the best in multi-channel active studio monitoring.

The A8H incorporates an 8-inch resonant Multi-Layer Mineral (MLM) fiber woofer, innovative midrange driver, and handmade precision X-ART tweeter, which together produce an ultra-wide frequency response.

Like the other members of the A Series family, the A8H gives you tremendous flexibility for fine-tuning the sound through rotatable HPS waveguide technology and onboard DSP. At home across a full range of audio applications in mid- to full-sized spaces, the A8H is the right choice when you’re looking for the most detailed representation of your audio.

The A8H is available in a left and right version. 

ADAM Audio A44H

HIGH STANDARDS, LOW PROFILE

ADAM Audio A4V

The A4V is a two-way speaker incorporating a 4-inch long-throw woofer made from the same Multi-Layer Mineral (MLM) fibers as other A Series speakers plus the classic X-ART tweeter. Onboard DSP-based tuning capabilities let you easily dial in the perfect sound for your space.

With a frequency range of 52 Hz to 45 kHz, the A4V can accommodate a broad spectrum of audio applications—from producing podcasts to mixing string quartets—and will fit well within immersive and 3D setups.

ADAM Audio A77H

NOTHING COMPARES

ADAM Audio A7V

A NEW INDUSTRY STANDARD

ADAM Audio Sub10

The ADAM Audio Sub10 MK2 is a 200W, 10" powered subwoofer capable of extending the low end of AX-, SX-series, or any nearfield or midfield monitor system down to 25Hz.

If you’ve spent any time with digital recording and mixing, which if you’re reading this, obviously you have, you’ve come to realize that with digital audio, bass is no longer the enemy as it was with analog recording and pressing vinyl (too much bass energy made needles jump out of record grooves). Coincidentally, as 5- and 6-string bass guitars became more prevalent among bassists in order to compete with the low-frequency capabilities of synthesizers, which dominated music in the ’80s, a major portion of our music migrated down to the low end of the audible spectrum. However, despite digital audio’s ability to handle greater amounts of bass, too much LF energy, particularly inaudible frequencies can eat up your headroom. Some engineers solve this problem by filtering every track, in the low end, but even with a low center frequency, filters chop off frequencies above, up into the low mids, where the body of a lot of instruments lives. All that said, wouldn’t it be nice for your mixing if you can actually hear what’s going on in the audio basement? With an ADAM Sub10 MKII you can, making mix decisions based on reality, not just cut and hope for the best. Plus, cranking the bass is a lot of fun . . .

ADAM Audio Sub10 MK2—Just the Facts:

• 10" Subwoofer (paper)
• Amplifier power RMS/Music, 200W/300W
• Frequency response, 25Hz-150Hz
• peak SPL at 1 m: ≥113dB
• Energy-saving “Signal On” mode
• Easy manual or automatic deactivation for monitoring with or without the sub

ADAM Audio Sub10 MK2—Behind the Grille

The ADAM Sub10 MK2 features a special woofer with extended cone travel and heavy-duty coil optimized for accurate reproduction via bass reflex enclosure. The down-firing bass reflex tube avoids intrusive ventilation noise because of its large size and shape.

Efficient Class D amplifier

The PWM (pulse-width modulation) amplifier produces over 90% efficiency and can handle critical passages without overheating for long periods of time. An additional output allows you to cascade as many subwoofers as needed.

The Sub10 MK2 subwoofer provides a precise combination of low cutoff frequency (-3dB at 25Hz) and an undistorted high sound pressure level (113dB at 1m).

I/O and rear-panel controls

The Sub10 MK2 I/O includes left/right balanced XLR and RCA unbalanced inputs and outputs. The Sub10 MK2 has a phase switch that enables you correct phase in relation to the mains. The rear panel also has a balanced XLR sub out that mirrors the input signal, which allows you to daisy-chain as many Sub10s as you like. The Sub Level control lets you control the volume of all the subs at once. The satellites can be driven full range or with an 85Hz high pass.

The Sub10 M2 controls include Sub Level, which controls the Input Sensitivity from -60dB to +6dB. It also has a Sub Filter control that adjusts the upper-frequency limit, which is variable between 50Hz to 150Hz.

Mode switch

There is also an energy-saving mode switch that determines how the Sub10 MK2 responds to an input signal, which is either continuous, or responds to the input signal, and shuts down when no signal is present for 15 minutes.

ADAM Audio Sub10 Mk2 features and benefits  

Linear bass reproduction down to 25Hz:  

• An ideal addition to nearfield and midfield monitors for low-frequency extension

Maximum Peak sound pressure in 1 m: ≥ 113dB:   

• Powerful, compression-free sound reproduction even at very high sound levels

High-efficiency PWM amplifier:   

• Low-distortion amplification at both low and high volume levels

Special 10" woofer with paper diaphragm:   

• Unrestricted bass reproduction for low-fatigue operation even at high volumes

Easy manual or automatic deactivation:   

• Enables monitoring without the low frequencies

Downward-firing bass reflex tube with generous dimensions and corresponding rounding    

• Prevention of air turbulence noise

Upper cut-off frequency is selectable between 50Hz-150Hz:   

• Allows optimal adaptation of the total system on the bass performance of the satellites

Connectable high-pass filter for the satellite outputs, which blocks signals below 85Hz   

• Dolby-reproduction of film sound
• Disconnects the satellites from the low frequencies

If you want to make intelligent and informed mix decisions in the low-frequency range, adding a Sub10 MK2 is a wise decision. Order yours today. For more information, call or chat online with your PAD Studio Specialist.

Specifications

• Subwoofer: 10" / 260 mm
• Voice coil diameter: 2" / 50 mm
• Woofer material: Coated paper
• Built-in amplifiers: 1
• Subwoofer channel 1/2: 200W/300W
• Frequency response: 25Hz-150Hz
• THD >60 Hz: ≤ 1%
• Maximum peak: ≥ 113dB
• Crossover frequency: 50Hz-150Hz
• Inputs: XLR / RCA
• Input impedance 10k ohm
• Weight 46.3 lb. / 21 kg
• Dimensions (H x W x D): 22" x 12" x 15-1/2" / 560 x 300 x 400 mm
• Warranty: 2 years
  

ADAM Audio A8H

The A8H incorporates an 8-inch resonant Multi-Layer Mineral (MLM) fiber woofer, innovative midrange driver, and handmade precision X-ART tweeter, which together produce an ultra-wide frequency response.

Like the other members of the A Series family, the A8H gives you tremendous flexibility for fine-tuning the sound through rotatable HPS waveguide technology and onboard DSP. At home across a full range of audio applications in mid- to full-sized spaces, the A8H is the right choice when you’re looking for the most detailed representation of your audio.

The A8H is available in a left and right version. 

ADAM Audio Sub12 Subwoofer

The ADAM Audio Sub12 is a 12", 200-watt powered subwoofer system with bass extension down to 22Hz, 115dB max SPL, and high-pass filter for ADAM AX- and SX-series near- and mid-field monitor systems.

While larger monitors with larger woofers can handle bass more effectively than your average 6" or 7" driver, the reasons to add a subwoofer remain the same, and it’s not simply to be able to crank the bass (fun as that may be). In fact, the reason has little to do with volume and much more to do with clarity across the frequency spectrum. By separating bass chores from the monitors, the critical midrange is no longer burdened by crossovers or bass resonances creeping up into the mids. Also, since instruments such as bass, kick drum, and keyboards have a frequency response that extends below the usual cutoff, a subwoofer gives you a clear view into what’s happening in the low end, making placement of bass and kick easier. In an effort to preserve headroom and clarity by filtering low frequencies willy-nilly you may discover that your mixes sound thin and unimpressive played back on other systems. The Sub12, with its extension down to 22kHz, also enables you to make intelligent and informed decisions in high-pass filtering. Plus, physical placement of a sub enables you to compensate for room modes, standing waves, and nulls that can occur from reflections from nearfield and midfield monitors. With an ADAM Sub12, you can make your mix decisions based on reality, not “inspired” guesses.

ADAM Audio Sub12—Just the Facts:

• 12" subwoofer (paper)
• Amplifier power RMS/Music, 200W/300W
• Frequency response, 22Hz-150Hz
• Maximum peak SPL 115dB
• Energy-saving “Signal On” mode
• Easy manual or automatic deactivation for monitoring with or without the sub
• Additional sub output enables dual sub system

ADAM Sub12—Behind the Grille

The ADAM Sub12 features a special woofer with extended cone travel and heavy-duty coil optimized for accurate reproduction via bass reflex enclosure. The down-firing bass reflex tube avoids intrusive ventilation noise because of its large size and shape.

Highly efficient Class D amplifier

The PWM (pulse-width modulation) amplifier produces over 90% efficiency and can handle critical passages without overheating for long periods of time. An additional output allows you to cascade as many subwoofers as needed.

The Sub12 subwoofer provides a precise combination of low cutoff frequency (-3dB at 22Hz) and an undistorted high sound pressure level (115dB SPL at 1m).

I/O and rear-panel controls

The Sub12 I/O includes left/right balanced XLR and RCA unbalanced inputs and outputs. The Sub12 has a phase switch that enables you correct phase in relation to the mains. The rear panel also has a balanced XLR sub out that mirrors the input signal, which allows you to daisy-chain as many Sub12s as you like. The Sub Level control lets you control the volume of all the subs at once. The satellites can be driven full range or with an 85Hz high pass.

The Sub12 controls include Sub Level, which controls the Input Sensitivity from -60dB to +6dB. It also has a Sub Filter control that adjusts the upper-frequency limit, which is variable between 50Hz to 150Hz.

Mode switch

There is also an energy-saving mode switch that determines how the Sub12 responds to an input signal, which is either continuous, or responds to the input signal, and shuts down when no signal is present for 15 minutes.

ADAM Audio Sub12 features and benefits:

Bass reproduction down to 22Hz   

• For addition to nearfield and midfield monitors

Maximum Peak sound pressure in 1 m ≥ 115dB   

• Powerful, compression-free sound reproduction even at very high sound levels

High-efficiency PWM amplifier   

• Low-distortion amplification at both low and high volume levels

Special 12" woofer with paper diaphragm   

• Unrestricted bass reproduction for low-fatigue operation even at high volumes

Easy manual or automatic deactivation   

• Enables mix referencing with or without low frequencies

Additional sub output   

• Lets you build a dual bass array

Downward-firing bass reflex tube with large dimensions and corresponding rounding   

• Prevention of air turbulence noise

Crossover frequency selectable between 50Hz-150 Hz   

• Allows optimal adaptation of the total system on the bass performance of the satellites

Connectable high-pass filter for the satellite outputs, which blocks signals below 85Hz   

• Dolby^®-Fair reproduction of film sound
• Disconnecting the satellites from the low frequencies

2-year warranty with an optional extension to 3 years with the registration of the Sub12   

• Full repair service if required for 5 years

If you want to make intelligent and informed mix decisions in the low-frequency range, add an ADAM Sub12 to your near- or mid-field system. Order yours today. For more information, call or chat online with your PAD Studio Specialist.

Specifications

• Subwoofer: 12" / 310 mm
• Voice coil diameter: 2" / 50 mm
• Woofer material: Coated paper
• Built-in amplifiers: 1
• Subwoofer channel 1/2: 200W/300W
• Frequency response: 22Hz-150Hz
• THD >60 Hz: ≤ 1%
• Maximum peak: ≥ 115dB
• Crossover frequency: 50Hz-150Hz
• Inputs: XLR / RCA
• Input impedance 10k ohm
• Weight 57.3 lb. / 26 kg
• Dimensions (H x W x D): 23-1/2" x 14" x 17-1/2" / 600 x 360 x 450 mm
• Warranty: 2 years with 3 years optional extension

This awesome T Series Starter Kit contains 2xT5V Nearfield Monitors and 1xT10S Subwoofer.

Professional sounding, high-quality audio meets affordability with the ADAM Audio T5V. Designed with the home-studio in mind, the ADAM Audio T5V dimensions ideally complement the bedroom setup. The compact build however, in no way compromises ADAM Audio’s high-quality sound.

Equipped with ADAM Audio’s U-ART accelerated ribbon tweeter, calibrated using the High Frequency Propagation (HPS) waveguide, the two-way nearfield monitor boasts incredible clarity. This custom-made technology, as also used by ADAM’s flagship S Series monitor, allows the ADAM Audio T5V pair to disperse across a wide area, with a high-resolution going up to 25 kHz. The uniformed dispersion of high frequencies provides an incredibly wide sweet spot that allows you to work from a range of listening positions.

The economic studio monitor comes with new DSP technology and is powered with two D-Class amplifiers, one that controls the 5" ADAM Audio T5V subwoofer at 50 W, the other at 20 W, producing SPLs of up to 106 dB per pair. This gives the monitor a deeper image, offering lower frequency response and providing greater detail in your sound.

When it comes to the ADAM Audio T5V vs T7V, there are a few key differences. The T5V’s consolidated dimensions give it an unbeatable cost/performance ratio. Should you need more bottom end, the T5V is compatible with the ADAM Audio T10S subwoofer.

A perfect accompaniment for beginners and professionals a like, the ADAM Audio T5V reviews speak to the monitor’s high-end clarity, controlled bass, and a depth of audio-audio that brings a new dimension to audio, all at an extremely welcoming price.

The ADAM Audio T10S is a powerful yet compact active subwoofer, with a particularly attractive price/performance ratio, designed for extending the bass range of smaller and medium nearfield monitors. Its dimensions make the T10S especially useful for home studio and semi-professional use. The subwoofer’s performance, features and connectivity are engineered specifically to complement ADAM Audio’s T5V and T7V speakers. 

Equipped with a downward-firing 10˝ woofer, ample sized bass reflex port, and commanding 130 watt Class-D amplifier, the T10S’ frequency response ranges from 28 Hz to 120 Hz and offers an impressive maximum sound pressure level of 104 dB. 

An adjustable low-pass filter for matching to satellites, automatic or manual on/off, and four acoustically decoupling rubber feet complete the T10S's features. The qualities of the T10S subwoofer have found favor in numerous tests by the international trade press. 

The award winning, ADAM Audio T7V is a high-performance home and studio monitor, with great low-end and an exceptionally wide sweet spot that comes at an extremely affordable price point. 

Intricately designed to be long lasting and professional sounding, the two-way nearfield monitor is equipped with ADAM Audio’s U-ART accelerated ribbon tweeter, and calibrated using the High Frequency Propagation (HPS) waveguide, giving it the utmost of clarity. It is this custom-made technology that can also be found in ADAM’s flagship S Series studio monitors, that gives the monitors an extended high-frequency response of up to 25 kHz, which is unheard of at this price range.  

The T7V also comes with new DSP technology and is powered with two D-Class amplifiers, one that controls the subwoofer at 50 watts, and the other the tweeter at 20 watts, producing SPLs of up to 110 dB SPL per pair. It’s these detailed features, along with the U-ART tweeter that give the T7V such low frequencies and unprecedented detail. 

On the rear side of the T7V, a rear-firing bass reflex port is responsible for giving the speaker its ultra-smooth, highly accurate midrange and extended bass response. Here on the back you can also find an input selector for desired sensitivity, and additional XLR and RCA inputs.  

When compared to the ADAM Audio T5V, the T7V’s larger 7" polypropylene woofer really sets the two monitors apart. Along with having a higher SPL of 110 dB, the larger woofer gives the T7V a much larger audio-impact. Adding to that the larger cabinet, standing 347 mm tall, the T7V is very much the larger brother to its T5V counterpart. Should you need more bottom end, the T5V is compatible with the ADAM Audio T10S subwoofer. 

With its simple elegant design, and compact size, the ADAM Audio T7V is a perfect fit for when space is a consideration, without having to make a compromise on professional sound. The T7V is a no gimmicks monitor, with the highest of audio reproduction qualities, and an extremely entry-level price. 

The ADAM Audio T10S is a powerful yet compact active subwoofer, with a particularly attractive price/performance ratio, designed for extending the bass range of smaller and medium nearfield monitors. Its dimensions make the T10S especially useful for home studio and semi-professional use. The subwoofer’s performance, features and connectivity are engineered specifically to complement ADAM Audio’s T5V and T7V speakers. 

Equipped with a downward-firing 10˝ woofer, ample sized bass reflex port, and commanding 130 watt Class-D amplifier, the T10S’ frequency response ranges from 28 Hz to 120 Hz and offers an impressive maximum sound pressure level of 104 dB. 

An adjustable low-pass filter for matching to satellites, automatic or manual on/off, and four acoustically decoupling rubber feet complete the T10S's features. The qualities of the T10S subwoofer have found favor in numerous tests by the international trade press. 

The ADAM Audio S3H is a horizontally oriented, 3-way midfield monitor with 50W S-ART tweeter; 300W hybrid midrange driver; dual 7" HexaCone drivers, each with a 500-watt PWM amplifier; linear frequency response of 30Hz to 50kHz; and custom DSP for studio integration. 

Built for the needs of engineers and producers whose deliverables must not only compete but also excel at the highest levels of audio production, the horizontally oriented ADAM S3H features technological innovations that will put you on top of your game. A 3-way, 1350-watt active monitor designed for midfield use in control rooms where real estate abounds, the S3H can also be used in mid-size and smaller rooms since its dual-woofer design provides bass extension down to 30Hz without need for a space-eating subwoofer. Another advantage of the dual 7" woofers, apart from the increased surface area for long low-frequency wavelengths, is that their smaller dimensions allow for greater efficiency. In essence, each driver, powered by its own 500W Class D amp requires less power to overcome the inertia of a much larger driver, which also benefits dynamic response. Heading up the S3H’s frequency response curve, you’ll encounter a recently developed 4" dome/cone hybrid (DCH™) midrange driver that oversees the spectrum from 250Hz to 3kHz, above which, the rarified high-frequency domain up to 50kHz is ruled by ADAM’s S-ART folded ribbon tweeter. These and other innovative, leading-edge technologies from the minds of ADAM engineers are responsible for the S3H’s beautifully transparent, three-dimensional soundstage, with a sweet spot that stays with you as you move along the console. If you’re competing at the highest levels of music, broadcast, or film, give yourself the edge with ADAM’s S3H.

