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Published in SOS July 2009

Reviews : Monitors

Samson’s new low-cost nearfields can produce a big sound, but do they measure up for serious mixing? We find out.

Mike Senior

The A6 is a two-way active speaker from Samson, priced to compete in the crowded budget monitor market. The smart and robust MDF cabinet contains a silk-dome tweeter and an unusual woven carbon-fibre woofer, driven by 25W and 75W of amplification respectively, and crossing over at 2.3kHz. Around at the back are balanced and unbalanced inputs on XLR, TRS jack, and RCA phono connectors, as well as a couple of rotary controls for level and HF contour (the former uncalibrated and the latter switched in 3dB increments).

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Prodipe Pro Ribbon 8

Active Monitors

Ribbon tweeters can yield a smooth sound, while still capably reproducing transient detail — and the Pro Ribbon range promises to do so for an attractive price.

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Active Nearfield Monitors

Focal control everything from design to manufacture in their factory in France — and this approach appears to be paying off.

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Active Midfield Monitors

Getting the balance right between the benefits and disadvantages of ported and non-ported speaker designs is a tricky job, and K+H do it better than most with this ported model.

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Studio Reference Monitors

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Active Nearfield Monitors

Adam have gained a strong reputation for the quality and value for money of their larger reference monitors, but have they had to make any compromises in their smallest model?

KRK RP6 G2

Active Studio Monitors

These monitors may look like their more expensive siblings, but do they also share the family sound?

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Active Studio Monitors

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Mackie MR Series

Active Studio Monitors

Last year Mackie impressed us with their HR Mk2 series of studio monitors, but they've now introduced new models at roughly half the price. Surely this means there are compromises?

Samson MediaOne 4a

Powered Monitors

Obviously, a good multimedia system is better than a bad one, but will a good one be adequate in a home studio?

Acoustic Energy AE22

Active Monitors

Like the venerable Yamaha NS10, this nearfield design puts accurate time-domain response at centre stage - but what does that mean for your mixes? ?????

Tannoy Precision 8iDP

Active DSP Monitors

The latest iteration of Tannoy's Precision 8 includes an intriguing on-board DSP room-correction system.

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Active Stereo Monitors & Subwoofer

If you need a monitor system that can double up for more general multimedia listening, the Exo 2.1 could be just what you're looking for...

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Active Monitors

AVI have a reputation for excellent hi-fi speakers, but with this system they hae turned out a real studio gem.

ESI Near08

Nearfield Active Monitors

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