M-Audio BX5CARBONXUS Overview
Authentic, flat frequency response in a compact footprint
5" woven Kevlar low-frequency driver
New, bi-amplified 70 Watt (40+30) Class A/B amplification
Acoustic Space Control lets you calibrate the BX5 to your mixing environment
New waveguide with LED placement cues provide superior imaging
The BX5 Carbon studio monitor helps you track, monitor, and mix with confidence by providing accurate sound and dynamic acoustic control. Equipped with a 5" woven Kevlar low-frequency driver and 1" natural silk dome tweeter, the BX5 Carbon delivers a flat frequency response, enhanced stereo imaging, and increased clarity for authentic mixing in a space-saving design. The bi-amplified 70 Watt class A/B amplification means high power with less noise and ensures that your monitoring setup can handle today's modern music with ease. With the BX5 Carbon, your music is ready for any listening environment. Mixing doesn't occur in a vacuum. Your listening environment influences your mixing decisions and, ultimately, the sound of your music. The BX5 Carbon's Acoustic Space Control, a series of calibration switches, helps provide optimal acoustic conditions for tracking, mixing, and monitoring anywhere. Adapt the BX5 Carbon to any mixing environment-from bedrooms to basements to professional studios-without compromising frequency detail or stereo image. The result is a flexible monitoring setup for the most demanding mixing environments. The tweeter's waveguide has been enhanced to provide an expansive sweet spot and superior stereo imaging. A wider mix position gives you professional monitoring for any caliber studio. Pinhole-mounted LED placement cues help locate and light up the sweet spot to ensure a speaker placement that reliably translates stereo information and frequencies. When the LEDs turn bright, you know you're dead center and ready to start mixing your sessions or laying down tracks with the BX5 Carbon. Sold individually.
The silver and black M-Audio BX5 Carbon is a 5" 2-way 70W active studio monitor that can be used for home studio recording and mixing. The monitor utilizes a 40W powered 5" Kevlar woven woofer and a 30W powered 1" silk dome tweeter to deliver a frequency response of 56 Hz to 22 kHz with a signal-to-noise ratio of 100 dB.
The monitor's Class-AB amplifier helps provide a flat frequency response with low noise to enable you to mix a wide variety of modern music styles. The tweeter output is sent through a waveguide to improve stereo imaging and pinhole mounted LED placement cues can help you place the monitor in relation to the optimal listening position.
A 3-way switch on the back of the unit allows the response of the monitor to be adjusted to different acoustic environments such as bedroom home studios or professionally treated facilities. Both XLR 3-pin and 1/4" TRS inputs are available for connection to your audio interface. The BX5 Carbon features protection against RF interference, output current limiting, a subsonic filter, and more.
Flat Frequency Response
Enables mixes that translate across different playback systems
Kevlar Low Frequency Driver
Provides clearly defined bass
Class-AB Bi-Amp
Provides low-noise amplification of low and high frequencies
Acoustic Space Control
Calibrates monitors for different acoustic environments
Waveguide with LED Placement Cues
Enables better stereo imaging and placement
Key Features
5" Woven Kevlar Woofer
1" Silk Dome Tweeter
Class-AB Amplification
40W of LF Power, 30W of HF Power
Waveguide with LED Placement Cues
Acoustic Space Control
56 Hz to 22 kHz Frequency Response
XLR and 1/4" TRS Input Connectors
Multiple Points of Protection