ADAM Audio S3H—Just the Facts:

• Handmade precision S-ART tweeter with high-frequency propagation system (HPS) waveguide
• Dual 7" Extended Linear Excursion (ELE) low-frequency drivers
• Ground-breaking Symmetrical Magnet Assembly (SMA)
• 4"dome/cone hybrid (carbon composite)
• Custom amplifiers, 1350W total power
• Frequency Response: 30Hz-50kHz
• SPL 126dB per pair
• Custom DSP for studio integration
• Aerodynamically designed bass reflex ports
• Robust and practical cabinet design
• AES3 digital inputs and various expansion options

ADAM Audio S3H—Behind the Grille

S-ART tweeter

All monitors in ADAM’s S-series feature the latest iteration of ADAM’s world-famous X-ART tweeter design, handmade in Berlin. The manufacturing process for each tweeter has been raised to an even higher standard of precision, with a more stringent post-factory testing regime—hence the new designation, “S-ART.” The driver’s precise transient response and its ability to reproduce the subtlest high-end detail, distortion-free, and with natural-sounding dynamics, is the foundation of ADAM Audio’s worldwide reputation as a leading manufacturer of audio equipment.

HPS waveguide

The HPS (High-frequency Propagation System) waveguide is designed for the S-ART tweeter with the aid of the latest computer modeling techniques. It refines the dispersion of the speakers to an even, uniform consistency, with a broad horizontal axis and tightly focused in the vertical plane. This minimizes potentially distracting reflections from the horizontal surfaces of studio furniture, such as mixing consoles, ensuring that imaging remains constant, creating a large, stable sweet spot, even at high output levels.

Extended Linear Excursion (ELE) low-frequency driver

Bass frequencies from 30Hz to 250Hz are handled by ADAM Audio’s entirely new 7" low-frequency HexaCone driver—well, two of them to be precise—which incorporates the company’s equally groundbreaking Symmetrical Magnet Assembly (SMA), delivering a powerful and extremely accurate low end extending down into the sub-bass region. Since both drivers handle bass frequencies, their combined surface area is greater than that of a 10" woofer, while their smaller size enables far more efficient dynamic response (less inertia to overcome).

The S Series ELE bass driver (short for Extended Linear Excursion) is a custom design created especially for and in parallel with the S Series cabinet and bass-reflex system. It guarantees accurate audio reproduction at an extremely high-resolution thanks to the precise relationship between its low weight, optimized inner damping, highly rigid honeycomb cone, and a basket that eliminates unwanted resonance and distortion. The result is a bass driver that offers clarity and transparency uncommon in low-frequency audio reproduction, plus great precision even at high sound pressure levels.

Another notable feature of the ELE driver is its mechanical suspension, which operates optimally over long excursions, allowing high-SPL bass frequencies to be reproduced without distortion. Low-frequency energy is not limited as it is on similar systems. Softer, less highly tensioned driver suspensions may allow uncontrolled displacement at high SPL. The highly tensioned linear S-series suspension system dampens the movements of the supporting membrane in a controlled manner, even at high output levels, fully preserving the dynamics of the original audio. The suspension is extremely robust and ensures distortion-free reproduction across the entire audible spectrum.

The newly created long-throw speaker surround was also carefully engineered to be considerably more resilient than competing modern designs. This greatly increases the maximum possible excursion of the driver membrane, improving dynamic range and reducing distortion.

Finally, the loudspeaker basket is anodized by means of a specially optimized process during manufacture: the material’s black finish absorbs heat and provides another means by which the driver is kept cool, which in turn preserves its integrity and lifespan.

SMA™ (Symmetrical Magnet Assembly)

The newly developed magnet assembly in the bass driver, which ADAM Audio has named the SMA (Symmetrical Magnet Assembly), extends the maximum possible excursion of the electromagnetic voice coil by a factor of three compared to previous designs. The greatly extended travel ensures that the membrane operates in a linear fashion over a relatively large distance, displaces a greater volume of air, and is capable of higher maximum output. The design allows the driver to accurately reproduce low-frequency signals without distortion, even during extremely large excursions.

As voice coils warm, their resistance changes, damping and dynamic range are reduced, operational parameters change, and low frequencies are no longer reproduced cleanly. These unwanted effects are eliminated by an ingenious built-in ventilation system that prevents warming of the large, custom-designed voice coils, thus reducing the effects of power compression below the threshold of audibility.

The carefully engineered construction makes use of materials designed to encourage heat dissipation, and also keeps unwanted air turbulence and compression out of the magnet assembly, minimizing distortion.

The SMA also features several other innovations developed by ADAM Audio especially for the S Series that minimize non-linear third-order distortion.

DCH™ (Dome/Cone Hybrid) midrange driver

The 4" (100 mm) DCH (Dome/Cone Hybrid) midrange driver is another new technology designed specifically for the S Series. It’s a hybrid design: part cone and part dome driver. This extremely rigid one-piece drive element combines the clean decay characteristics and linear frequency response of a dome driver with the high-excursion advantages of a cone driver, audibly improving transparency in the critical mid-range and producing excellent, distortion-free reproduction at high output levels. In conjunction with the high-quality S Series suspension, which controls large-scale excursions perfectly, wobble is completely excluded. In addition, the DCH’s output extends down an octave further than competing mid-range drivers (as far as 200 Hz), ensuring a clean and consistent dispersion without tonal coloration.

The DCH is manufactured with a specially laminated carbon composite material, while its domed form renders it very stable. It behaves as a piston up to 8kHz (one-and-a-half octaves beyond its operational frequency response), does not produce unwanted vibrations, and does not deform even at high output levels. Unwanted ringing and resonances that obscure sonic detail and produce listening fatigue are almost completely eliminated.

The robust construction of the DCH midrange driver also allows it to be placed nearer to the S-ART treble driver. Much like a point-source monitor, the pair act as a coherent sound source making overall dispersion wider, more consistent, and more accurate. Several features resembling those from the ELE bass driver also appear on the DCH, such as the linear magnet assembly, suspension, damping systems, vented pole piece, heat-dissipating chassis/basket, and the large 2-1/2" (65 mm) voice coil. There are a few differences: for instance, the mid-range driver surround is manufactured from a specially formulated foam material, but just like low-frequency driver, fine, highly dynamic details are reproduced without coloration or filtering.

S-series amplifiers

The low-frequency and midrange drivers on the S Series are powered by distortion-free Class-D ICEpower amplifiers (ICEpower is a subsidiary of Bang & Olufsen). Over 90 percent efficient, these designs are much more robust and offer a longer working life than traditional Class A/B amplification. However, Class A/B can offer more bandwidth and tonal advantages when amplifying high-frequency audio. For this reason, ADAM has developed a special 50W, low-noise Class A/B power amp, which operates in a linear fashion up to 300kHz, to drive the tweeter. A signal that’s -3dB at 25kHz can cause a -50° phase shift in the audible spectrum (appearing at 10kHz), whereas -3dB at 250Hz reduces the in-band phase shift to less than 1°. The linear response of the amplifier up to 300kHz in concert with the S-ART ribbon tweeter is responsible for the stunning spatial accuracy, transient detail, and significantly greater overall program reality of the S3H.

Custom-designed DSP

The S-series custom-designed DSP provides perfectly tuned crossovers that guarantee optimal frequency response, as well as a dynamic range greater than that offered by traditional analog crossovers with no loss of resolution.

The DSP also includes a comprehensive array of options for in-room optimization. A rear-panel OLED display and dual-function pushbutton/rotary encoder allow control over overall level, two parametric shelving filters (one for the bass, the other for the highs) as well as six fully parametric EQs with variable Q that may be assigned to boost or cut level at specific frequencies.

Five memories are also provided to store voicing presets. The first is the default tuning, labeled “Pure,” featuring an extremely accurate frequency response. The second is a dynamic, natural-sounding response curve of ADAM’s own design, which is known as UNR™ (the Uniform Natural Response). The third preset on the S3H is an option designed to emulate the sound of what is possibly ADAM’s best-known monitor, the highly regarded S3A. These three presets are non-editable. However, the final two memory locations are available for user-editable presets.

The DSP also offers limiter-based protection, AES3 digital inputs, and connectors for future expansion options. A USB connector allows software upgrades and facilitates connection to computer-based editing software, so that voicing adjustments or preset selection can be carried out without the need to access the rear panel of your monitors – a useful option if they are soffit-mounted.

The S Series bass reflex tubes

The bass reflex ports have been aerodynamically redesigned with optimal rounding to minimize signal loss and coloration due to air friction and turbulence. They incorporate additional anti-resonance technology in their port designs to keep pipe-related tonal coloration to a minimum.

S Series cabinets

While the commanding appearance and robust construction of the S Series cabinets reflect ADAM’s foundation in industrial engineering, the aesthetics are rooted in practical considerations. The cabinets are solidly constructed from thick, vibration-resistant material to reduce unwanted resonance and coloration, even at high listening levels. The design also features large-radius rounded edges, which help to minimize unwanted edge-diffraction effects that would otherwise negatively combine with the direct sound. The robust finish affords the speakers extra protection from the stresses and strains (or stains) of daily life in a recording studio.

If your livelihood depends on the quality of your monitors, you can rely on the quality of ADAM S3H monitors. To integrate an ADAM S3H system in your studio, call or chat online with your PAD Professional today.

Video

Features/Benefits

S-ART tweeter, handmade in Berlin and manufactured to the tightest tolerances in ADAM Audio’s history:  

• Allows longer operation with less fatigue
• Breakup is prevented by the folded diaphragm, distortion is effectively reduced to a minimum
• Wide dynamic range due to an acoustically effective surface area 2.5 times that of a classic tweeter (according to the piston principle)

Air velocity ratio of 4:1 during the sound generation by folded S-ART membrane:  

• Direct, fast response in the high-end even with complex transients

Newly designed HPS waveguide, milled from a solid block of aluminum:  

• Makes dispersion more consistent, imaging more stable over a wider area
• Reduction of early reflections on surfaces such as mixing consoles, studio furniture, etc.

New midrange driver with one-piece hybrid dome/cone (DCH) design:  

• Offers the sonic advantages of both driver types, with minimal partial resonances
• Excellent mid-range dispersion characteristics due to improved integration with the treble driver

Custom-built Extended Linear Excursion (ELE) bass driver:  

• Accurate, extremely high-resolution audio reproduction thanks to a precise relationship between its low weight, optimized inner damping, and highly rigid HexaCone membrane, in conjunction with a basket developed to eliminate unwanted resonance and distortion

Custom-designed Symmetrical Magnet Assembly (SMA):  

• Allows the voice coil a maximum excursion three times greater than that offered by previous designs, with an extended, symmetrical magnetic field ensuring linear, low-distortion operation
• Power compression effects are prevented by an intelligent self-cooling system

Horizontal 3-way system with 2 x 7" woofers and 1 x 4" DCH midrange:  

• Very high resolution of the stereo image

Spacious bass reflex ports on the front:  

• Bass reproduction with very low compression
• Allows positioning close to walls

Highly efficient PWM ICEpower amplifier for the woofer and midrange driver coupled with an A/B amplifier for S-ART tweeter:  

• Low-distortion amplification at both low and high volume levels

Linear frequency response of 30Hz to 50kHz   

• Accurate, un-hyped reproduction across a wide frequency band

Maximum peak sound pressure per pair in 1m ≥ 124dB:  

• Powerful, compression-free sound reproduction even at very high levels

Custom DSP engine:  

• Perfect crossovers for optimal frequency response and maximum dynamic range
• EQ options and presets for in-room optimization
• Limiter-based amp protection, AES3 digital inputs and board connectors for future expansion options, USB connector for software upgrades and computer-based control

Analog XLR input:  

• Optimized for balanced line signals

Acoustically optimized and robust cabinet construction   

• Reduction of susceptibility to vibrations and unwanted edge-diffraction effect

2-year warranty with an optional extension to 3 years with the registration of the product:  

• Full repair service if required for 5 years

Specifications

ELE Woofer

• Quantity: 2
• Diameter: 7" (223 mm)
• Voice coil OD: 2" (50 mm)
• Diaphragm material: HexaCone

DCH Midrange driver

• Quantity: 1
• Diameter: 4" (100 mm)
• Voice coil OD: 2.4" (60 mm)
• Diaphragm material: Carbon composite

Tweeter

• Quantity: 1
• Type: S-ART
• Radiating area: 4 sq./in (2420 mm2)
• Corresponding dome area: 2.2" (56 mm)
• Transformation factor: 4:1
• Moving mass: 0.17g
• Waveguide: HPS

Built-in Amplifiers (4)

• Woofer: 2
• Type: Class D (PWM)
• Output power: 500W
• Midrange: 1
• Type: Class D
• Output power: 300W
• Tweeter: 1
• Type: Class A/B
• Output power: 50W

Control Options

• Input sensitivity: Adjustable
• EQ parametric: 6x
• High-self room compensation EQ: 1x
• Low-shelf room compensation EQ: 1x
• Preset memories: 5x
• Delay: 0-5ms

Input Connectors

• Analog input: XLR
• Input impedance: 48k ohm
• input level: +24dBu
• Digital input: AES3

General Data

• Frequency response: 30z-50kHz
• THD > 100Hz: <0.4%
• Max peak SPL (@ 1m per pair): 126dB
• Crossover frequency: 250Hz/3kHz
• Max power consumption: 550W
• Weight: 58.6 lb. (26.6 kg)
• Dimensions: (HWD): 11" x 23" x 15" (280 x 585 x 380 mm)

The ADAM Audio S3V is a vertically oriented, 3-way midfield monitor with 50W S-ART tweeter, 300W hybrid midrange driver, 500W 9" HexaCone driver, linear frequency response of 32Hz to 50kHz, and custom DSP for studio integration. 

If you depend on or plan to depend on studio monitors to make a living, the ADAM Audio S3V vertically oriented studio monitors will give you the level of music and sound reproduction required to deliver audio for broadcast, music, and film post that can compete at the highest professional levels. The 3-way S3V is specifically designed for midfield use in large control rooms. However, it can also be used in smaller rooms to great effect. To achieve its stellar results, the S3V is incorporates several of ADAM’s proprietary technologies, including the S-ART tweeter and waveguide; the entirely new 9" ELE (Extended Linear Excursion) low-frequency driver; a recently developed 4" midrange driver; proprietary DSP; and custom amplification with an aggregate power rating of 850 watts. Working in concert, these and other innovative, leading-edge technologies from the minds of ADAM engineers are responsible for the S3V’s flawless reproduction of frequencies between 32Hz and 50kHz. If your creative goals include competing at the highest levels of music, broadcast, and film, the ADAM S3V is an essential tool in your signal chain.

ADAM Audio S3V—Just the Facts:

• Handmade precision S-ART tweeter with high-frequency propagation system (HPS) waveguide
• 9" Extended Linear Excursion (ELE) low-frequency driver
• Ground-breaking Symmetrical Magnet Assembly (SMA)
• 4"dome/cone hybrid (carbon composite)
• Custom amplifiers, 850W total power
• Frequency Response: 32Hz-50kHz
• SPL 124dB per pair
• Custom DSP for studio integration
• Aerodynamically designed bass reflex ports
• Robust and practical cabinet design
• AES3 digital inputs and various expansion options

ADAM Audio S3V—Behind the Grille

S-ART tweeter

All monitors in ADAM’s S-series feature the latest iteration of ADAM’s world-famous X-ART tweeter design, handmade in Berlin. The manufacturing process for each tweeter has been raised to an even higher standard of precision, with a more stringent post-factory testing regime—hence the new designation, “S-ART.” The driver’s precise transient response and its ability to reproduce the subtlest high-end detail, distortion-free, and with natural-sounding dynamics, is the foundation of ADAM Audio’s worldwide reputation as a leading manufacturer of audio equipment.

HPS waveguide

The HPS (High-frequency Propagation System) waveguide is designed for the S-ART tweeter with the aid of the latest computer modeling techniques. It refines the dispersion of the speakers to an even, uniform consistency, with a broad horizontal axis and tightly focused in the vertical plane. This minimizes potentially distracting reflections from the horizontal surfaces of studio furniture, such as mixing consoles, ensuring that imaging remains constant, creating a large, stable sweet spot, even at high output levels.

Extended Linear Excursion (ELE) low-frequency driver

Bass frequencies from 32 Hz to 250 Hz are handled by ADAM Audio’s entirely new 9" low-frequency HexaCone driver, which incorporates the company’s equally groundbreaking Symmetrical Magnet Assembly (SMA), delivering a powerful and extremely accurate low end extending down into the sub-bass region.

The S Series ELE bass driver (short for Extended Linear Excursion) is a custom design created especially for and in parallel with the S Series cabinet and bass-reflex system. It guarantees accurate audio reproduction at an extremely high-resolution thanks to the precise relationship between its low weight, optimized inner damping, highly rigid honeycomb cone, and a basket that eliminates unwanted resonance and distortion. The result is a bass driver that offers clarity and transparency uncommon in low-frequency audio reproduction, plus great precision even at high sound pressure levels.

Another notable feature of the ELE driver is its mechanical suspension, which operates optimally over long excursions, allowing high-SPL bass frequencies to be reproduced without distortion. Low-frequency energy is not limited as it is on similar systems. Softer, less highly tensioned driver suspensions may allow uncontrolled displacement at high SPL. The highly tensioned linear S-series suspension system dampens the movements of the supporting membrane in a controlled manner, even at high output levels, fully preserving the dynamics of the original audio. The suspension is extremely robust and ensures distortion-free reproduction across the entire audible spectrum.

