Compact Neumann monitor now in white
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“This white version has been designed for stylish project or home studios that prefer white monitors, for installations where the loudspeakers should not detract from the look of the room, and for home audiophiles,” said Wolfgang Fraissinet, president of Neumann.Berlin.
Since its launch earlier this year, the KH 80 DSP two-way active monitor has met with “huge acclaim from users worldwide as it provides highly accurate, professional monitoring with a small footprint”.
The KH 80 DSP features the same distortion-minimizing features as the bigger Neumann models and the same innovative Mathematically Modelled Dispersion (MMD) waveguide, which ensures wide horizontal and narrow vertical dispersion, thus making the monitor more forgiving of diverse acoustical environments and ensuring a smoother off-axis response, less reflections, and freedom of movement.
The KH 80 DSP’s cabinet is made from a special polycarbonate composite that eliminates standing waves and ensures an ultra-fast transient response for the bass. It also reduces intermodulation distortion, particularly in the midrange. The front panel is made from one piece, which minimizes diffraction and ensures a smoother frequency response overall. Two large ports reduce the bass compression and are helpful when the monitor needs to be mounted in tight spaces.
The KH 80 DSP is Neumann’s first monitor loudspeaker with a DSP engine – this not only contributes to the small size of the monitor but also opens up further possibilities with the Neumann.Control software, which will become available early in 2018, says the company. Via this software, it will be possible to precisely align the monitor to any acoustical environment, either in a fully automated or a guided way, or manually if desired.
The KH 80 DSP is designed for use as a near-field monitor, as a front loudspeaker in small multi-channel systems, or as a rear loudspeaker in compact multi-channel systems.
(Jim Evans)
