Equator 2-Way Active Coaxial Studio Monitors with Internal DSP (Sold as a Pair).
"if
there&0s a better speaker that&0s even close to this price range, I
haven&0t heard it. The midrange has excellent definition, particularly
in the upper mids
- they&0re smooth & non-fatiguing.
Electronic Musician Magazine
" The
D5 could arguably top a "$750 & under" small monitor classification;
sonically, I agree that they compete with heavyweight competition from
names such as like Neumann, Genelec & Focal, all of which are much
costlier."
Pro Audio Review Magazine
" The
D5 studio monitor is high quality, low in cost, sounds fantastic,
offers amazing detail & imaging, & is backed by a 60 day money-back
guarantee."
Tape Op Magazine
"I soon realized that something special is going on here."
Recording Magazine
" This is a no-brainer: Buy these speakers. You will not be disappointed."
Mix Magazine
The D5 Studio Monitors:
Our
new D5&0s (Direct 5) studio monitors are geared for the recording
professional seeking a small (9.75" x 7" x 8.5"), affordable, accurate,
well-voiced, reference studio monitor solution. Focused attention was
paid to the development details to ensure that they deliver professional
sonic performance. These monitors feature an expensive coaxially
designed transducer with a 5.25" woofer & a 1" silk tweeter. The
frequency response is 53hz to 20khz. A new cutting edge digital
amplifier with breakthrough performance was designed specifically for
the D5. The internal DSP allows for intricate factory adjustments.
The
D5 also has pro features such as balanced XLR & balanced/unbalanced
TRS inputs as well as a boundary selection switch
to select the appropriate monitor response for their placement (in a
corner, in front of a wall, free standing). No plastic front baffle
here. The D5 features an all wood cabinet, including a wood front
baffle for optimum performance. No simple air releasing cutout on the
front baffle or cut-out hole in the back. The D5 features a fully
extended 1.75" perfectly tuned front port, providing superior &
accurate extended low-end response. & because the port is on the
front baffle, the D5&0s can be positioned close to a wall with no fear of
the low-end being choked.
The coaxial transducer design combined with a steep 4th order crossover delivers a detailed mid-range that allows for clarity
in that complex 900 Hz
- 3 k Hz range. Guitars, voices, strings, horns,
& reverb trails are very clearly & accurately portrayed & any
mid-range anomalies that might exist in the source material can be
easily determined & addressed. Because of our matched transducer
output, mid-range mix elements can be positioned in the stereo field
without the fear of being misplaced. The D5’s are optimally pre-set & voiced for ideal instrument translation.
Like
the Q Series, the D5 features our Zero-Point Reference™ custom designed
coaxial Digitally-Controlled Transducers™ along with internal DSP to
provide a matched output curve for every unit. This allows for accurate
no-shift imaging. The DSP allowed pin-point accurate adjusting during
the voicing process. The voicing was aided by award-winning recording
engineers that referenced their hit mixes for voicing considerations.
The final D5 pre-set voicing curve is optimal for mid-range detail. With high-quality components, internal DSP, 100w of power & 103 d B of SPL the D5 deliver a huge bang for a little buck.
DEMO IN YOUR OWN ROOM:
Every
room has different sonic characteristics. The best place to demo the
D5&0s & confirm your speaker purchase is within your own room.
Direct Field Monitoring:
It
is a well known fact & a matter of physics that sonic reflections off
of walls, ceilings & other reflective surfaces, when combined with
directly received audio information, will result in a distorted
representation of the original audio at any given space.
The
farther the listening position from the speakers, the larger the
percentage of combined reflective information, the greater the distorted
results. Room reflective
problems can be relieved through digital software manipulation, as in
the Equator Q Series Room Analysis software, or by building a room with
non parallel walls & strategically positioned absorption panels or by
working in the Direct Field.
Simply
put: in a normal room, the farther from the speakers, the greater the
room effect. Conversely: the closer to the speakers the less the room
effect. Direct Field Monitoring is where the clear majority of the audio
information is received directly from the speakers with minimal
reflective interference. By working in the direct field, the negative
distortion effect caused by the combining of reflected information with
direct information is dramatically reduced.
Many
speaker systems are designed to deliver their optimum low frequency and
high frequency combined audio results when monitoring from a certain
distance away from the speakers. In the case of traditional tweeter over woofer designs, that distance would generally be greater than that of a coaxial design where the audio develops & is delivered from a single source.
The D5 works perfectly in the near field or the direct field.