The newly created long-throw speaker surround was also carefully engineered to be considerably more resilient than competing modern designs. This greatly increases the maximum possible excursion of the driver membrane, improving dynamic range and reducing distortion.

Finally, the loudspeaker basket is anodized by means of a specially optimized process during manufacture: the material’s black finish absorbs heat and provides another means by which the driver is kept cool, which in turn preserves its integrity and lifespan.

SMA™ (Symmetrical Magnet Assembly)

The newly developed magnet assembly in the bass driver, which ADAM Audio has named the SMA (Symmetrical Magnet Assembly), extends the maximum possible excursion of the electromagnetic voice coil by a factor of three compared to previous designs. The greatly extended travel ensures that the membrane operates in a linear fashion over a relatively large distance, displaces a greater volume of air, and is capable of higher maximum output. The design allows the driver to accurately reproduce low-frequency signals without distortion, even during extremely large excursions.

As voice coils warm, their resistance changes, damping and dynamic range are reduced, operational parameters change, and low frequencies are no longer reproduced cleanly. These unwanted effects are eliminated by an ingenious built-in ventilation system that prevents warming of the large, custom-designed voice coils, thus reducing the effects of power compression below the threshold of audibility.

The carefully engineered construction makes use of materials designed to encourage heat dissipation, and also keeps unwanted air turbulence and compression out of the magnet assembly, minimizing distortion.

The SMA also features several other innovations developed by ADAM Audio especially for the S Series that minimize non-linear third-order distortion.

DCH™ (Dome/Cone Hybrid) midrange driver

The 4" (100 mm) DCH (Dome/Cone Hybrid) midrange driver is another new technology designed specifically for the S Series. It’s a hybrid design: part cone and part dome driver. This extremely rigid one-piece drive element combines the clean decay characteristics and linear frequency response of a dome driver with the high-excursion advantages of a cone driver, audibly improving transparency in the critical mid-range and producing excellent, distortion-free reproduction at high output levels. In conjunction with the high-quality S Series suspension, which controls large-scale excursions perfectly, wobble is completely excluded. In addition, the DCH’s output extends down an octave further than competing mid-range drivers (as far as 200 Hz), ensuring a clean and consistent dispersion without tonal coloration.

The DCH is manufactured with a specially laminated carbon composite material, while its domed form renders it very stable. It behaves as a piston up to 8kHz (one-and-a-half octaves beyond its operational frequency response), does not produce unwanted vibrations, and does not deform even at high output levels. Unwanted ringing and resonances that obscure sonic detail and produce listening fatigue are almost completely eliminated.

The robust construction of the DCH also allows it to be placed nearer to the S-ART treble driver. Much like a point-source monitor, the pair act as a coherent sound source making overall dispersion wider, more consistent, and more accurate. Several features resembling those from the ELE bass driver also appear on the DCH, such as the linear magnet assembly, suspension, damping systems, vented pole piece, heat-dissipating chassis/basket, and the large 2-1/2" (65 mm) voice coil. There are a few differences: for instance, the mid-range driver surround is manufactured from a specially formulated foam material, but just like low-frequency driver, fine, highly dynamic details are reproduced without coloration or filtering.

S-series amplifiers

The low-frequency and midrange drivers on the S Series are powered by distortion-free Class-D ICEpower amplifiers (ICEpower is a subsidiary of Bang & Olufsen). Over 90 percent efficient, these designs are much more robust and offer a longer working life than traditional Class A/B amplification. However, Class A/B can offer more bandwidth and tonal advantages when amplifying high-frequency audio. For this reason, ADAM has developed a special 50W, low-noise Class A/B power amp, which operates in a linear fashion up to 300kHz, to drive the tweeter. A signal that’s -3dB at 25kHz can cause a -50° phase shift in the audible spectrum (appearing at 10kHz), whereas -3dB at 250Hz reduces the in-band phase shift to less than 1°. The linear response of the amplifier up to 300kHz in concert with the S-ART ribbon tweeter is responsible for the stunning spatial accuracy, transient detail, and significantly greater overall program reality of the S3V.

Custom-designed DSP

The S-series custom-designed DSP provides perfectly tuned crossovers that guarantee optimal frequency response, as well as a dynamic range greater than that offered by traditional analog crossovers with no loss of resolution.

The DSP also includes a comprehensive array of options for in-room optimization. A rear-panel OLED display and dual-function pushbutton/rotary encoder allow control over overall level, two parametric shelving filters (one for the bass, the other for the highs) as well as six fully parametric EQs with variable Q that may be assigned to boost or cut level at specific frequencies.

Five memories are also provided to store voicing presets. On most S Series models, the first two are non-editable factory presets. The first is the default tuning, labeled “Pure,” featuring an extremely accurate frequency response. The second is a dynamic, natural-sounding response curve of ADAM’s own design, which is known as UNR™ (the Uniform Natural Response). The remaining three memory locations are available to store users’ own personal voicing presets.

The DSP also offers limiter-based protection, AES3 digital inputs, and connectors for future expansion options. A USB connector allows software upgrades and facilitates connection to computer-based editing software, so that voicing adjustments or preset selection can be carried out without the need to access the rear panel of your monitors – a useful option if they are soffit-mounted.

The S Series bass reflex tubes

The bass reflex ports have been aerodynamically redesigned with optimal rounding to minimize signal loss and coloration due to air friction and turbulence. They incorporate additional anti-resonance technology in their port designs to keep pipe-related tonal coloration to a minimum.

S Series cabinets

While the commanding appearance and robust construction of the S Series cabinets reflect ADAM’s foundation in industrial engineering, the aesthetics are rooted in practical considerations. The cabinets are solidly constructed from thick, vibration-resistant material to reduce unwanted resonance and coloration, even at high listening levels. The design also features large-radius rounded edges, which help to minimize unwanted edge-diffraction effects that would otherwise negatively combine with the direct sound. The robust finish affords the speakers extra protection from the stresses and strains (or stains) of daily life in a recording studio.

If your livelihood depends on the quality of your monitors, you can rely on the quality of ADAM S3V monitors. To integrate an ADAM S3V system in your studio, call or chat online with your PAD Studio Specialist today.

Video

Features/Benefits

S-ART tweeter, handmade in Berlin and manufactured to the tightest tolerances in ADAM Audio’s history: 

• Allows longer operation with less fatigue
• Breakup is prevented by the folded diaphragm, distortion is effectively reduced to a minimum
• Wide dynamic range due to an acoustically effective surface area 2.5 times that of a classic tweeter (according to the piston principle)

Air velocity ratio of 4:1 during the sound generation by folded S-ART membrane: 

• Direct, fast response in the high-end even with complex transients

Newly designed HPS waveguide, milled from a solid block of aluminum: 

• Makes dispersion more consistent, imaging more stable over a wider area
• Reduction of early reflections on surfaces such as mixing consoles, desks, etc.

New midrange driver with one-piece hybrid dome/cone (DCH) design: 

• Offers the sonic advantages of both driver types, with minimal partial resonances
• Excellent mid-range dispersion characteristics due to improved integration with the treble driver

Custom-built Extended Linear Excursion (ELE) bass driver: 

• extremely high-resolution audio reproduction thanks to a precise relationship between its low weight, optimized inner damping, and highly rigid HexaCone membrane, in conjunction with a basket developed to eliminate unwanted resonance and distortion

Custom-designed Symmetrical Magnet Assembly (SMA): 

• Allows the voice coil a maximum excursion three times greater than that offered by previous designs, with an extended, symmetrical magnetic field ensuring linear, low-distortion operation
• Power compression effects are prevented by an intelligent self-cooling system

Vertical 3-way system with 1 x 9” woofer and 1 x 4" DCH midrange: 

• Very high resolution of the stereo image

Spacious bass reflex ports on the front: 

• Bass reproduction with very low compression
• Allows positioning close to walls

Highly efficient PWM ICEpower amplifier for the woofer and midrange driver coupled with an A/B amplifier for S-ART tweeter: 

• Low-distortion amplification at both low and high volume levels

Linear frequency response of 32Hz to 50kHz: 

• Accurate, un-hyped reproduction across a wide frequency band

Maximum peak sound pressure per pair in 1m ≥ 124dB: 

• Powerful, compression-free sound reproduction even at very high levels

Custom DSP engine: 

• Perfect crossovers for optimal frequency response and maximum dynamic range
• EQ options and presets for in-room optimization
• Limiter-based amp protection, AES3 digital inputs and board connectors for future expansion options, USB connector for software upgrades and computer-based control

Analog XLR input: 

• Optimized for balanced line signals

Acoustically optimized and robust cabinet construction: 

• Reduction of susceptibility to vibrations and unwanted edge-diffraction effect

2-year warranty with an optional extension to 3 years with the registration of the product: 

• Full repair service if required for 5 years

Specifications

ELE Woofer

• Quantity: 1
• Diameter: 9" (223 mm)
• Voice coil OD: 2" (50 mm)
• Diaphragm material: HexaCone

DCH Midrange driver

• Quantity: 1
• Diameter: 4" (100 mm)
• Voice coil OD: 2.4" (60 mm)
• Diaphragm material: Carbon composite

Tweeter

• Quantity: 1
• Type: S-ART
• Radiating area: 4 sq./in (2420 mm2)
• Corresponding dome area: 2.2" (56 mm)
• Transformation factor: 4:1
• Moving mass: 0.17g

Built-in Amplifiers

• Woofer: 1
• Type: Class D
• Output power: 500W
• Midrange: 1
• Type: Class D
• Output power: 300W
• Tweeter: 1
• Type: Class A/B
• Output power: 50W

Control Options

• Input sensitivity: Adjustable
• EQ parametric: 6x
• High-self room compensation EQ: 1x
• Low-shelf room compensation EQ: 1x
• Preset memories: 5x
• Delay: 0-5ms

Input Connectors

• Analog input: XLR
• Input impedance: 48k ohm
• input level: +24dBu
• Digital input: AES3

General Data

• Frequency response: 32Hz-50kHz
• THD > 100Hz: <0.4%
• Max peak SPL (@ 1m per pair): 124dB
• Crossover frequency: 250Hz/3kHz
• Weight: 55 lb. (25 kg)
• Dimensions: (HWD): 21-3/16" x 11-1/2" x 15" (536 x 293 x 380 mm)

The ADAM Audio S5H is an 1,100-watt, horizontally oriented, dual-woofer 3-way monitor for large control rooms where the convenience of a free-standing main monitor is desired. It features room compensation DSP, dual 10" bass drivers, 4" midrange driver, and ADAM’s S-Art folded ribbon tweeter.   

Winner of Sound On Sound magazine’s Best New Studio Monitor award and TEC Award nominee, the ADAM Audio S5H is a dual-woofer design that enables large studios to mix full-range audio without the need for a subwoofer. The three-way S5H is designed to be used in a horizontal orientation and features two 10-inch Extended Linear Excursion (ELE) bass drivers, expressly designed by ADAM for the S Series. Like all of the S-Series’ low-frequency ELE drivers, the S5H’s woofers feature ADAM Audio’s proprietary Symmetrical Magnet Assembly (SMA), which guarantees that low-frequency audio remains tightly controlled and distortion-free. The all-too-important mid-range frequencies are handled by ADAM Audio’s innovative 4" hybrid driver also developed by ADAM Audio exclusively for the S Series and combines the sonic advantages of cone and dome drivers in a single, one-piece unit. With a cumulative 1,100 watts of power, the ADAM Audio S5H is designed to fill a spacious control room with full-bandwidth, high-resolution audio. Not just capable of impressing clients with sheer sonic power, the S5H not only enables you to feel low-frequency effects, it provides microscopic detail and sparkling clarity throughout the audio spectrum. Plus, the S-Art tweeter is not only linear out to 50kHz, which creates greater in-band reality and instrumental balance due to greater phase coherency, it’s smooth high-end reproduction enables long listening sessions. The S5H has an extremely wide sweet spot, which makes it perfect for multi-operator setups.

ADAM Audio S5H Main Monitor—Just the Facts:

• Precision S-ART tweeter with HPS waveguide handmade in Germany
• Midrange 4" dome / cone hybrid (carbon) driver with MPS Waveguide
• 2 x 10" woofer (Hexacone)
• 1,100-watt cumulative amplifier power RMS (700W LF x 300W MF x 100W HF)
• Frequency Response: 22Hz - 50kHz
• ≥131dB maximum SPL per pair at 3' (1m)
• AES3 digital inputs and various expansion options

ADAM Audio S5H Main Monitor—Behind the Grille

The S5H incorporates a full suite of ADAM’s proprietary technologies, including the Extended Linear Excursion (ELE) bass driver and Symmetrical Magnet Assembly (SMA) technology, hybrid dome/cone (DCH) midrange driver, and the S-ART folded-ribbon tweeter. Additionally, the S5V features custom-designed DSP that optimizes crossovers to create a linear response for the entire range, as well as providing user equalization and in-room tuning/voicing functions. The DSP also handles the limiter-based high-frequency driver protection, processes the signals from the AES3 digital inputs, and will in time facilitate various expansion options. Software updates can be carried out with ease via the associated USB port, which also allows users to connect computers and control the speakers’ DSP functions via a software front-end.

S-ART tweeter

All monitors in ADAM’s S-series feature the latest iteration of ADAM’s world-famous X-ART tweeter design, handmade in Berlin. The manufacturing process for each tweeter has been raised to an even higher standard of precision, with a more stringent post-factory testing regime—hence the new designation, “S-ART.” The driver’s precise transient response and its ability to reproduce the subtlest high-end detail, distortion-free, and with natural-sounding dynamics, is the foundation of ADAM Audio’s worldwide reputation as a leading manufacturer of audio equipment.

HPS waveguide

The HPS (High-frequency Propagation System) waveguide is designed for the S-ART tweeter with the aid of the latest computer modeling techniques. It refines the dispersion of the speakers to an even, uniform consistency, with a broad horizontal axis and tightly focused in the vertical plane. This minimizes potentially distracting reflections from the horizontal surfaces of studio furniture, such as mixing consoles, ensuring that imaging remains constant, creating a large, stable sweet spot, even at high output levels.

Extended Linear Excursion (ELE) low-frequency driver

Bass frequencies from 32 Hz to 250 Hz are handled by ADAM Audio’s low-frequency HexaCone driver, which incorporates the company’s equally groundbreaking Symmetrical Magnet Assembly (SMA), delivering a powerful and extremely accurate low end extending down into the sub-bass region.

The S Series ELE bass driver (short for Extended Linear Excursion) is a custom design created especially for and in parallel with the S Series cabinet and bass-reflex system. It guarantees accurate audio reproduction at an extremely high-resolution thanks to the precise relationship between its low weight, optimized inner damping, highly rigid honeycomb cone, and a basket that eliminates unwanted resonance and distortion. The result is a bass driver that offers clarity and transparency uncommon in low-frequency audio reproduction, plus great precision even at high sound pressure levels.

Another notable feature of the ELE driver is its mechanical suspension, which operates optimally over long excursions, allowing high-SPL bass frequencies to be reproduced without distortion. Low-frequency energy is not limited as it is on similar systems. Softer, less highly tensioned driver suspensions may allow uncontrolled displacement at high SPL. The highly tensioned linear S-series suspension system dampens the movements of the supporting membrane in a controlled manner, even at high output levels, fully preserving the dynamics of the original audio. The suspension is extremely robust and ensures distortion-free reproduction across the entire audible spectrum.

The newly created long-throw speaker surround was also carefully engineered to be considerably more resilient than competing modern designs. This greatly increases the maximum possible excursion of the driver membrane, improving dynamic range and reducing distortion.

Finally, the loudspeaker basket is anodized by means of a specially optimized process during manufacture: the material’s black finish absorbs heat and provides another means by which the driver is kept cool, which in turn preserves its integrity and lifespan.

SMA™ (Symmetrical Magnet Assembly)

The newly developed magnet assembly in the bass driver, which ADAM Audio has named the SMA (Symmetrical Magnet Assembly), extends the maximum possible excursion of the electromagnetic voice coil by a factor of three compared to previous designs. The greatly extended travel ensures that the membrane operates in a linear fashion over a relatively large distance, displaces a greater volume of air, and is capable of higher maximum output. The design allows the driver to accurately reproduce low-frequency signals without distortion, even during extremely large excursions.

As voice coils warm, their resistance changes, damping and dynamic range are reduced, operational parameters change, and low frequencies are no longer reproduced cleanly. These unwanted effects are eliminated by an ingenious built-in ventilation system that prevents warming of the large, custom-designed voice coils, thus reducing the effects of power compression below the threshold of audibility.

The carefully engineered construction makes use of materials designed to encourage heat dissipation, and also keeps unwanted air turbulence and compression out of the magnet assembly, minimizing distortion.

The SMA also features several other innovations developed by ADAM Audio especially for the S Series that minimize non-linear third-order distortion.

DCH™ (Dome/Cone Hybrid) midrange driver

The 4" (100 mm) DCH (Dome/Cone Hybrid) midrange driver is another new technology designed specifically for the S Series. It’s a hybrid design: part cone and part dome driver. This extremely rigid one-piece drive element combines the clean decay characteristics and linear frequency response of a dome driver with the high-excursion advantages of a cone driver, audibly improving transparency in the critical mid-range and producing excellent, distortion-free reproduction at high output levels. In conjunction with the high-quality S Series suspension, which controls large-scale excursions perfectly, wobble is completely excluded. In addition, the DCH’s output extends down an octave further than competing mid-range drivers (as far as 200 Hz), ensuring a clean and consistent dispersion without tonal coloration.

The DCH is manufactured with a specially laminated carbon composite material, while its domed form renders it very stable. It behaves as a piston up to 8kHz (one-and-a-half octaves beyond its operational frequency response), does not produce unwanted vibrations, and does not deform even at high output levels. Unwanted ringing and resonances that obscure sonic detail and produce listening fatigue are almost completely eliminated.

