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 free-standing 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.
S5VA Mk2
The S5VA Mk2 is a four-way vertically oriented studio monitor incorporating ADAM’s proprietary ART folded ribbon tweeter and midrange unit, which provide amazingly life-like, detailed imaging.
It houses a 12” HexaCone subwoofer drive unit that has a large 62 mm voice coil and a heavy magnet system. The combination of this big motor with the outstanding stiffness of the cone enable the reproduction of signals down to 23 Hz while remaining stable and tight. The 9” woofer uses the same honey-comb core coated with Kevlar on both sides, allowing for an extremely precise and uncolored response.
The upper three drivers are each powered by a 150 W discrete PWM amplifier, and a 500 W digital amp powers the 12” subwoofer.
The S5VA is designed to be used as either a midfield or main monitor in the most demanding professional recording, mixing, and surround studio applications.
