Tech Focus: Audio Monitoring, Part 2 - Speaker Solutions for Road Warriors

Tech Focus: Audio Monitoring, Part 2 - Speaker Solutions for Road Warriors A look at offerings that meet the needs of a production-truck audio room By Dan Daley, Audio Editor

Wednesday, January 15, 2025 - 7:00 am

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Monitoring in the production-truck audio environment is a narrow niche in the diverse universe of monitor speakers, but it calls for a robust, full-range speaker solution. Here are the market leaders.

Click here for Tech Focus: Audio Monitoring, Part 1 - Immersive Sound Is Changing What Loudspeakers Are and Do.

Genelec 8030C studio monitor

Genelec has upgraded its 8030C nearfield studio monitor with more power, higher SPL capability, and lower energy consumption. The 8030C delivers focused and precise sound with exceptional stereo imaging and directionality, as well as deep bass for its size. It features technology like built-in Iso-Pod decoupling and ISS power management.

The 8330A offers 100 W of Class-D amplification, driving a 5-in. woofer and -in. tweeter and producing a frequency response of 45 Hz to 23 kHz. The bass-reflex port helps the monitor achieve this low-frequency range.

Genelec GLM Software lets you manage, from a single interface, levels, distance delays, and frequency balances of up to 40 networked speakers. The included AutoCal hardware automatically measures, analyses, and adjusts speaker settings.

Neumann KH 120 II studio monitor

Neumann KH 120 II offers analog and S/PDIF connectivity with optional AES67 compatibility. Reproduction down to 44 Hz helps eliminate the need for a subwoofer in small environments.

The KH 150 is a bi-amplified monitor with a 6.5-in. woofer in a bass-reflex cabinet that provides extended low-end and high-SPL capability. DSP-controlled electronics ensure linear phase response and allow room-adaptive calibration via Neumann MA 1 Automatic Monitor Alignment software.

JBL's 705P and 708P (powered) models in its 7 Series line of monitors leverage patented technologies developed for its flagship M2 Master Reference Monitor. The 7 Series delivers detailed imaging, extended frequency response and high output from compact enclosures. Centrally amplified and tuned and easily installed, 705P and 708P comprise a scalable system for broadcast and post facilities working in immersive-audio formats. The monitors are available in both powered and passive models and feature tight integration with the Intonato 24 Monitor Management Tuning System.

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