The robust construction of the DCH also allows it to be placed nearer to the S-ART treble driver. Much like a point-source monitor, the pair act as a coherent sound source making overall dispersion wider, more consistent, and more accurate. Several features resembling those from the ELE bass driver also appear on the DCH, such as the linear magnet assembly, suspension, damping systems, vented pole piece, heat-dissipating chassis/basket, and the large 2-1/2" (65 mm) voice coil. There are a few differences: for instance, the mid-range driver surround is manufactured from a specially formulated foam material, but just like low-frequency driver, fine, highly dynamic details are reproduced without coloration or filtering.

S-series amplifiers

The low-frequency and midrange drivers on the S Series are powered by distortion-free Class-D ICEpower amplifiers (ICEpower is a subsidiary of Bang & Olufsen). Over 90 percent efficient, these designs are much more robust and offer a longer working life than traditional Class A/B amplification. However, Class A/B can offer more bandwidth and tonal advantages when amplifying high-frequency audio. For this reason, ADAM has developed a special 50W, low-noise Class A/B power amp, which operates in a linear fashion up to 300kHz, to drive the tweeter. A signal that’s -3dB at 25kHz can cause a -50° phase shift in the audible spectrum (appearing at 10kHz), whereas -3dB at 250Hz reduces the in-band phase shift to less than 1°. The linear response of the amplifier up to 300kHz in concert with the S-ART ribbon tweeter is responsible for the stunning spatial accuracy, transient detail, and significantly greater overall program reality of the S5H.

Custom-designed DSP

The S-series custom-designed DSP provides perfectly tuned crossovers that guarantee optimal frequency response, as well as a dynamic range greater than that offered by traditional analog crossovers with no loss of resolution.

The DSP also includes a comprehensive array of options for in-room optimization. A rear-panel OLED display and dual-function pushbutton/rotary encoder allow control over overall level, two parametric shelving filters (one for the bass, the other for the highs) as well as six fully parametric EQs with variable Q that may be assigned to boost or cut level at specific frequencies.

Five memories are also provided to store voicing presets. On most S Series models, the first two are non-editable factory presets. The first is the default tuning, labeled “Pure,” featuring an extremely accurate frequency response. The second is a dynamic, natural-sounding response curve of ADAM’s own design, which is known as UNR™ (the Uniform Natural Response). The remaining three memory locations are available to store users’ own personal voicing presets.

The DSP also offers limiter-based protection, AES3 digital inputs, and connectors for future expansion options. A USB connector allows software upgrades and facilitates connection to computer-based editing software, so that voicing adjustments or preset selection can be carried out without the need to access the rear panel of your monitors – a useful option if they are soffit-mounted.

The S Series bass reflex tubes

The bass reflex ports have been aerodynamically redesigned with optimal rounding to minimize signal loss and coloration due to air friction and turbulence. They incorporate additional anti-resonance technology in their port designs to keep pipe-related tonal coloration to a minimum.

S Series cabinets

While the commanding appearance and robust construction of the S Series cabinets reflect ADAM’s foundation in industrial engineering, the aesthetics are rooted in practical considerations. The cabinets are solidly constructed from thick, vibration-resistant material to reduce unwanted resonance and coloration, even at high listening levels. The design also features large-radius rounded edges, which help to minimize unwanted edge-diffraction effects that would otherwise negatively combine with the direct sound. The robust finish affords the speakers extra protection from the stresses and strains (or stains) of daily life in a recording studio.

When your livelihood and ability to thrive in a highly competitive market depends solely on what you’re hearing, you should be listening to ADAM monitors. For assistance integrating S5V monitors into your music or post production facility, call or chat online with your PAD Studio Consultant today.

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Features/Benefits

S-ART tweeter, handmade in Berlin and manufactured to the tightest tolerances in ADAM Audio’s history:       

• Allows longer operation with fewer signs of fatigue
• Their breakup is prevented by the folded diaphragms, distortions are effectively reduced to a minimum
• Advanced dynamic range due to acoustically effective diaphragm surface that is 2.5 times bigger (compared to a classic tweeter according to the piston principle)

The air velocity ratio of 4:1 during the sound generation by folded S-ART membrane:        

• Direct, fast response in the high-range even with complex transients

Newly designed HPS and MPS waveguides, milled from a solid block of aluminum:       

• Makes dispersion more consistent and imaging more stable over a wider area
• Reduction of early reflections on the surfaces of, e.g. mixing consoles, desks, etc.

New midrange driver with one-piece hybrid dome/cone (DCH) design:       

• Offering the sonic advantages of both driver types, with minimal partial resonances
• Partly responsible for the excellent mid-range dispersion characteristics of the S Series, due to improved integration with the treble driver

Custom-built Extended Linear Excursion (ELE) bass drivers:    

• Accurate audio reproduction at an extremely high resolution thanks to the precision-designed relationship between its low weight, optimized inner damping and highly rigid HexaCone membrane, in conjunction with a basket which has been developed to eliminate unwanted resonance and distortion

Custom-designed Symmetrical Magnet Assembly (SMA):

 Allows the voice coil a maximum excursion three times greater than that offered by previous designs, with an extended, symmetrical magnetic field ensuring linear, low-distortion operation

• Power compression effects are prevented by an intelligent self-cooling system

Horizontal 3-way system with 2 x 10" woofers and 1 x 4" DCH midrange:    

 Very high resolution of the stereo image and extremely wide stereo base

Spacious bass reflex ports on the front:        

• Bass reproduction with very low compression
• Allows positioning close to walls

Highly efficient PWM ICE Power amplifiers: 

• Low-distortion amplification at both low and high volume levels

 Linear frequency response of 22Hz to 50kHz:   

• Accurate reproduction in a wide frequency band

Maximum peak sound pressure per pair in 1m ≥ 131dB:        

• Powerful, compression-free sound reproduction even at very high sound levels

Custom DSP engine:       

• Perfect crossovers for optimal frequency response and maximum dynamic range
• EQ options and presets for in-room optimization
• Limiter-based amp protection, AES3 digital inputs and board connectors for future expansion options, together with a USB connector for software upgrades and computer-based control

Analog XLR input:

• Optimized for balanced line signals

Acoustically optimized and weightily constructed cabinets: 

• Reduction of susceptibility to vibrations and unwanted edge-diffraction effect

Two-year warranty with optional extension to 3 years with the registration of the product:  

• Full repair service if required for 5 years

Specifications

General:

• Frequency response: 22Hz - 50kHz
• THD > 100Hz: ≤0.3 %
• SPL per pair at 1m: ≥131dB
• Crossover frequencies: 250Hz / 3kHz
• power consumption: 900W

Woofer:

• Number: 2
• Basket Ø: 10" (265 mm)
• Voice coil Ø: 3" (76 mm)
• Cone material: HexaCone
  

Midrange:

• Number: 1
• Type: Dome / cone hybrid
• Basket Ø: 4" (100 mm)
• Voice coil Ø: 2-3/8" (60 mm)
• Cone material: Carbon composite
• Waveguide: MPS
  

Tweeter:

• Number: 1
• Type: S-ART
• Diaphragm area: 4 inch² (2420 mm²)
• diaphragm Ø: 2" (56 mm)
• Velocity transform ratio: 4:1
• Diaphragm weight: 0.005 oz. (0.17g)
• Waveguide: HPS
  

Built-In Amplifiers:

• Number: 3
• Woofer: 1
• Type: PWM
• Power RMS: 700W

• Mid-range: 1
• Type: PWM
• power RMS: 300W

• Tweeter: 1
• Type: PWM
• power RMS: 100W

Control Options:

• Input sensitivity: Adjustable
• Parametric EQs: 6
• Room compensation high-shelf EQ: 1
• Room compensation low-shelf EQ: 1
• Preset memories: 5
• Delay: 0ms to 5ms

Input Connectors:

• Analog: XLR
• Input impedance: 48k ohm
• input level: +24dBu
• Digital : AES3
  

Physical:

• Dimensions (H x W x D): 17" x 34-13/16" x 19-11/16" (430 x 885 x 500 mm)
• Weight: 114.5 lb. (52 kg)

• Warranty: 5 years (2 years warranty plus 3 years optional with product registration)
• Delivery contents: Power cord, manual
  

he ADAM Audio S5V is a vertically oriented 700W LF x 300W MF x 100W HF 3-way monitor for medium-to-large control rooms where the convenience of a free-standing main monitor is desired; featuring room compensation DSP, 12" bass driver, 4" midrange driver, and ADAM’s S-Art folded ribbon tweeter. 

With a cumulative 1,100 watts of power, the ADAM Audio S5V isn’t designed to simply fill a spacious control room with sound, rather, full-bandwidth, high-resolution audio with microscopic detail and sparkling clarity—not to mention sheer party power. And, since so much of today’s audio work is done in film production, the S5V has an extremely wide sweet spot, which makes it a wise choice for multi-operator setups, or for mix engineers who need to move around in the stereo field to adjust outboard or console faders and EQ. A Class-D 700W amplifier drives the S5V’s 12" bass driver, with additional Class-D amplifiers providing 300W to the S5V’s unique 4" hybrid midrange cone, and 100W to S-ART treble driver. Combining the legendary precision of ADAM Audio’s proprietary drivers with the power of the company’s amplification, the S5V is a reference monitor for truly discerning audio professionals at work in the most expansive listening environments.

ADAM Audio S5V—Behind the Grille

The S5V incorporates a full suite of ADAM’s proprietary technologies, including the Extended Linear Excursion (ELE) bass driver and Symmetrical Magnet Assembly (SMA) technology, hybrid dome/cone (DCH) midrange driver, and the S-ART folded-ribbon tweeter. Additionally, the S5V features custom-designed DSP that optimizes crossovers to create a linear response for the entire range, as well as providing user equalization and in-room tuning/voicing functions. The DSP also handles the limiter-based high-frequency driver protection, processes the signals from the AES3 digital inputs, and will in time facilitate various expansion options. Software updates can be carried out with ease via the associated USB port, which also allows users to connect computers and control the speakers’ DSP functions via a software front-end.

S-ART tweeter

All monitors in ADAM’s S-series feature the latest iteration of ADAM’s world-famous X-ART tweeter design, handmade in Berlin. The manufacturing process for each tweeter has been raised to an even higher standard of precision, with a more stringent post-factory testing regime—hence the new designation, “S-ART.” The driver’s precise transient response and its ability to reproduce the subtlest high-end detail, distortion-free, and with natural-sounding dynamics, is the foundation of ADAM Audio’s worldwide reputation as a leading manufacturer of audio equipment.

HPS waveguide

The HPS (High-frequency Propagation System) waveguide is designed for the S-ART tweeter with the aid of the latest computer modeling techniques. It refines the dispersion of the speakers to an even, uniform consistency, with a broad horizontal axis and tightly focused in the vertical plane. This minimizes potentially distracting reflections from the horizontal surfaces of studio furniture, such as mixing consoles, ensuring that imaging remains constant, creating a large, stable sweet spot, even at high output levels.

Extended Linear Excursion (ELE) low-frequency driver

Bass frequencies from 32 Hz to 250 Hz are handled by ADAM Audio’s low-frequency HexaCone driver, which incorporates the company’s equally groundbreaking Symmetrical Magnet Assembly (SMA), delivering a powerful and extremely accurate low end extending down into the sub-bass region.

The S Series ELE bass driver (short for Extended Linear Excursion) is a custom design created especially for and in parallel with the S Series cabinet and bass-reflex system. It guarantees accurate audio reproduction at an extremely high-resolution thanks to the precise relationship between its low weight, optimized inner damping, highly rigid honeycomb cone, and a basket that eliminates unwanted resonance and distortion. The result is a bass driver that offers clarity and transparency uncommon in low-frequency audio reproduction, plus great precision even at high sound pressure levels.

Another notable feature of the ELE driver is its mechanical suspension, which operates optimally over long excursions, allowing high-SPL bass frequencies to be reproduced without distortion. Low-frequency energy is not limited as it is on similar systems. Softer, less highly tensioned driver suspensions may allow uncontrolled displacement at high SPL. The highly tensioned linear S-series suspension system dampens the movements of the supporting membrane in a controlled manner, even at high output levels, fully preserving the dynamics of the original audio. The suspension is extremely robust and ensures distortion-free reproduction across the entire audible spectrum.

The newly created long-throw speaker surround was also carefully engineered to be considerably more resilient than competing modern designs. This greatly increases the maximum possible excursion of the driver membrane, improving dynamic range and reducing distortion.

Finally, the loudspeaker basket is anodized by means of a specially optimized process during manufacture: the material’s black finish absorbs heat and provides another means by which the driver is kept cool, which in turn preserves its integrity and lifespan.

SMA™ (Symmetrical Magnet Assembly)

The newly developed magnet assembly in the bass driver, which ADAM Audio has named the SMA (Symmetrical Magnet Assembly), extends the maximum possible excursion of the electromagnetic voice coil by a factor of three compared to previous designs. The greatly extended travel ensures that the membrane operates in a linear fashion over a relatively large distance, displaces a greater volume of air, and is capable of higher maximum output. The design allows the driver to accurately reproduce low-frequency signals without distortion, even during extremely large excursions.

As voice coils warm, their resistance changes, damping and dynamic range are reduced, operational parameters change, and low frequencies are no longer reproduced cleanly. These unwanted effects are eliminated by an ingenious built-in ventilation system that prevents warming of the large, custom-designed voice coils, thus reducing the effects of power compression below the threshold of audibility.

The carefully engineered construction makes use of materials designed to encourage heat dissipation, and also keeps unwanted air turbulence and compression out of the magnet assembly, minimizing distortion.

The SMA also features several other innovations developed by ADAM Audio especially for the S Series that minimize non-linear third-order distortion.

DCH™ (Dome/Cone Hybrid) midrange driver

The 4" (100 mm) DCH (Dome/Cone Hybrid) midrange driver is another new technology designed specifically for the S Series. It’s a hybrid design: part cone and part dome driver. This extremely rigid one-piece drive element combines the clean decay characteristics and linear frequency response of a dome driver with the high-excursion advantages of a cone driver, audibly improving transparency in the critical mid-range and producing excellent, distortion-free reproduction at high output levels. In conjunction with the high-quality S Series suspension, which controls large-scale excursions perfectly, wobble is completely excluded. In addition, the DCH’s output extends down an octave further than competing mid-range drivers (as far as 200 Hz), ensuring a clean and consistent dispersion without tonal coloration.

The DCH is manufactured with a specially laminated carbon composite material, while its domed form renders it very stable. It behaves as a piston up to 8kHz (one-and-a-half octaves beyond its operational frequency response), does not produce unwanted vibrations, and does not deform even at high output levels. Unwanted ringing and resonances that obscure sonic detail and produce listening fatigue are almost completely eliminated.

The robust construction of the DCH also allows it to be placed nearer to the S-ART treble driver. Much like a point-source monitor, the pair act as a coherent sound source making overall dispersion wider, more consistent, and more accurate. Several features resembling those from the ELE bass driver also appear on the DCH, such as the linear magnet assembly, suspension, damping systems, vented pole piece, heat-dissipating chassis/basket, and the large 2-1/2" (65 mm) voice coil. There are a few differences: for instance, the mid-range driver surround is manufactured from a specially formulated foam material, but just like low-frequency driver, fine, highly dynamic details are reproduced without coloration or filtering.

S-series amplifiers

The low-frequency and midrange drivers on the S Series are powered by distortion-free Class-D ICEpower amplifiers (ICEpower is a subsidiary of Bang & Olufsen). Over 90 percent efficient, these designs are much more robust and offer a longer working life than traditional Class A/B amplification. However, Class A/B can offer more bandwidth and tonal advantages when amplifying high-frequency audio. For this reason, ADAM has developed a special 50W, low-noise Class A/B power amp, which operates in a linear fashion up to 300kHz, to drive the tweeter. A signal that’s -3dB at 25kHz can cause a -50° phase shift in the audible spectrum (appearing at 10kHz), whereas -3dB at 250Hz reduces the in-band phase shift to less than 1°. The linear response of the amplifier up to 300kHz in concert with the S-ART ribbon tweeter is responsible for the stunning spatial accuracy, transient detail, and significantly greater overall program reality of the S5V.

Custom-designed DSP

The S-series custom-designed DSP provides perfectly tuned crossovers that guarantee optimal frequency response, as well as a dynamic range greater than that offered by traditional analog crossovers with no loss of resolution.

The DSP also includes a comprehensive array of options for in-room optimization. A rear-panel OLED display and dual-function push-button/rotary encoder allow control over overall level, two parametric shelving filters (one for the bass, the other for the highs) as well as six fully parametric EQs with variable Q that may be assigned to boost or cut level at specific frequencies.

Five memories are also provided to store voicing presets. On most S Series models, the first two are non-editable factory presets. The first is the default tuning, labeled “Pure,” featuring an extremely accurate frequency response. The second is a dynamic, natural-sounding response curve of ADAM’s own design, which is known as UNR™ (the Uniform Natural Response). The remaining three memory locations are available to store users’ own personal voicing presets.

The DSP also offers limiter-based protection, AES3 digital inputs, and connectors for future expansion options. A USB connector allows software upgrades and facilitates connection to computer-based editing software, so that voicing adjustments or preset selection can be carried out without the need to access the rear panel of your monitors – a useful option if they are soffit-mounted.

The S Series bass reflex tubes

The bass reflex ports have been aerodynamically redesigned with optimal rounding to minimize signal loss and coloration due to air friction and turbulence. They incorporate additional anti-resonance technology in their port designs to keep pipe-related tonal coloration to a minimum.

