Moderators Lee Knight Posted August 9, 2011 Moderators Share Posted August 9, 2011 $299? For the pair? Self powered, single point source a la Urie or Tannoy Gold Series. This is the same company who make the Q series, much more expensive, and garnered lots of great reviews. So... How about these little cheapy D5's? Any news? Who's going first? http://www.equatoraudio.com/D5_Studio_Monitors_with_DSP_Pair_p/d5.htm D5 Studio Monitors Our new D5's (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 and 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 (and 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 and accurate extended low-end response. And because the port is on the front baffle, the D5's 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 900Hz - 3 kHz range. Guitars, voices, strings, horns, & reverb trails are very clearly and accurately portrayed and any mid-range anomalies that might exist in the source material can be easily determined and 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted August 10, 2011 Share Posted August 10, 2011 Those look interesting Lee, and the price is pretty spectacular... but despite the stated frequency response, I am always a bit wary about 5.25" woofers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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