AE22-04 Active
The AE22-04 Active monitor incorporate high quality class A-B power amplifiers totalling 160 Watts for each speaker and including EQ presets to provide adjustment of tonal balance and low frequency bandwidth. A high visibility LED display gives clear indication of all user settings ensuring both speakers are set up identically.
- 2 Way Closed-box loaded design for minimum colouration
- 25mm "Ring Radiator" H/F driver with Neodymium magnet
- 200mm Pressed-alloy L/F driver, 50mm (Dia.) underhung voice-coil
- 60Hz - 40kHz (+/- 3dB) Frequency response
- LF Amplifier - Class A-B - 100 Watts RMS
- HF Amplifier - ClassA-B - 60 Watts RMS
- Balanced input (XLR and ¼"Jack)
- Variable Input sensitivity
- Textured black finish
- 250 x 350 x 300mm (H x W x D)
- Weight 15Kg
The AE22 is a low distortion, closed box speaker with an exceptional time domain performance (better than 40dB down within 5ms) and good horizontal off-axis consistency. It doesn’t have the flattest anechoic amplitude response you’ll ever see, nor the widest bandwidth, but from 60Hz to 25kHz it is about as musically accurate as moving-coil driver technology can achieve at the price.
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The AE22 bass/mid driver is unusual in a number of respects. Its use of a metal cone ensures a linear amplitude response and minimal time-domain errors up to frequencies well above the crossover point. The metal cone also acts as a heat-sink that increases thermal power handling and reduces thermal compression. The driver also has an ‘underhung’ magnet/voice-coil system . An under-hung system — a short voice-coil in a long gap — is inherently more stable and linear than the more usual, and far cheaper, over-hung arrangement. The voice-coil is 50mm in diameter (25-38mm is typical at this price point) and has a black anodised aluminium former — again to increase thermal power handling and reduce thermal compression. The AE22 tweeter is a proprietary unit chosen for its good linearity, low compression, high power handling and ability to operate with a relatively low crossover frequency. It is often seen in high-end hifi speakers and is characterised by a clean and detailed sound with better than average high frequency dispersion.
"We have found the AE22s trustworthy and mix friendly. With such an accurate, tight response time they provide a reliable reference point for mixes that don't disappoint! The AE22s have consistently won over visiting engineers and producers who love the familiar NS10 like response and feel at home mixing with these as nearfields." Ben Muscat - Chief Engineer at Modern World Studios.