S Series cabinets

While the commanding appearance and robust construction of the S Series cabinets reflect ADAM’s foundation in industrial engineering, the aesthetics are rooted in practical considerations. The cabinets are solidly constructed from thick, vibration-resistant material to reduce unwanted resonance and coloration, even at high listening levels. The design also features large-radius rounded edges, which help to minimize unwanted edge-diffraction effects that would otherwise negatively combine with the direct sound. The robust finish affords the speakers extra protection from the stresses and strains (or stains) of daily life in a recording studio.

When your livelihood and ability to thrive in a highly competitive market depends solely on what you’re hearing, you should be listening to ADAM monitors. For assistance integrating S5V monitors into your music or post production facility, call or chat online with your PAD Studio Consultant today.

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Features/Benefits

1. S-ART tweeter, handmade in Berlin and manufactured to the tightest tolerances in ADAM Audio’s history:

• Allows longer operation with fewer signs of fatigue
• Their breakup is prevented by the folded diaphragms, distortions are effectively reduced to a minimum
• Advanced dynamic range due to acoustically effective diaphragm surface that is 2.5 times bigger (compared to a classic tweeter according to the piston principle)

2. The air velocity ratio of 4:1 during the sound generation by folded S-ART membrane:

• Direct, fast response in the high-range even with complex transients

3. Newly designed HPS and MPS waveguides, milled from a solid block of aluminum:

• Makes dispersion more consistent and imaging more stable over a wider area
• Reduction of early reflections on the surfaces of, e.g. mixing consoles, desks, etc.

4. New midrange driver with one-piece hybrid dome/cone (DCH) design:

• Offering the sonic advantages of both driver types, with minimal partial resonances
• Partly responsible for the excellent mid-range dispersion characteristics of the S Series, due to improved integration with the treble driver

5. Custom-built Extended Linear Excursion (ELE) bass drivers:       

• Accurate audio reproduction at an extremely high resolution thanks to the precision-designed relationship between its low weight, optimized inner damping and highly rigid HexaCone membrane, in conjunction with a basket developed to eliminate unwanted resonance and distortion

6. Custom-designed Symmetrical Magnet Assembly (SMA):       

• Allows the voice coil a maximum excursion three times greater than that offered by previous designs, with an extended, symmetrical magnetic field ensuring linear, low-distortion operation
• Power compression effects are prevented by an intelligent self-cooling system
  

7. Vertical 3-way system with 1 x 12" woofer and 1 x 4" DCH midrange:

• Very high resolution of the stereo image and extremely wide stereo base

8. Spacious bass reflex ports on the front:       

• Bass reproduction with very low compression, allows positioning close to walls

9. Highly efficient PWM ICE Power amplifiers:

• Low-distortion amplification at both low and high volume levels

10. Linear frequency response of 25Hz to 50kHz:

• Unbiased reproduction in a wide frequency band

11. Maximum peak sound pressure per pair in 1m ≥ 128dB:

• Powerful, compression-free sound reproduction even at very high sound levels

12. Custom DSP engine:

• Perfect crossovers for optimal frequency response and maximum dynamic range EQ options and presets for in-room optimization
• Limiter-based amp protection, AES3 digital inputs and board connectors for future expansion options, with a USB connector for software upgrades and computer-based control

13. Analog XLR input:        

• Optimized for balanced line signals

14. Acoustically optimized and weightily constructed cabinets:       

• Reduction of susceptibility to vibrations and unwanted edge-diffraction effect

15. Two-year warranty with optional extension to 3 years with the registration of the product:       

• Full repair service if required for 5 years.

Specifications

General:

• Frequency response: 25Hz - 50kHz
• THD > 100Hz: ≤0.3 %
• SPL per pair at 1m: ≥128dB
• Crossover frequencies: 250Hz / 3kHz
• power consumption: 650W

Woofer:

• Number: 1
• Basket Ø: 12" (312 mm)
• Voice coil Ø: 3" (76 mm)
• Cone material: HexaCone
  

Midrange:

• Number: 1
• Type: Dome / cone hybrid
• Basket Ø: 4" (100 mm)
• Voice coil Ø: 2-3/8" (60 mm)
• Cone material: Carbon composite
• Waveguide: MPS
  

Tweeter:

• Number: 1
• Type: S-ART
• Diaphragm area: 4 inch² (2420 mm²)
• diaphragm Ø: 2" (56 mm)
• Velocity transform ratio: 4:1
• Diaphragm weight: 0.005 oz. (0.17g)
• Waveguide: HPS
  

Built-In Amplifiers:

• Number: 3
• Woofer: 1
• Type: PWM
• Power RMS: 700W

• Mid-range: 1
• Type: PWM
• power RMS: 300W

• Tweeter: 1
• Type: PWM
• power RMS: 100W

Control Options:

• Input sensitivity: Adjustable
• Parametric EQs: 6
• Room compensation high-shelf EQ: 1
• Room compensation low-shelf EQ: 1
• Preset memories: 5
• Delay: 0ms to 5ms

Input Connectors:

• Analog: XLR
• Input impedance: 48k ohm
• input level: +24dBu
• Digital : AES3
  

Physical:

• Dimensions (H x W x D): 27-1/2" x 15-3/8" x 20-1/2" (698 x 390 x 520 mm)
• Weight: 114.5 lb. (52 kg)

• Warranty: 5 years (2 years warranty plus 3 years optional with product registration)
• Delivery contents: Power cord, manual

Featuring seven drivers, including ADAM Audio’s proprietary X-ART tweeter and midrange drivers, the 2,250-watt S6X main monitor is designed for large control rooms and film studios.

If you’re looking to update your mains or are in the process of building a large recording, post-production, or educational facility, the need for wall-mounted main monitors is clear in terms of size and power, which in turn, relates to their accuracy relative to listening position. Also, flush-mounting mains is advantageous for acoustical reasons. Flush-mounting forms an infinite baffle*, which improves the bass response and efficiency and enhances the midrange transient and frequency response. Speaking of size, the 28" x 37" S6X main houses seven drivers, which allows a gradual transition across the frequency range, thus correcting the lobe tilting effects found in traditional two-way systems. With that in mind, ADAM Audio designed the S6X with horizontal symmetry in mind, to produce radiation patterns that provide very consistent reproduction characteristics in the horizontal center position. At the same time, vertical dispersion is reduced so that reflections from the ceiling, floor or mixing console are greatly reduced. As such, early reflections are tamed, which leads to significantly better stereo imaging and a more three-dimensional sound. As a result of this and several proprietary technologies, the ADAM S6X offers the widest possible dispersion and accuracy, which is crucial for the multi-operator desks common to film production.

ADAM Audio S6X Main Monitor—Just the Facts:

• X-ART tweeter and 2 x X-ART midrange drivers handmade in Germany
• Two 12" and two 7-1/2" HexaCone woofers arrayed in Extended D’Appolito configuration
• Amplifier power (RMS Music): 2,250W / 3,150W
• Frequency Response: 23Hz - 50kHz
• Maximum SPL per pair at 3' (1m): ≥133dB
  

ADAM Audio S6X Main Monitors—Behind the Grille

The S6X: accuracy and power

A number of innovative proprietary technological approaches make the S6X one of the largest and most sophisticated active main monitors available. The design concept achieves not only a flat frequency response, but also a consistent dynamic behavior within the entire frequency range. Complex orchestral structures can be easily analyzed and spatially arranged on the S6X. Extensive control options on the front panel allow for adjusting to different acoustic situations or personal taste. The S6X is an excellent choice for large control rooms and film or sound studios.

Amplification

The S6X’s built-in amplifiers are coupled to the respective drivers as directly as possible so that remote amplifier units do not compromise the advantages of active technology. One 500-watt amplifier is assigned to each of the 12" woofers, while 250-watt units are used for the other frequency bands. The S6X main monitor combines pinpoint accuracy with exceptional power: SPL peaks far beyond 130dB are produced without any compression or harshness.

PWM (Pulse Width Modulation) amplifier technology ensures that only one fifth of the generated heat has to be dissipated, which is a real breakthrough in terms of reliability and durability. This allows the S6X and the S7A Mk2 to be flush mounted into the studio walls, since all the heat is emitted through the front of the cabinet and the heat sink temperatures remain moderate.

Combined with built-in protection circuits, the low, constant temperatures of these amplifiers result in reliable performance not possible with traditional AB amplifiers.

Control panel

In addition to the input sensitivity that can be adapted in the range of ±10dB, there are four other level controls that affect the individual amplifier modules. Shelving filters at both ends of the frequency spectrum and three fully parametric equalizers help compensate for standing waves in the control room. The EQs can be inserted separately or grouped so their effect can be directly evaluated.

* PAD Tech Note: The infinite baffle (aka sealed cabinet) is one of three main approaches to speaker design (ported reflex and passive radiator being the other two). Infinite baffle is a theoretical concept that deals with the division of sound emanating from the front and rear of the speaker, with both loaded identically in the same infinite volume of air. Since this can’t occur in the real world, the more accurate description is the sealed cabinet. The sound projecting from the front of the speaker only is called “half space,” which is how monitor performance is measured. The sealed cabinet offers a very linear phase response with a shallow bass roll-off, which enables small sealed speakers to reproduce bass at very low frequencies.

ADAM Audio's Extended D’Appolito design

Because of the size of the S6X cabinet, a total of seven individual speakers are arrayed so that gradual transitions across the frequency spectrum is made possible. In addition, ADAM engineers chose a horizontal symmetry that can be described as an “extended D’Appolito**” configuration. This kind of design combined with suitable transition frequencies and filter slopes results in radiation patterns that lead to very consistent reproduction characteristics in the horizontal center position. At the same time, vertical dispersion is reduced so that reflections from the ceiling, floor or mixing console are greatly reduced. Thus, so-called ‘early reflections’ have less chance to interfere, which leads to significantly better stereo imaging and a more three-dimensional sound.

PAD For the Record: D’Appolito design

With multi-speaker configurations, a number of problems across the frequency range can occur, such as overloading in the bass, as well as radiation patterns combining to form lobes at the crossover points. The effect, known as lobe tilting, which commonly occurs with typical mid-tweeter configurations, can compromise the tonality of the recorded program material. To overcome lobe tilting without using time alignment, Joseph D’Appolito created the mid-tweeter-mid MTM configuration (it also stands for Mary Tyler More, but not in this scenario). 

The midwoofer-tweeter-midwoofer loudspeaker configuration (called MTM, for short) was created by Joseph D'Appolito as a way of correcting the inherent lobe tilting of a typical mid-tweeter (MT) configuration, at the crossover frequency, unless time-aligned.[1] In the MTM arrangement, the loudspeaker uses three drivers: Two mid-range (or mid-woofer/woofer) for the low frequencies and a tweeter for the higher frequencies, with the tweeter being placed between the mid-range drivers (as shown in the second image below). D'Appolito initially configured his design using a 3rd order (18 dB/oct or 60 dB/dec) crossover, D'Appolito has since amended this original recommendation in favor of 4th order topology. However, this does not impart any significant effect on the MTM design's unique characteristics.

There are speakers where the tweeter appears below the larger driver, and though electrically it is identical to the MT configuration, it is customarily denoted as "TM". The only other difference is the lobe tilt which is exactly the opposite of the MT configuration. The direction in which the lobe tilts (i.e., the vertical orientation or angle of the lobe) is a function of the difference or offset between the acoustic centers of the two drivers.

X-ART folded ribbon tweeter technology

Like all models of the AX, the A77X features the ADAM proprietary X-ART tweeter. The “X” stands for “eXtended frequency response,” which is one of the features of Accelerating Ribbon Technology (ART) that has been drastically improved. It now extends all the way up to 50kHz. In addition, the X-ART tweeter has higher efficiency and higher maximum sound pressure levels.

How X-ART works

From its inception, ADAM Audio emerged as a major force to be reckoned with in pro audio monitoring, mainly due to its innovative folded ribbon tweeter. The ribbon tweeter is based on the Air Motion Transformer concept developed by Dr. Oskar Heil, which is a pleated diaphragm similar to the shape of bellows. From the standpoint of surface area response, a 1-inch-wide pleated diaphragm is comparable in function to an 8"-diameter cone. The folded driver acts like a point-source version of a larger driver, which inherently results in lower distortion during sound reproduction. Another property of the folded diaphragm is that its squeezing movement projects air with a speed approximately five times faster than the speed of the ribbon driver itself.  

ADAM engineers took this technology and improved on it, incorporating superior geometries and materials to achieve unprecedented audio fidelity. The latest iteration of the ADAM folded ribbon tweeter is the X-ART, which explores new paths in the kinematics of moving air, resulting in a dramatic improvement in the quality of audio reproduction.

The X-ART membrane consists of a pleated diaphragm in which the folds compress or expand according to the audio signal applied to them. The result is that air is drawn in and squeezed out, like the bellows of an accordion.

The ADAM X-ART design overcomes the piston-like motion of all conventional drivers and their inevitable problems, such as narrow directivity, by achieving an improvement in air loading by a factor of 4 over conventional transducers. In addition, the X-ART tweeter’s pleated membrane avoids the typical breakup/distortion and subsequent dynamic limiting at higher frequencies found in dome and cone tweeters. Another positive result of the X-ART design is that the driving “stripes” are in direct contact with the outer air and are cooled immediately.

Diaphragm area is another important factor in determining the dynamic range of a transducer. Basically, what you see is what you get. The cone area you can see is always the acoustically active area of the loudspeaker–this is true for practically all other drive units. By folding the X-ART diaphragm into the 3rd dimension (as seen from the listener’s position) a larger foil can be used, thus increasing the acoustically effective area of the diaphragm by a factor of more than 2.5 times. This results in higher dynamic output with extremely wide dispersion.

The X-ART midrange driver

Because midrange is the significant frequency band (it’s where nearly all of our music lives), the ADAM development team devoted themselves to building a midrange driver that would do for midrange, what the X-ART tweeter does for high frequencies. It follows, that a similar concept was used to achieve that goal.

The X-ART midrange driver uses a diaphragm that weighs only a fraction of comparable voice coil units, which theoretically enables it to cover a frequency range from 400Hz to 20kHz. The large diaphragm area, comparable to a conventional midrange unit, permits very high, uncompressed SPL without compromising dispersion. The unit has an absolutely flat impedance curve and consequently exhibits linear phase behavior, with a mere ±0.75° deviation within the utilized frequency band.

The result of this technological superiority is unmistakable. There is a special openness that is immediately apparent to the listener when auditioning ADAM monitors utilizing the ART midrange drivers. These monitors are a quantum leap forward in musical accuracy, closely approaching the ideal loudspeaker.

Custom A/B amplifier

While the X-ART tweeter’s solved certain problems associated with conical tweeter designs, its wide bandwidth up to 50kHz, though responsible for the musicality and openness of its high-frequency response, also created a problem in terms of amplification. PWM (pulse-width modulation) amplifiers, which have become popular due to their high power efficiency and low distortion, require a low-pass filter to separate the modulation frequency (the point where power switches from the supply rails) from the audio band.  it imposes a limitation on the high-frequency reproduction of the X-ART tweeter. To preserve the wide bandwidth, which in turn preserves the phase coherency and resultant realism of audio in the audible range, ADAM put considerable time and effort into creating a high-frequency power amp to allow the high-frequency tweeter to live up to its potential.

An internal bandwidth of more than 1MHz is externally limited so that the unit delivers an ultra-wide response up to 300kHz, which impacts the audible range due to phase coherency. A signal that’s 3dB down at 25kHz can show a measured in-band phase shift of roughly -50 degrees, which reaches down to 10kHz (frequencies above human hearing do affect the audible range). With nothing limiting the abilities of the X-ART tweeter, the monitor has unsurpassed clarity and openness which will daze and amaze even the most jaded professional ear.

HexaCone Woofer

Integral to ADAM monitors, the core of HexaCone woofers comprise a honeycomb Nomex structure that makes them both extremely light and very stiff. The front and back of the cone are coated with Kevlar, which withstands elongation by a force factor greater than 1000 times that of steel, enabling the cone to resist deformation (the source of distortion if all cone-based drivers, such as silk and aluminum dome tweeters).

HexaCone woofers are far more rigid than paper, polypropylene, or aluminum devices of similar dimensions. Due to this rigidity, break up resonances in the diaphragm cone are prevented. The effective length and diameter of the voice coils in conjunction with the size of the magnets and the available cabinet volume are all precisely aligned for a musically optimal low-frequency reproduction.

Another general problem observed frequently in many so-called reference monitors is a disproportionate low-frequency volume. With massive woofers (and frequently inadequate acoustic pressure levels!), the average listener is supposed to be impressed. However, this approach results in an inaccurate representation of the overall sound quality. ADAM woofers have been designed to reproduce the given sound material with the highest possible authenticity, guaranteeing ideal translation to the widest range of systems and environments.

PW/M custom amplifier

PW/M (Pulse Width Modulation) also known as Class D amplification or switching amp technology (and mistakenly digital amplification), converts the incoming signal to a series of rectangular waveforms of equal height. The width of the rectangles varies in time and represents the musical signal. This waveform can be amplified much more simply, as the transistors are used as switches that only turn the power supply voltage on and off.

It is possible that a very fast mechanical switch could do the job, but power transistors are a better choice for the task, as such, PW/M amplifiers work pretty much like conventional Class AB designs.

The main advantage of PW/M amplifiers is their extremely high efficiency (>90%). As a consequence the heat to be dissipated is only one-fifth of earlier designs, leading to much lower temperatures within the amps and making the use of heat sinks unnecessary.

While PWM is highly efficient, pulse-width modulation causes signal distortion due to non-linearity of the modulation based on transient response. Usually, some form of noise-shaping filter is required to eliminate the distortion. However, that alone wasn’t good enough for ADAM engineers, who set out to develop PW/M units that would perform at the leading edge of sonic quality while maintaining high efficiency. The ADAM units use a proprietary technology for both the amp and the power supply section (i.e. no more transformers) combined with state-of-the-art input and filter sections to achieve the best in multi-channel active monitoring.

