ADAM Audio T8V 8" Studio Monitor, Black (Pair) + Speaker Accessories Bundle

ADAM Audio T8V - Clarity. Precision. Honesty. Detail.

The T8V is an affordable, professional 2-way powered studio monitor with an 8" woofer and ADAM Audio's latest addition to the T Series.

The T8V impresses with a multitude of features that bring real benefits to the user: The U-ART tweeter's 4:1 velocity transfer ratio, in combination with the new Class D amplifiers' high dynamic range, yield respective max. peak SPL of 118 dB per pair. The tweeter, which extends up to 25 kHz, works as a team with the HPS Waveguide. This allows an optimal radiation of the high frequencies, which means the advantage of a more controlled, larger usable sweet spot during monitoring. With a bass extension down to 33 Hz, the T8V is especially suitable for users who produce bass-heavy music.

The T8V is the perfect studio speaker for those who have always wanted to work with an 8" monitor from ADAM Audio, but where budgets have been insufficient. The 5-year warranty gives users additional security and the certainty of having purchased a quality product.

Product Highlights:

U-ART 1.9" Accelerated Ribbon Tweeter with HPS Waveguide

Polypropylene 8" woofer and rear-firing bass-reflex port

Total RMS Amp. Power: 90 W

Frequency Response: 33 Hz - 25 kHz (-6dB)

Max. SPL Per Pair at 1 m: ≥118 dB

Product Features:

State of the Art Technology - Future Proof Innovations

ADAM Audio monitors have earned a worldwide reputation as the preeminent tool for sound engineers based on technological innovations that we’ve established in the field of loudspeaker technology.

U-ART High Frequency Driver

The new U-ART 1.9" accelerated ribbon tweeter, as used in the T Series, is made of a high-tech polymide film and provides pristine and extended high-frequency response up to 25 kHz-virtually unheard of in monitors in this price range, and a breakthrough solution for use in high-resolution recording and mixing on a budget. Unlike a conventional dome or cone tweeter that uses a piston action to move air and reproduce sound, the U-ART tweeter uses a pleated ribbon that alternately draws air into its folds and squeezes it out as the folds respectively expand apart and press together in response to inputted audio signal. This design produces four times as much air movement as does a piston-based design, creating higher sound pressure levels (SPLs) with lower distortion.

The U-ART tweeter is fitted to a precision waveguide with the same dispersion-control attributes as the High Frequency Propagation (HPS) waveguide used in ADAM Audio's flagship S Series studio monitors. The waveguide's highly uniform dispersion of high frequencies provides an incredibly wide sweet spot that frees you from being glued to a rigid mix position while working.

HPS Waveguide

The HPS (High-frequency Propagation System) waveguide was initially designed at ADAM Audio for the S-ART tweeter of the S Series range with the aid of the latest computer modeling techniques. It hones the dispersion of the speakers to an even, uniform consistency, broad in the horizontal axis but tightly focused in the vertical plane. This minimizes potentially distracting reflections from the horizontal surfaces of significant studio furniture (for example mixing consoles), ensures that imaging remains constant, and creates a large, well-controlled and stable ‘sweet spot’, even at high output levels.

The U-ART tweeter as used in the T Series is fitted to a precision waveguide with the same dispersion-control attributes as the HPS waveguide used in ADAM Audio’s flagship S Series studio monitors.

PWM - Pulse Width Modulation

In recent years amplifier technology experienced its second big change after going from tubes to transistors some 40 years ago. You can still find semiconductors in this new generation of amplifiers, but the signals to be amplified are treated in a completely new and different way.

Pulse Width Modulation

PWM (Pulse Width Modulation) - sometimes referred to as Class D amplification, sometimes called Switching Amp Technology - converts the incoming signal to a series of rectangular waveforms of equal height. The width of the rectangles varies in time and the relation of the width of the rectangles represents the musical signal. This waveform can be amplified much more simply, as the transistors are not modulated anymore; instead they are used as switches that only turn the power supply voltage on and off.

It is possible that a very fast mechanical switch could do the job, but power transistors are a better choice for the task, so PWM amplifiers still work pretty much like conventional Class AB designs. It is important to note there are no bits and bytes involved, so "Digital Amplifier" is a misleading and inaccurate term.

Advantages of PWM

The main advantage of PWM amplifiers is their extremely high efficiency (>90%). As a consequence the heat to be dissipated is only one fifth of earlier designs, leading to much lower temperatures within the amps and making the use of heat sinks obsolete.

This principle has been known for decades, but time was needed to develop units that perform at the leading edge in sonic reproduction quality and yet still maintain the high efficiency mentioned previously. The ADAM units use the new technology for both the amp and the power supply section (i.e. no more transformers) combined with state of the art input and filter sections to achieve the best in multi-channel active studio monitoring.

Product Specifications:

General Data

Panel: Rear

Max. Power Consumption: 150 W

Weight: 21.6 lb (9.8 kg)

Height x Width x Depth: 15.8" x 9.8" x 13.2" (400 mm x 250 mm x 335 mm)

Warranty: 5 years (2 years warranty plus 3 years optional with product registration)

Delivery Contents: Power cord, Quick Start Guide

Audio Input Connectors

Analog: XLR / RCA

Input Impedance: 10 kOhm / 20 kOhm

Amplification

Woofer:

Amplifier Type: PWM

Amp. Power RMS: 70 W

Tweeter:

Amplifier Type: PWM

Amp. Power RMS: 20 W

Acoustics

Frequency Response: 33 Hz - 25 kHz (-6 dB)

THD > 80 Hz: 0.5 %

Max. SPL per pair at 1 m: ≥118 dB

Crossover Frequency: 2.6 kHz

Drivers

Woofer:

Basket Diameter: 8"

Voice Coil Diameter: 1"

Cone Material: Polypropylene

Tweeter:

Type: U-ART

Diaphragm Area: 4 inch² (2420 mm²)

Equiv. Diaphragm Diameter: 1.9" (48 mm)

Velocity Transform Ratio: 4 to 1

Diaphragm Weight: 0.17 g

Waveguide: HPS

Control Options

Input Sensitivity: -10 to +4 dB

Gain: Yes

High Shelf EQ > 5 kHz: -2 dB, 0 dB, +2 dB

Low Shelf EQ < 300 Hz: -2 dB, 0 dB, +2 dB