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Experience main monitors a cut above the rest

These Main Monitors have been designed for larger control rooms, and can be soffit mounted as well as providing excellent freestanding operation. They transport the fundamental advantages of the ART technology and the HexaCone woofers to much higher SPL regions and higher respectively lower frequency responses. As the diaphragm areas involved are considerably enlarged, an impressive combination of natural sound and high dynamics is achieved.

The ART of midrange drivers & precise bass drivers

All ADAM main monitors employ the ART midrange drivers to achieve the best possible sound quality across the full audio spectrum. Aiming at total authenticity in the reproduction of music, these monitors avoid the common flaw in big loudspeakers which is to impress the listener with a thunderous bass – a principle more in line with a PA loudspeaker. Instead, ADAM main monitors are designed to provide a big speaker that can actually be used for critical listening, combining precision and magnitude to enable sound engineers in larger control rooms to monitor even the most complex sound material with complete accuracy.

Set up and combination

The different versions of the S5A have been designed to meet different needs for setup and mounting in bigger studios. The very similar overall sound characteristics of both monitors allow for a perfect combination and integration of both S5A versions in a 5.1 or 7.1 installation.

Controls on the front panel

The front panel – identical in both monitors – carries a number of controls to adapt to different room acoustics or personal tastes. An input sensitivity control (±10 dB) is provided, as well as gain controls for the tweeter (±4 dB) and the two midrange units (±2 dB). There are also Hi/Lo shelving filters for the ranges >6 kHz and <150 Hz, as well as a standby switch with the main power switch being on the rear of the unit.

S5A Mk2

The S5A Mk2 features two 11” HexaCone woofers, a 5” HexaCone midrange unit, an ART midrange and an ART tweeter. This combination is capable of filling large control rooms with breathtaking realism and stunning dynamic performance.

The upper three drivers are each powered by a 150 W discrete PWM amplifier while a 500 W digital amp drives the two 11” woofers.