Impulse Coupling

Impulse Coupling (which could easily be misconstrued as hooking up while under the influence of your party demon), actually refers to a basic law of physics as it applies to mounting drivers. Contrary to common wisdom, Sir Isaac Newton didn’t just spend his time tossing apples around at 32 feet-per-second squared (9.8 m² for you European types). He was also laying the groundwork for studio monitor design. Okay, not really, but the formula for his 3^rd law (F₁= -F₂) governing action = reaction, does form the basis for ADAM’s Impulse Coupling, which is a method that improves the time behavior of speakers based on the physical connection between drivers and a wooden cabinet.

The forces created by the movement of the diaphragm/voice coil assemblies are transferred to the cabinet. However, since wood is not very stiff, these forces cause local instability around the driver, which is a phenomenon that keeps the driver’s basket in motion relative to the diaphragm, thus deteriorating the transmitted sound quality. Imagine if you were to jump in the air; starting from a sand bank gives you a much less stable jump-off point than from solid rock.

Impulse Coupling is ADAM’s way of creating a solid base that improves the reaction of the driver in a comparable way. In both the S6X and the S7A Mk2, all drivers are mounted on an acoustically dead, ultra-stiff, 25mm thick aluminum honeycomb plate, which provides an extremely stable mechanical bridge to the cabinet. This superior mount has a positive effect on the driver’s time behavior, which improves clarity, both measurably and audibly.

To ensure that the ADAM Audio S6X is the right main monitor for your production needs, call or chat online with your PAD Studio Specialist today.

Features/Benefits

X-ART tweeter, handmade in Berlin        

• Allows longer operation with fewer signs of fatigue
• Their breakup is prevented by the folded diaphragms, distortions are effectively reduced to a minimum
• Advanced dynamic range due to acoustically effective diaphragm surface that is 2.5 times bigger (compared to a classic tweeter according to the piston principle)

The air velocity ratio of 4:1 during the sound generation by folded X-ART membrane

• Direct, fast response in the high-range even with complex transients

Ultra-light but extremely dimensionally stable woofer material (HexaCone)

• Excellent transient response even at high sound levels without breakup of the diaphragm

4-way system with 2 x 12" woofer and 2 x 7.5" midrange

• Very high resolution of the stereo image and extremely wide stereo base

Spacious bass reflex ports on the front

• Bass reproduction with very low compression

Highly efficient PWM amplifiers 

• Low-distortion amplification at both low and high volume levels

Linear frequency response of 23Hz to 50kHz       

• Unbiased reproduction in a wide frequency band

Maximum peak sound pressure per pair at 3' (1m) ≥ 133dB      

• Powerful, compression-free sound reproduction even at very high sound levels

Sophisticated room acoustic adjustments       

• Allows optimal adaptation to acoustically difficult listening environments or individual preferences

Analog XLR input  

• Optimized for balanced line signals

Directional sound radiation in vertical plane

• Reduction of early reflections on the surfaces of, e.g. mixing consoles, desks, etc.

Two-year warranty with optional extension to 3 years with the registration of the product       

• Full repair service if required for 5 years
  

Specifications

General Data:

• Control panel: Front
• X-Curve filter: Yes
• Frequency response : 23Hz - 50kHz
• THD 90dB / 1m > 100Hz: ≤0.5%
• SPL with sine wave acoustic 100Hz to 3kHz at 1m: ≥123dB
• SPL per pair at 1m: ≥133dB
• Crossover frequencies: 85 / 800 / 3100Hz
• Input impedance: 10k ohm
• Magnetically shielded: No
  

Woofer:

• Number: 2
• Basket Ø: 12" (305 mm)
• Voice coil Ø: 3" (75 mm)
• Cone material: HexaCone

Midrange (Cone)

• Number: 2
• Basket Ø: 7-1/2" (186 mm)
• Voice coil Ø: 2" (50 mm)
• Cone material: HexaCone

Midrange:

• Number: 2
• Type: X-ART
• Diaphragm area: 2 x 26 inch² (16800 mm²)
• diaphragm Ø: 2 x 5-1/2" (146 mm)
• Velocity transform ratio: 3.5:1
• Diaphragm weight: 0.7g

Tweeter:

• Number: 1
• Type: X-ART
• Diaphragm area: 4 inch² (2420 mm²)
• diaphragm Ø: 2" (56 mm)
• Velocity transform ratio: 4:1
• Diaphragm weight: 0.024 oz. (0.17 g)

Built-In Amplifiers:

• Woofer: 2
• Type: PWM
• Power RMS / music: 500W / 700W
• Midrange (cone): 2
• Type: PWM
• power RMS / music: 250W / 350W
• Midrange: 2
• Type: PWM
• power RMS / music: 250W / 350W
• Tweeter: 1
• Type: PWM
• Power RMS / music: 250W / 350W

Control Panel:

• Input sensitivity: ±10dB
• EQ 80Hz (Q / Hz / level): 3 x 0.2 - 20 / 20 - 200 / ±12dB
• High-shelf EQ > 6kHz: ±6dB
• Low-shelf EQ < 150Hz: ±6dB
• Sub gain: ±4dB
• Mid-woofer level: ±2dB
• Mid level: ±2dB
• Tweeter gain: ±4dB

Input Connectors:

• Analog: XLR

Physical

• Weight: 213.8 lb. (97 kg)
• Dimensions (H x W x D): 28-1/2" (720 mm) x 37" (940 mm) x 19-1/2" (490 mm)
• Warranty: 5 years (2 years warranty plus 3 years optional with product registration)
• Delivery contents: Power cord, manual

The ADAM Audio STUDIO PRO SP-5 is a premium-quality circumaural closed-back headphone designed for professional use with a balanced and dynamic response for monitoring and mixing in the studio or with a mobile setup.

The ADAM Audio SP-5’s transducers contain a 40 mm gold plated diaphragm allowing a wide frequency response from 8 Hz to 38 kHz, excellent transient response, and low distortion. Reproducing sound with pristine resolution across the entire bandwidth, the sensitivity of 95 dB @ 1 mW per ear enables the listener to exploit its generous dynamic capabilities when listening.

The ADAM Audio SP-5 utilizes Ultrasone’s patented S-LOGIC ® Plus technology, allowing excellent analysis of the sound staging and long hours of fatigue-free listening. Isolating padding and a total weight of just 290 grams give maximum wearing comfort with these professional studio headphones.

With an impedance of 70 Ohms and interchangeable cables (3 m spiral cable with gold-plated 6.3 mm jack and 1.2 m straight cable with gold-plated 3.5 mm jack included), the ADAM Audio SP-5 is suitable both for usage in any studio environment as well as mobile setups. A rugged case protects the headphones from being damaged when not in use and during travel. The ADAM Audio SP-5 is hand-crafted in Germany.

Designed and manufactured in collaboration with Ultrasone, the ADAM Audio SP-5 headphones were engineered with a specific goal in mind — to allow professional musicians, producers and engineers access to a portable form of monitoring with the excellent transient response and tonal balance of ADAM Audio’s professional monitor speakers.

The ADAM Audio Sub10 MK2 is a 200W, 10" powered subwoofer capable of extending the low end of AX-, SX-series, or any nearfield or midfield monitor system down to 25Hz.

If you’ve spent any time with digital recording and mixing, which if you’re reading this, obviously you have, you’ve come to realize that with digital audio, bass is no longer the enemy as it was with analog recording and pressing vinyl (too much bass energy made needles jump out of record grooves). Coincidentally, as 5- and 6-string bass guitars became more prevalent among bassists in order to compete with the low-frequency capabilities of synthesizers, which dominated music in the ’80s, a major portion of our music migrated down to the low end of the audible spectrum. However, despite digital audio’s ability to handle greater amounts of bass, too much LF energy, particularly inaudible frequencies can eat up your headroom. Some engineers solve this problem by filtering every track, in the low end, but even with a low center frequency, filters chop off frequencies above, up into the low mids, where the body of a lot of instruments lives. All that said, wouldn’t it be nice for your mixing if you can actually hear what’s going on in the audio basement? With an ADAM Sub10 MKII you can, making mix decisions based on reality, not just cut and hope for the best. Plus, cranking the bass is a lot of fun . . .

ADAM Audio Sub10 MK2—Just the Facts:

• 10" Subwoofer (paper)
• Amplifier power RMS/Music, 200W/300W
• Frequency response, 25Hz-150Hz
• peak SPL at 1 m: ≥113dB
• Energy-saving “Signal On” mode
• Easy manual or automatic deactivation for monitoring with or without the sub

ADAM Audio Sub10 MK2—Behind the Grille

The ADAM Sub10 MK2 features a special woofer with extended cone travel and heavy-duty coil optimized for accurate reproduction via bass reflex enclosure. The down-firing bass reflex tube avoids intrusive ventilation noise because of its large size and shape.

Efficient Class D amplifier

The PWM (pulse-width modulation) amplifier produces over 90% efficiency and can handle critical passages without overheating for long periods of time. An additional output allows you to cascade as many subwoofers as needed.

The Sub10 MK2 subwoofer provides a precise combination of low cutoff frequency (-3dB at 25Hz) and an undistorted high sound pressure level (113dB at 1m).

I/O and rear-panel controls

The Sub10 MK2 I/O includes left/right balanced XLR and RCA unbalanced inputs and outputs. The Sub10 MK2 has a phase switch that enables you correct phase in relation to the mains. The rear panel also has a balanced XLR sub out that mirrors the input signal, which allows you to daisy-chain as many Sub10s as you like. The Sub Level control lets you control the volume of all the subs at once. The satellites can be driven full range or with an 85Hz high pass.

The Sub10 M2 controls include Sub Level, which controls the Input Sensitivity from -60dB to +6dB. It also has a Sub Filter control that adjusts the upper-frequency limit, which is variable between 50Hz to 150Hz.

Mode switch

There is also an energy-saving mode switch that determines how the Sub10 MK2 responds to an input signal, which is either continuous, or responds to the input signal, and shuts down when no signal is present for 15 minutes.

ADAM Audio Sub10 Mk2 features and benefits  

Linear bass reproduction down to 25Hz:  

• An ideal addition to nearfield and midfield monitors for low-frequency extension

Maximum Peak sound pressure in 1 m: ≥ 113dB:   

• Powerful, compression-free sound reproduction even at very high sound levels

High-efficiency PWM amplifier:   

• Low-distortion amplification at both low and high volume levels

Special 10" woofer with paper diaphragm:   

• Unrestricted bass reproduction for low-fatigue operation even at high volumes

Easy manual or automatic deactivation:   

• Enables monitoring without the low frequencies

Downward-firing bass reflex tube with generous dimensions and corresponding rounding    

• Prevention of air turbulence noise

Upper cut-off frequency is selectable between 50Hz-150Hz:   

• Allows optimal adaptation of the total system on the bass performance of the satellites

Connectable high-pass filter for the satellite outputs, which blocks signals below 85Hz   

• Dolby-reproduction of film sound
• Disconnects the satellites from the low frequencies

If you want to make intelligent and informed mix decisions in the low-frequency range, adding a Sub10 MK2 is a wise decision. Order yours today. For more information, call or chat online with your PAD Studio Specialist.

Specifications

• Subwoofer: 10" / 260 mm
• Voice coil diameter: 2" / 50 mm
• Woofer material: Coated paper
• Built-in amplifiers: 1
• Subwoofer channel 1/2: 200W/300W
• Frequency response: 25Hz-150Hz
• THD >60 Hz: ≤ 1%
• Maximum peak: ≥ 113dB
• Crossover frequency: 50Hz-150Hz
• Inputs: XLR / RCA
• Input impedance 10k ohm
• Weight 46.3 lb. / 21 kg
• Dimensions (H x W x D): 22" x 12" x 15-1/2" / 560 x 300 x 400 mm
• Warranty: 2 years
  

The ADAM Audio Sub12 is a 12", 200-watt powered subwoofer system with bass extension down to 22Hz, 115dB max SPL, and high-pass filter for ADAM AX- and SX-series near- and mid-field monitor systems.

While larger monitors with larger woofers can handle bass more effectively than your average 6" or 7" driver, the reasons to add a subwoofer remain the same, and it’s not simply to be able to crank the bass (fun as that may be). In fact, the reason has little to do with volume and much more to do with clarity across the frequency spectrum. By separating bass chores from the monitors, the critical midrange is no longer burdened by crossovers or bass resonances creeping up into the mids. Also, since instruments such as bass, kick drum, and keyboards have a frequency response that extends below the usual cutoff, a subwoofer gives you a clear view into what’s happening in the low end, making placement of bass and kick easier. In an effort to preserve headroom and clarity by filtering low frequencies willy-nilly you may discover that your mixes sound thin and unimpressive played back on other systems. The Sub12, with its extension down to 22kHz, also enables you to make intelligent and informed decisions in high-pass filtering. Plus, physical placement of a sub enables you to compensate for room modes, standing waves, and nulls that can occur from reflections from nearfield and midfield monitors. With an ADAM Sub12, you can make your mix decisions based on reality, not “inspired” guesses.

ADAM Audio Sub12—Just the Facts:

• 12" subwoofer (paper)
• Amplifier power RMS/Music, 200W/300W
• Frequency response, 22Hz-150Hz
• Maximum peak SPL 115dB
• Energy-saving “Signal On” mode
• Easy manual or automatic deactivation for monitoring with or without the sub
• Additional sub output enables dual sub system

ADAM Sub12—Behind the Grille

The ADAM Sub12 features a special woofer with extended cone travel and heavy-duty coil optimized for accurate reproduction via bass reflex enclosure. The down-firing bass reflex tube avoids intrusive ventilation noise because of its large size and shape.

Highly efficient Class D amplifier

The PWM (pulse-width modulation) amplifier produces over 90% efficiency and can handle critical passages without overheating for long periods of time. An additional output allows you to cascade as many subwoofers as needed.

The Sub12 subwoofer provides a precise combination of low cutoff frequency (-3dB at 22Hz) and an undistorted high sound pressure level (115dB SPL at 1m).

I/O and rear-panel controls

The Sub12 I/O includes left/right balanced XLR and RCA unbalanced inputs and outputs. The Sub12 has a phase switch that enables you correct phase in relation to the mains. The rear panel also has a balanced XLR sub out that mirrors the input signal, which allows you to daisy-chain as many Sub12s as you like. The Sub Level control lets you control the volume of all the subs at once. The satellites can be driven full range or with an 85Hz high pass.

The Sub12 controls include Sub Level, which controls the Input Sensitivity from -60dB to +6dB. It also has a Sub Filter control that adjusts the upper-frequency limit, which is variable between 50Hz to 150Hz.

Mode switch

There is also an energy-saving mode switch that determines how the Sub12 responds to an input signal, which is either continuous, or responds to the input signal, and shuts down when no signal is present for 15 minutes.

ADAM Audio Sub12 features and benefits:

Bass reproduction down to 22Hz   

• For addition to nearfield and midfield monitors

Maximum Peak sound pressure in 1 m ≥ 115dB   

• Powerful, compression-free sound reproduction even at very high sound levels

High-efficiency PWM amplifier   

• Low-distortion amplification at both low and high volume levels

Special 12" woofer with paper diaphragm   

• Unrestricted bass reproduction for low-fatigue operation even at high volumes

Easy manual or automatic deactivation   

• Enables mix referencing with or without low frequencies

Additional sub output   

• Lets you build a dual bass array

Downward-firing bass reflex tube with large dimensions and corresponding rounding   

• Prevention of air turbulence noise

Crossover frequency selectable between 50Hz-150 Hz   

• Allows optimal adaptation of the total system on the bass performance of the satellites

Connectable high-pass filter for the satellite outputs, which blocks signals below 85Hz   

• Dolby^®-Fair reproduction of film sound
• Disconnecting the satellites from the low frequencies

2-year warranty with an optional extension to 3 years with the registration of the Sub12   

• Full repair service if required for 5 years

If you want to make intelligent and informed mix decisions in the low-frequency range, add an ADAM Sub12 to your near- or mid-field system. Order yours today. For more information, call or chat online with your PAD Studio Specialist.

Specifications

• Subwoofer: 12" / 310 mm
• Voice coil diameter: 2" / 50 mm
• Woofer material: Coated paper
• Built-in amplifiers: 1
• Subwoofer channel 1/2: 200W/300W
• Frequency response: 22Hz-150Hz
• THD >60 Hz: ≤ 1%
• Maximum peak: ≥ 115dB
• Crossover frequency: 50Hz-150Hz
• Inputs: XLR / RCA
• Input impedance 10k ohm
• Weight 57.3 lb. / 26 kg
• Dimensions (H x W x D): 23-1/2" x 14" x 17-1/2" / 600 x 360 x 450 mm
• Warranty: 2 years with 3 years optional extension

The ADAM Audio Sub15 is an extremely powerful, 1000-watt, 15" subwoofer capable of extending the frequency range of main and midfield monitors down to 20Hz.

If you spend a major concentration your time plumbing the depths of audio in bass-oriented music, such as hip-hop and R&B, or film post, where thunderous effects, orchestral score, and dialog have to peacefully co-exist, the powerful ADAM Sub15 gives you 1,000 watts of low-frequency extension down to 20Hz—great for large control rooms and equally large productions. The ADAM Sub15 features a sturdy 15" woofer made of an exceptionally rigid aluminum membrane. Why aluminum you ask? A 15-inch woofer has to overcome more inertia than smaller cones in order to respond quickly to transient information. The Sub15 is driven by two powerful magnets and a 4" (100 mm) voice coil. The Sub15’s inertia busting power assist comes from a highly efficient PWM (pulse-width modulation) amplifier that pumps 1000 watts (RMS) of power into the Sub15’s driver with an efficiency factor of nearly 90%. With these performance features, the Sub15 is easily capable of handling critical musical passages with intense and sudden bass peaks without showing signs of distortion or overheating.

