ADAM Audio F Series Studio Monitors by Strother Bullins, PAR Editor & Rich Tozzoli, PAR Software Editor “Over the past decade, ADAM Audio has cut a wide swath into the studio monitor marketplace. Due to the proprietary Accelerating Ribbon Technology (ART) utilized in its folded ribbon tweeter designs, ADAM Audio is fairly equated with a natural, aurally pleasing and extended high frequency response (at a generally higher-end price point, too).
“Now, as low as $250 street per box (the F5), we could assume that the lowest-priced-ever ADAM monitor line—the F Series featuring ART, with an even further ‘eXtended’ frequency response of ‘up to 50kHz’—is somehow a fair step down in capability and quality, too. Yet from what I’ve experienced, that assumption would be wrong; while the company does utilize Chinese manufacturing plants to assemble the F Series, its design, components, specifications and performance are spot-on for this aspirational German manufacturer.” More »
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Today's Video
Aphex USB 500 Rack—Defined Aphex's buzzed-about USB 500 Rack—a combo 500 Series module chassis and a USB 2.0 audio interface—is demonstrated here. Mac, Win and even iOS-ready, the USB 500 Rack allows users to record, process and mix via analog 500 modules anywhere—just add a CPU, as even two headphone amps and sufficient analog I/O is included. More »
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Looking At LFO by Clive Young “Sound has always affected the human psyche. Music raises our spirits, significant others yelling at us makes us agitated, and of course, sound practitioners everywhere have heard of the “Brown Note”—the mythical low-end frequency that makes those who hear it lose their, uh, intestinal fortitude (no, it doesn’t exist).” More »