M-Audio BX8 Carbon Active Studio Monitor, Single - Box Opened

Full Description

Professional Monitoring for the Professional Studio

The BX8 Carbon studio monitor helps you track, monitor, and mix with confidence by providing accurate sound and dynamic acoustic control. Equipped with a 8" woven Kevlar low-frequency driver and 1.25" natural silk dome tweeter, the BX8 Carbon delivers a flat frequency response, enhanced stereo imaging, and increased clarity for authentic, professional mixing. The bi-amplified 130 Watt Class A/B amplification means high power with less noise and ensures that your monitoring setup can handle today's modern music with ease. With the BX8 Carbon, your music is ready for any listening environment.

Sweeter Sweet Spot

The tweeter's waveguide has been enhanced to provide an expansive sweet spot and superior stereo imaging. A wider mix position gives you professional monitoring for any caliber studio. Pinhole-mounted LED placement cues help locate and light up the sweet spot to ensure a speaker placement that reliably translates stereo information and frequencies. When the LEDs turn bright, you know you're dead center and ready to start mixing your sessions or laying down tracks with the BX8 Carbon.

Acoustic Control

Mixing doesn't occur in a vacuum. Your listening environment influences your mixing decisions and, ultimately, the sound of your music. The BX8 Carbon's Acoustic Space Control, a series of calibration tools, helps provide optimal acoustic conditions for tracking, mixing, and monitoring anywhere. Adapt the BX8 Carbon to any mixing environment-from bedrooms to basements to professional studios-without compromising frequency detail or stereo image. The result is a flexible monitoring setup for the most demanding mixing environments.

Features

• Bi-amplified design with 130 watts of distributed power for cohesive, accurate sound
• 8-inch low-frequency drivers with Kevlar cones for rich, defined lows
• 1.25-inch high-frequency drivers with natural silk domes and integrated waveguides for smooth, clear highs
• Optimized rear ports for extended low-frequency response
• Magnetic shielding eliminates interference with other electronic equipment
• XLR balanced and 1/4” balanced/unbalanced inputs for connecting mixers, amplifiers, instruments, DJ gear, and more
• Integrated volume control
• Includes two isolation pads

Specifications

• Type: 2-way near-field studio reference monitors
• LF Driver: 8-inch (203mm) Kevlar curved cone with high temperature voice coil and damped rubber surround. Magnetically shielded.
• HF Driver: 1.25-inch (32mm) magnetically shielded natural silk dome
• Frequency Response: 38 Hz - 22 kHz
• Crossover Frequency: 2.2 kHz
• LF Amplifier Power: 70 W
• HF Amplifier Power: 60 W
• Signal-to-Noise Ratio: 100 dB typical A-weighted
• Input Connectors: 1 x XLR balanced input connector, 1 x TRS balanced/unbalanced input connector
• Polarity: Positive signal at + input produce outward LF cone displacement
• Input Impedance: 20 Kohm balanced, 10 Kohm unbalanced
• Input Sensitivity: 85 mV pink noise input produces 90 dBA output SPL at 1 meter with volume control at maximum
• Protection: RF interference, output current limiting, over temperature, turn on/off transient, subsonic filter, external mains fuse.
• Indicator: Power on/off indicator on rear panel
• Power Requirements: Factory-programmed for 115 V 50/60 Hz, 230 V 50/60 Hz, or 100 V 50/60 Hz
• Cabinet: Vinyl-laminated high-acoustic-efficiency MDF
• Dimension (height x width x depth): 15"x 10" x 12" (381mm x 254mm x 305mm)
• Weight (without packing): 26.4 lbs, 12 kg