ADAM Audio Sub15—Just the Facts:

• 15" subwoofer (aluminum)
• Amplifier power RMS/Music, 1000W/1200W
• Frequency response of 20Hz-150Hz
• Maximum SPL 120dB
• Additional sub output enables dual sub system

ADAM Audio Sub15—Behind the Grille

15" aluminum driver

The Sub15 combines excellent transient response capability, thanks to its light-weight aluminum driver, with impressive low-frequency performance to enable a genuinely musical reproduction experience. With a high and undistorted sound pressure output of 120dB maximum SPL at one meter (3 ft.), the Sub15 makes the perfect subwoofer for mid-sized and larger control rooms.

A downward-firing bass-reflex port has been specially designed with ample dimensions and rounded edges to cancel any port noise that could compromise playback. Best of all, with an ADAM Sub15 working in concert with your monitor system, you get all the low-frequency information you need to make informed mix decisions. Plus, if you do decide that you want to pin your clients to the back wall, you can.      

PWM custom amplifier

PWM (Pulse Width Modulation) also known as Class D amplification or switching amp technology, converts the incoming signal to a series of rectangular waveforms of equal height. The width of the rectangles varies in time and represents the musical signal. This waveform can be amplified much more simply, as the transistors are used as switches that only turn the power supply voltage on and off.

Advantages of PWM

The main advantage of PWM amplifiers is their extremely high efficiency (>90%). As a consequence the heat to be dissipated is only one-fifth of earlier designs, leading to much lower temperatures within the amps and making the use of heat sinks unnecessary. The ADAM units use a proprietary technology for both the amp and the power supply section (i.e. no more transformers) combined with state-of-the-art input and filter sections to achieve the best in multi-channel active monitoring.

Room-compensation controls and I/O

In order to adjust the sound of the Sub15 to different room situations or individual taste, the Sub15 has several controls including one for volume (-60dB to +6dB) and one for the crossover frequency (50Hz – 150Hz). The satellite speakers can either be driven full range or high-pass filtered at 85Hz. This allows the Sub15 to be easily integrated into a Dolby surround setup. Unfavorable phase relationships between the satellites and the subwoofer, particularly in the crossover frequency range, can be easily controlled with the rear-panel phase-reverse switch.

The Sub15 is also very flexible when it comes to connectivity: There are balanced (XLR) and unbalanced (RCA) Left/Right input/output connectors to be found on the rear of the subwoofer, plus an additional output enables a dual subwoofer array.

ADAM Audio Sub15 features and benefits:

Linear bass reproduction down to 20 Hz   

• Optimal addition to midfield and main monitors

Maximum Peak sound pressure in 1 m ≥ 120dB   

• Powerful, compression-free sound reproduction even at very high sound levels

High-efficiency PWM amplifier   

• Low-distortion amplification at both low and high volume levels

Special 15" woofer with aluminum diaphragm   

• Unrestricted bass reproduction for low-fatigue operation even at high volumes

Additional sub output   

• Allows building a dual bass array

Downward working bass reflex tube with generous dimensions and corresponding rounding   

• Prevention of air turbulence noise

Upper cut-off frequency is selectable between 50Hz-150 Hz   

• Allows optimal adaptation of the total system on the bass performance of the satellites

Connectable high-pass filter for the satellite outputs, which blocks signals below 85Hz   

• Dolby^®—Fair reproduction of film sound
• Disengages the satellites from the low frequencies

2-year warranty with an optional extension to 3 years with the registration of the product   

• Full repair service if required for 5 years

The ADAM Sub15’s excellent transient response and impressive low-frequency extension to 20Hz make it a perfect subwoofer for mid-sized and larger control rooms. For more information, call or chat online with your PAD Studio Specialist.

Specifications

• Subwoofer: 15" / 310 mm
• Voice coil diameter: 4" / 100 mm
• Woofer material: Aluminum
• Built-in amplifiers: 1
• Subwoofer channel 1/2: 1,000W/1,200W
• Frequency response: 20Hz-150Hz
• THD >60 Hz: ≤ 1%
• Maximum peak: ≥ 120dB
• Crossover frequency: 50Hz-150Hz
• Inputs: XLR / RCA
• Input impedance 100k ohm
• Weight 114 lb. / 52 kg
• Dimensions (H x W x D): 25" x 18-1/2" x 21" / 635 x 470 x 525 mm
• Warranty: 2 years with 3 years optional extension

The ADAM Audio Sub2100 is a 1,000-watt subwoofer with a 21.5" woofer, bass reflex cabinet tuned flat down to 18Hz, and the world’s largest voice coil.

Certain styles of music and their makers depend on being able to not just hear what’s happening in the sub-basement but to feel it as well. Not just limited to music, film production of the superhero/action variety require a visceral engagement with explosions, thunder, earthquakes, and the roar of genetically modified alien battle kitties. For these applications and more, ADAM Audio gives you the Sub2100; an Ohio-class nuclear subwoofer with a 21.5" paper subwoofer and a Class D amplifier capable of outputting 1000-watts of continuous power. The Sub2100 packs all of this in a bass reflex enclosure tuned for the accurate reproduction of low frequencies down to 18Hz. If you think that’s a bit of overkill, keep in mind that Alan Sides’ Ocean Way Studio control room is tuned to be flat down to 18Hz. (A linear bass below human hearing is responsible for fullness and accuracy in the audible spectrum). There’s a lot going on below the 45-50Hz cutoff of most studio monitors, such as the E string of a bass at 41Hz and 31 Hz B-string of a 5-string bass, not to mention first-octave A on piano at 27.5Hz. So you see, there’s plenty of reason to be able to reach down low in order to hear what’s really going on in the realm where the greatest amount of energy in recorded music lives. (Also, it’s fun to crank the bass and vibrate your clients across the control room floor like those electric football games).

ADAM Audio Sub2100—Just the Facts:

• 21.5" subwoofer
• Amplifier power RMS/Music, 1000W/1200W
• World’s largest voice coil: 6"
• Frequency response of 18Hz-150Hz
• Maximum SPL 128dB
• Additional sub output enables dual subwoofer system

ADAM Audio Sub2100—Behind the Grille

If your control room is large enough to park a Boeing 747, like Real World Studios, or you’re working in a film post room with a multi-operator console and theater seating, ADAM gives you the unique Sub2100 subwoofer, built for the special requirements of large control rooms and studios. The Sub2100 combines a huge 21.5" woofer and an amplifier capable of 1000W continuous power housed in a bass reflex enclosure tuned for reproducing frequencies down to 18Hz. The sheer power and extremely high efficiency (99dB/ W/m) enable this system to produce linear SPL peaks of ≥128dB without any significant compression.

The world‘s largest voice coil

Essential to the volume of this woofer is its enormous 6" voice coil, which is the largest in human captivity. As a result, the Sub2100 is capable of reaching the highest SPL in the lowest frequencies capable of being perceived by the human ear. On every level, the Sub2100 establishes a new benchmark in subwoofer technology.

PWM custom amplifier

PWM (Pulse Width Modulation) also known as Class D amplification or switching amp technology, converts the incoming signal to a series of rectangular waveforms of equal height. The width of the rectangles varies in time and represents the musical signal. This waveform can be amplified much more simply, as the transistors are used as switches that only turn the power supply voltage on and off.

Advantages of PWM

The main advantage of PWM amplifiers is their extremely high efficiency (>90%). As a consequence the heat to be dissipated is only one-fifth of earlier designs, leading to much lower temperatures within the amps and making the use of heat sinks unnecessary. The ADAM units use a proprietary technology for both the amp and the power supply section (i.e. no more transformers) combined with state-of-the-art input and filter sections to achieve the best in multi-channel active monitoring.

Room-compensation controls and I/O

In order to adjust the sound of the Sub2100 to different room situations or individual taste, controls include volume (-60dB to +6dB) and crossover frequency (50Hz – 150Hz). The satellite speakers can either be driven full range or high-pass filtered at 85Hz. This allows the Sub2100 to be easily integrated into a Dolby surround setup. Unfavorable phase relationships between the satellites and the subwoofer, particularly in the crossover frequency range, can be easily controlled with the rear-panel phase-reverse switch.

The Sub2100 is also very flexible when it comes to connectivity: There are balanced (XLR) and unbalanced (RCA) Left/Right input/output connectors to be found on the rear of the subwoofer, plus an additional output enables a dual subwoofer array.

ADAM Audio Sub2100 features/benefits:

21.5" woofer, 1000 watts   

• Need we say more? No?

Linear bass reproduction down to 18Hz   

• Ideal addition to main monitors

Maximum Peak sound pressure in 1 m ≥ 128dB   

• Powerful, compression-free sound reproduction even at very high sound levels

High-efficiency PWM amplifier   

• Low-distortion amplification at both low and high volume levels

Special 21.5" woofer with paper diaphragm   

• Unrestricted bass reproduction for low-fatigue operation even at very high volumes

6" (150 mm) voice coil   

• Enables maximum sound pressure in the deepest sound areas perceived by the human ear

Additional sub output   

• Allows building a (double) bass array

Upper cut-off frequency is selectable between 50 - 150 Hz   

• Allows optimal adaptation of the total system on the bass performance of the satellites

Connectable high-pass filter for the satellite outputs, which blocks signals below 85Hz   

• Dolby^®- Fair reproduction of film sound
• Disengages the satellites from the low frequencies

2 years warranty with an optional extension to 3 years with the registration of the product   

• Full repair service if required for 5 years

One of the best-kept secrets of a professional sound is rooted in how well you manage the bass frequencies. Add an ADAM Sub2100 to your mains and all will be revealed. For more information, call or chat online with your PAD Studio Specialist.

Specifications

• Subwoofer: 21.5" / 543 mm
• Voice coil diameter: 6" / 150 mm
• Woofer material: Paper
• Built-in amplifiers: 1
• Subwoofer channel 1/2: 1,000W/1,200W
• Frequency response: 18Hz-150Hz
• THD >60 Hz: ≤ 1%
• Maximum peak: ≥ 128dB
• Crossover frequency: 50Hz-150Hz
• Inputs: XLR / RCA
• Input impedance 10k ohm
• Weight 187.4 lb. /85 kg
• Dimensions (H x W x D): 33-1/2" x 23-1/2" x 28" / 850 x 600 x 705 mm
• Warranty: 2 years with 3 years optional extension

The ADAM Audio Sub8 is an 8.5", 160-watt, active subwoofer with 110dB peak SPL and 28-150Hz frequency range, featuring remote control of volume and crossover frequency.

The Sub8 is the next step up in ADAM’s range of subwoofers in terms of speaker size and power. It’s 8.5" woofer with large 1.5" voice coil provides bass extension down to 28Hz, filling rooms of approximately 60 sq./ft. with precise and powerful bass, thanks to its onboard 160-watt Class D (PWM) amplifier. The Sub8’s amplifier, built by ICEpower, combines low heat generation with high performance to handle maximum power levels, even during long mix sessions. The Sub8’s front panel features two motorized knobs for input level and crossover frequency settings, which can be controlled manually or remotely. An included wireless remote lets you to optimize your sound from your listening position. The Sub8 is an ideal match for the ADAM AX-Series, S1X, and S2X nearfield monitors.

ADAM Audio Sub8—Just the Facts:

• Small form-factor makes easy placement in space-challenged studios
• 5" Subwoofer (paper)
• Amplifier power RMS/Music, 160W/240W
• Frequency Response of 28Hz-150Hz
• Peak SPL 110dB
• Remote control of crossover and volume lets you adjust without leaving the sweet spot

ADAM Audio Sub8—Behind the Grille

Small footprint big sound

The Sub8 has been designed to complement monitors in the AX-Series, as well as the S1X and S2X nearfield monitors. Its compact size allows for easy placement in environments where real-estate is limited. The Sub8’s motorized front-panel volume and crossover controls can be adjusted manually or via the included remote control, which lets you make volume changes or crossover frequency adjustments from your studio sweet spot or comfy sofa (if you’ve got an ADAM-equipped home theater). The Sub8 I/O includes both balanced XLR and unbalanced RCA input and output connectors, enabling it to be used in home or studio environments.

The Sub8 has several control options allow for various adjustments to room acoustics or the satellite speakers in your system. These controls include A 0°/180° phase switch and a switchable 85Hz high-pass filter to find the best setting for an optimum in sound and performance. The low cut-off frequency of 28Hz (-3dB point) enables the Sub8 to reproduce audio in the low register in a highly authentic manner.

Efficient PWM amplifier

The PWM (pulse-width modulation) amplifier, also known as Class D switching amp, is supplied by ICEpower, a Danish company that’s a subsidiary of Bang & Olufsen. The advantage of PWM amplifiers rests in their efficiency, which is over 90%. Instead of the linear power regulation used in Class A/B amplifiers, which leads to energy losses in power transistors, Class D amplifiers use switching transistors. Nearly no energy loss occurs at the transistor, which means nearly all the power is carried to the transducer. This amplifier can handle critical passages for long periods of time without overheating.

Rear-panel I/O

Rear-panel I/O includes balanced XLR and unbalanced RCA input

connectors. The Sub8 also has left and right satellite outputs that connect to the inputs of the left and right main powered speakers or the inputs of the amps powering the main speakers. The satellites can be driven full range or with an 85Hz high-pass filter. There is also a phase reverse switch in case the satellites are out of phase with the subwoofer.

ADAM Sub8 features and benefits:

Linear bass reproduction down to 28Hz:

• Ideal addition to smaller nearfield monitors

Maximum Peak sound pressure in 1 m ≥ 110dB:

• Powerful, compression-free sound reproduction even at very high SPL

High-efficiency PWM amplifier:  

• Low-distortion amplification at both low and high volume levels

Special 7" woofer with paper diaphragm   :

• Unrestricted bass reproduction for low-fatigue operation

Easy manual or automatic (de-)activation (via optional footswitch)  

• If desired, monitoring is possible without the low frequencies

Upper cut-off frequency is selectable between 50Hz to 150Hz  

• Allows optimal adaptation of the total system on the bass performance of the satellites

Connectable high-pass filter for the satellite outputs, which blocks signals below 85Hz  

• Dolby—Fair reproduction of film sound; discharging the satellites from the low frequencies

Remote control (contained in the delivery contents):  

• Comfortable control in any situation

Analog XLR and RCA inputs:

• Optimized for balanced and unbalanced line signals

Small footprint:  

• Flexible positioning in room for optimal sound results

2 years warranty with optional extension to 3 years with the registration of the product  

• Full repair service if required for 5 years

If you’re missing the lows from your ADAM AX-series (or any) monitors, add a Sub8 subwoofer and mix with a full frequency range. Order yours today. For more information, call or chat online with your PAD Studio Specialist.

Specifications

• Driver: 8.5" (210 mm)
• Voice coil ø: 38 mm / 1.5“
• Cone material: coated paper
• power RMS / music: 160W/240W
• Frequency response: ±3dB: 28Hz-150Hz
• THD >60Hz: ≤1 %
• SPL max in 1m: ≥ 110dB
• Crossover frequencies: 50-150Hz
• Input connectors: XLR / RCA
• Input impedance: 10k ohm
• Weight: 12 kg / 26.5 lb.
• Magnetic shielding: no
• Height x Width x Depth: 410 x 260 x 380 mm 16" x 10" x 15"
• Warranty: 5 year (2-year plus optional 3-year extended)
  

The T10S is a powerful yet compact active subwoofer, designed to extend the bass response of any nearfield studio monitor. However, the subwoofer’s performance, features and connectivity are engineered specifically to complement ADAM Audio’s T5V and T7V speakers.

Equipped with a down-firing 10˝ woofer and a 130 W Class-D amplifier, the T10S’ frequency response ranges from 28 Hz to 120 Hz and offers an impressive max. SPL of 104 dB. An internal adjustable two-channel crossover allows calibration of the bass signal and provides optimal performance of the total system. The options at the rear of the subwoofer allow for varied adjustments which compensate for room acoustics or they offer more control for satellites attached.

While reciting the T Series design language, the T10S is one of the most compact subwoofers in its class, which allows it to be easily integrated in any studio environment. The acoustic performance was optimized by four high grade flexible rubber feet that prevent the sound from exciting the floor and a spacious rear facing bass reflex port for an optimized airflow.

The T5V is a highly affordable two-way nearfield monitor and optimized for small control rooms.

With its 5” woofer the bass-frequency response of the T5V extends to 45 Hz. The new U-ART tweeter, a breakthrough solution for use in high-resolution recording and mixing on a budget, goes up to 25 kHz and is mated to a precision waveguide with the same dispersion-control attributes as the High Frequency Propagation (HPS) waveguide used in ADAM Audio’s flagship S Series monitors. The waveguide’s highly uniform dispersion of high frequencies provides an incredibly wide sweet spot that frees you from being glued to a rigid mix position while working.

A beveled cabinet with a rear-firing bass reflex port and a small footprint allows placement anywhere in your room, no matter how small, and contains built-in DSP-controlled driver crossovers and equalization as well as multi-way analog connections. Powered with a 50 W Class D amplifier for the woofer and a 20 W Class D amplifier for the U-ART tweeter, the T5V produces SPLs of up to 106 dB per pair.

Excellent acoustic characteristics, small dimensions and an outstanding cost/performance ratio make this studio monitor perfectly suited for use in small control rooms in music, video and broadcast production.

If you need to hear more bottom end, the T5V is compatible with the ADAM Audio T10S subwoofer.

The T7V is a two-way studio monitor designed for vertical use in a nearfield application.

The T7V features a 7” woofer that provides bass extension down to 39 Hz, while the U-ART tweeter’s diaphragm provides pristine and extended high-frequency response up to 25 kHz – virtually unheard of in monitors in this price range. The U-ART tweeter is fitted to a precision waveguide with the same dispersion-control attributes as the High Frequency Propagation (HPS) waveguide used in ADAM Audio’s flagship S Series studio monitors. The waveguide’s highly uniform dispersion of high frequencies provides an incredibly wide sweet spot that frees you from being glued to a rigid mix position while working.

On the rear side of the T7V’s beveled cabinet, a rear-firing bass reflex port joins a sturdy metal backplate that’s home to the analog input connections. The U-ART tweeter is powered by a 20 W Class-D amp, while a 50 W Class-D amp serves the woofer. These new powerhouses yield an impressive maximum of 110 dB SPL per pair.

The wide frequency response, high dynamic range, excellent transient response, wide sweet spot and small footprints make the T7V perfectly suited for use in small control rooms for music production, video post-production and broadcast production – a great fit for the modest budgets that many facilities need to work with.

The ADAM Audio T10S subwoofer is the perfect match to complement the T7V to extend the capabilities of monitoring in the bottom end.

The T8V is an affordable, professional 2-way powered studio monitor with an 8˝ woofer and ADAM Audio’s latest addition to the T Series. Designed around the same technology, features and build quality as its smaller siblings, the T8V provides best-in-class characteristics and sound performance.

The T8V impresses with a multitude of features that bring real benefits to the user: The U-ART tweeter’s 4:1 velocity transfer ratio, in combination with the new Class D amplifiers’ high dynamic range, yield respective max. peak SPL of 118 dB per pair. The tweeter, which extends up to 25 kHz, works as a team with the HPS Waveguide. This allows an optimal radiation of the high frequencies, which means the advantage of a more controlled, larger usable sweet spot during monitoring. With a bass extension down to 33 Hz, the T8V is especially suitable for users who produce bass-heavy music.

The T8V is the perfect studio speaker for those who have always wanted to work with an 8“ monitor from ADAM Audio, but where budgets have been insufficient. The 5-year warranty gives users additional security and the certainty of having purchased a quality product.

The ADAM Audio S2V is a professional-level, two-way (300W LF / 50W HF) nearfield monitor for small- to medium-size control rooms, featuring a 7" bass driver, S-ART ribbon tweeter, and DSP optimization control.  

The ADAM Audio S2V nearfield monitor is the baby of the S Series, but that doesn’t mean it should be taken lightly. A professional’s monitor through and through, it has already won Sound On Sound’s Best New Studio Monitor award, Audiofanzine’s Innovation award, DJ Mag’s Star Product award, and is currently a TEC award nominee. The SV2 won’t take up a lot of room on your meter bridge, but it still has the power to impress, should you need it. It’s newly designed, 7" Hexacone bass driver pushes a lot of air, thanks to a 300W class D amplifier, as does its 50-watt S-Art ribbon tweeter. In fact, pushing more air is what ribbon tweeters are all about. There folded design increases the acoustically effective area of the diaphragm by a factor of more than 2.5 times that of standard tweeters. The resulting higher dynamic output when combined with the newly developed HPS waveguide and a linear frequency response out to 50kHz is why ADAM monitors have precise imaging and a “sweet spot for days.”  

ADAM Audio S2V—Just the Facts:

• German handmade precision S-ART tweeter with HPS waveguide
• 7“ woofer (Hexacone)
• Cumulative amplifier power RMS: 350W; 300W LF, 50W HF
• Frequency response: 35Hz - 50kHz
• SPL per pair at 1m: ≥120dB
• Custom-designed DSP optimizes crossovers to create linear responses for the entire range
• User equalization and in-room tuning/voicing functions
• AES3 digital inputs and various expansion options

ADAM Audio S3V—Behind the Grille

S-ART tweeter

All monitors in ADAM’s S-series feature the latest iteration of ADAM’s world-famous X-ART tweeter design, handmade in Berlin. The manufacturing process for each tweeter has been raised to an even higher standard of precision, with a more stringent post-factory testing regime—hence the new designation, “S-ART.” The driver’s precise transient response and its ability to reproduce the subtlest high-end detail, distortion-free, and with natural-sounding dynamics, is the foundation of ADAM Audio’s worldwide reputation as a leading manufacturer of audio equipment.

HPS waveguide

The HPS (High-frequency Propagation System) waveguide is designed for the S-ART tweeter with the aid of the latest computer modeling techniques. It refines the dispersion of the speakers to an even, uniform consistency, with a broad horizontal axis and tightly focused in the vertical plane. This minimizes potentially distracting reflections from the horizontal surfaces of studio furniture, such as mixing consoles, ensuring that imaging remains constant, creating a large, stable sweet spot, even at high output levels.

Extended Linear Excursion (ELE) low-frequency driver

Bass frequencies from 32 Hz to 250 Hz are handled by ADAM Audio’s low-frequency HexaCone driver, which incorporates the company’s equally groundbreaking Symmetrical Magnet Assembly (SMA), delivering a powerful and extremely accurate low end extending down into the sub-bass region.

The S Series ELE bass driver (short for Extended Linear Excursion) is a custom design created especially for and in parallel with the S Series cabinet and bass-reflex system. It guarantees accurate audio reproduction at an extremely high-resolution thanks to the precise relationship between its low weight, optimized inner damping, highly rigid honeycomb cone, and a basket that eliminates unwanted resonance and distortion. The result is a bass driver that offers clarity and transparency uncommon in low-frequency audio reproduction, plus great precision even at high sound pressure levels.

Another notable feature of the ELE driver is its mechanical suspension, which operates optimally over long excursions, allowing high-SPL bass frequencies to be reproduced without distortion. Low-frequency energy is not limited as it is on similar systems. Softer, less highly tensioned driver suspensions may allow uncontrolled displacement at high SPL. The highly tensioned linear S-series suspension system dampens the movements of the supporting membrane in a controlled manner, even at high output levels, fully preserving the dynamics of the original audio. The suspension is extremely robust and ensures distortion-free reproduction across the entire audible spectrum.

The newly created long-throw speaker surround was also carefully engineered to be considerably more resilient than competing modern designs. This greatly increases the maximum possible excursion of the driver membrane, improving dynamic range and reducing distortion.

Finally, the loudspeaker basket is anodized by means of a specially optimized process during manufacture: the material’s black finish absorbs heat and provides another means by which the driver is kept cool, which in turn preserves its integrity and lifespan.

SMA™ (Symmetrical Magnet Assembly)

The newly developed magnet assembly in the bass driver, which ADAM Audio has named the SMA (Symmetrical Magnet Assembly), extends the maximum possible excursion of the electromagnetic voice coil by a factor of three compared to previous designs. The greatly extended travel ensures that the membrane operates in a linear fashion over a relatively large distance, displaces a greater volume of air, and is capable of higher maximum output. The design allows the driver to accurately reproduce low-frequency signals without distortion, even during extremely large excursions.

As voice coils warm, their resistance changes, damping and dynamic range are reduced, operational parameters change, and low frequencies are no longer reproduced cleanly. These unwanted effects are eliminated by an ingenious built-in ventilation system that prevents warming of the large, custom-designed voice coils, thus reducing the effects of power compression below the threshold of audibility.

The carefully engineered construction makes use of materials designed to encourage heat dissipation, and also keeps unwanted air turbulence and compression out of the magnet assembly, minimizing distortion.

The SMA also features several other innovations developed by ADAM Audio especially for the S Series that minimize non-linear third-order distortion.

S-series amplifiers

The low-frequency and midrange drivers on the S Series are powered by distortion-free Class-D ICEpower amplifiers (ICEpower is a subsidiary of Bang & Olufsen). Over 90 percent efficient, these designs are much more robust and offer a longer working life than traditional Class A/B amplification. However, Class A/B can offer more bandwidth and tonal advantages when amplifying high-frequency audio. For this reason, ADAM has developed a special 50W, low-noise Class A/B power amp, which operates in a linear fashion up to 300kHz, to drive the tweeter. A signal that’s -3dB at 25kHz can cause a -50° phase shift in the audible spectrum (appearing at 10kHz), whereas -3dB at 250Hz reduces the in-band phase shift to less than 1°. The linear response of the amplifier up to 300kHz in concert with the S-ART ribbon tweeter is responsible for the stunning spatial accuracy, transient detail, and significantly greater overall program reality of the S2V.

Custom-designed DSP

The S-series custom-designed DSP provides perfectly tuned crossovers that guarantee optimal frequency response, as well as a dynamic range greater than that offered by traditional analog crossovers with no loss of resolution.

The DSP also includes a comprehensive array of options for in-room optimization. A rear-panel OLED display and dual-function push-button/rotary encoder allow control over overall level, two parametric shelving filters (one for the bass, the other for the highs) as well as six fully parametric EQs with variable Q that may be assigned to boost or cut level at specific frequencies.

Five memories are also provided to store voicing presets. On most S Series models, the first two are non-editable factory presets. The first is the default tuning, labeled “Pure,” featuring an extremely accurate frequency response. The second is a dynamic, natural-sounding response curve of ADAM’s own design, which is known as UNR™ (the Uniform Natural Response). The remaining three memory locations are available to store users’ own personal voicing presets.

The DSP also offers limiter-based protection, AES3 digital inputs, and connectors for future expansion options. A USB connector allows software upgrades and facilitates connection to computer-based editing software, so that voicing adjustments or preset selection can be carried out without the need to access the rear panel of your monitors – a useful option if they are soffit-mounted.

The S Series bass reflex tubes

The bass reflex ports have been aerodynamically redesigned with optimal rounding to minimize signal loss and coloration due to air friction and turbulence. They incorporate additional anti-resonance technology in their port designs to keep pipe-related tonal coloration to a minimum.

S Series cabinets

While the commanding appearance and robust construction of the S Series cabinets reflect ADAM’s foundation in industrial engineering, the aesthetics are rooted in practical considerations. The cabinets are solidly constructed from thick, vibration-resistant material to reduce unwanted resonance and coloration, even at high listening levels. The design also features large-radius rounded edges, which help to minimize unwanted edge-diffraction effects that would otherwise negatively combine with the direct sound. The robust finish affords the speakers extra protection from the stresses and strains (or stains) of daily life in a recording studio.

If your livelihood depends on the quality of your monitors, you can rely on the response and balanced, razor-sharp imaging of ADAM S2V monitors. To integrate an ADAM S2V system in your studio, call or chat online with your PAD Studio Consultant today.  

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Features/Benefits

S-ART tweeter, handmade in Berlin and manufactured to the tightest tolerances in ADAM Audio’s history: 

• Allows longer operation with less fatigue
• Breakup is prevented by the folded diaphragm, distortion is effectively reduced to a minimum
• Wide dynamic range due to an acoustically effective surface area 2.5 times that of a classic tweeter (according to the piston principle)

Air velocity ratio of 4:1 during the sound generation by folded S-ART membrane: 

• Direct, fast response in the high-end even with complex transients

Newly designed HPS waveguide, milled from a solid block of aluminum: 

• Makes dispersion more consistent, imaging more stable over a wider area
• Reduction of early reflections on surfaces such as mixing consoles, desks, etc.

Custom-built Extended Linear Excursion (ELE) bass driver: 

• extremely high-resolution audio reproduction thanks to a precise relationship between its low weight, optimized inner damping, and highly rigid HexaCone membrane, in conjunction with a basket developed to eliminate unwanted resonance and distortion

Custom-designed Symmetrical Magnet Assembly (SMA): 

• Allows the voice coil a maximum excursion three times greater than that offered by previous designs, with an extended, symmetrical magnetic field ensuring linear, low-distortion operation
• Power compression effects are prevented by an intelligent self-cooling system

Spacious bass reflex ports on the front: 

• Bass reproduction with very low compression
• Allows positioning close to walls

Highly efficient PWM ICEpower amplifier for the woofer and midrange driver coupled with an A/B amplifier for S-ART tweeter: 

• Low-distortion amplification at both low and high volume levels

Linear frequency response of 35Hz to 50kHz: 

• Accurate, un-hyped reproduction across a wide frequency band

Maximum peak sound pressure per pair in 1m ≥ 120dB: 

• Powerful, compression-free sound reproduction even at very high levels

Custom DSP engine: 

• Perfect crossovers for optimal frequency response and maximum dynamic range
• EQ options and presets for in-room optimization
• Limiter-based amp protection, AES3 digital inputs and board connectors for future expansion options, USB connector for software upgrades and computer-based control

Analog XLR input: 

• Optimized for balanced line signals

Acoustically optimized and robust cabinet construction: 

• Reduction of susceptibility to vibrations and unwanted edge-diffraction effect

2-year warranty with an optional extension to 3 years with the registration of the product: 

• Full repair service if required for 5 years

Specifications

General Data:

• Frequency response: 35Hz - 50kHz
• THD > 100Hz: ≤0.4 %
• SPL per pair at 1m: ≥120 dB
• Crossover frequencies: 3kHz
• power consumption: 230W

Woofer:

• Number: 1
• Basket Ø: 7" (178 mm)
• Voice coil Ø: 1.5" (39 mm)
• Cone material: HexaCone
  

Tweeter:

• Number: 1
• Type: S-ART
• Diaphragm area: 4 inch² (2420 mm²)
• diaphragm Ø: 2" (56 mm)
• Velocity transform ratio: 4:1
• Diaphragm weight: 0.005 oz. (0.17g)
• Waveguide: HPS

Built-In Amplifiers:

• Number: 2
• Woofer: 1
• Type: PWM
• power RMS: 300W
• Tweeter: 1
• Type: A/B
• power RMS: 50W
  

Control Options:

• Input sensitivity: Adjustable
• Parametric EQs: 6
• Room compensation high-shelf EQ: 1
• Room compensation low-shelf EQ: 1
• Preset memories: 5
• Delay: 0ms to 5ms

Input Connectors:

• Analog: XLR
• Input impedance: 48k ohm
• input level: +24dBu
• Digital: AES3

Physical:

• Weight: 24.2 lb. (11.0 kg)
• Dimensions: H x W x D: 13-5/8" x 8-11/16" x 13-5/16" ( 346 x 222 x 338 mm)
• Warranty: 5 years (2 years warranty plus 3 years optional with product registration)
• Delivery Contents: Power cord, manual

Additional shipping for order #1861.

AEA’s KU4 is one of the most useful and unique ribbon microphones in the world. Its supercardioid polar pattern rejects bleed from other instruments and reflections in the room while retaining matchless top-end clarity. As the brightest mic in the AEA line, it retains the full spectrum sonic range that has made ribbon mics a staple in most of the world’s great recording studios.

The KU4’s minimal proximity effect and accented mid-range make it an exceptional vocal mic that captures the presence and detail of a performance. Its near-field nature also lends to the close range recording of kick drums, strings, and woodwinds, providing a welcome brightness and balance in the mix.

THE NEAR-FIELD SUPERCARDIOID

The supercardioid KU5A breaks new ground in ribbon technology with its acutely focused directionality that rejects bleed from other instruments, room reflections, and loud ambience in the studio and on stage.

Never before has a ribbon mic delivered as much clarity and breadth of sound in a package so fit for both studio and live use. As a near-field ribbon designed for close range recording, the KU5A delivers the low-end heft and pronounced midrange one expects of AEA ribbons and with moderate, manageable proximity effect. Vocalists can sing directly into the grill of the KU5A, as its interior components are the most protected of any in the AEA lineup.

The KU5A is equipped with active electronics, fit for any preamp in the studio and on the road, as well as an integrated high-pass filter to roll off low end in close range recording applications.

THE SUPERCARDIOID RIBBON

The NUVO N22 is a modern near-field and active ribbon mic with a rugged lightweight design, extended top-end clarity, and reduced proximity effect making it perfect for close miking of instruments.

N22 MICROPHONE OVERVIEW

NUVO N8

The active NUVO N8 is a modern ribbon mic that records the live, natural sound of instruments within a space as it would sound in-person, with all subtlety and nuance present. It effortlessly captures complex sources like drums, strings, piano, and other instruments that can produce intricate transients, harsh highs, and bellowing lows.

N8 MICROPHONE OVERVIEW

R44 SERIES MICROPHONE OVERVIEW

R84 series ribbon microphones deliver the classic tonality of the legendary R44, with extended top-end and reduced proximity effect for mid-range and close-range recording. The R84A is an active version of the passive R84 that allows compatibility with a wider range of preamplifiers.

R84 SERIES MICROPHONE OVERVIEW

R84 series ribbon microphones deliver the classic tonality of the legendary R44, with extended top-end and reduced proximity effect for mid-range and close-range recording. The R84A is an active version of the passive R84 that allows compatibility with a wider range of preamplifiers.

R84 SERIES MICROPHONE OVERVIEW

R88 Series ribbon mics capture sound as your ears hear it, with an honest and open tonality. The R88 and R88A effortlessly record complex sources like drums, strings, piano, and other instruments that produce intricate transients, harsher highs, and bellowing lows.

R88 SERIES MICROPHONE OVERVIEW

R88 Series ribbon mics capture sound as your ears hear it, with an honest and open tonality. The R88 and R88A effortlessly record complex sources like drums, strings, piano, and other instruments that produce intricate transients, harsher highs, and bellowing lows.

R88 SERIES MICROPHONE OVERVIEW

With a thick low-end and hefty midrange, the dual-toned and near-field R92 ribbon mic is an exceptional tool when building a classic sound.

R92 MICROPHONE OVERVIEW

The AEA RPQ3 preamp and EQ utilizes our newest 3rd generation circuit design. Two channels of high-output, high-impedance, and low-noise gain with our unique EQ architecture optimizes the performance of your microphones.

RPQ3 PREAMP OVERVIEW

The AEA RPQ500 preamp and EQ provides high-quality, high-gain, low-noise preamplification with a rich and musical sound that complements the natural tonality of your microphones.

RPQ500 PREAMP OVERVIEW

The AEA TRP3 mic preamp utilizes our newest 3rd generation circuit design. This versatile, half-rack preamp provides two channels of high-output, high-impedance, and low-noise gain with a rich and natural sound that brings out the full potential of your microphones.

TRP3 PREAMP OVERVIEW