M-Audio BX8a 8-inch BiAmplified Deluxe Studio Monitor Speakers

Over the years, Studiophile reference monitors have earned a great reputation with recording professionals around the world. The new Studiophile BX8a Deluxe system builds on this legacy with new waveguides and enhanced driver integration for greater high-frequency clarity and refined sound. The BX8a updates our critically acclaimed BX8 near-fields. Topping the improvements list are our 8 curved Kevlar low-frequency drivers--a technology usually reserved for monitors bearing a higher price tag. Of course, they're coupled with our time-proven high-temperature voice coils and damped rubber surrounds for durability and fidelity. Magnetically shielded 1 natural silk domes give the BX8s a high-end that's both clear and easy on the ears. Custom-tuned crossovers distribute 130 Watts of bi-amplified power for optimal frequency handling by each driver. Hear for yourself why Studiophiles have become standard issue reference monitors.

Features

Exceptional driver integration - well-balanced sound with superior detail

1-1/4 inch waveguide-loaded high-frequency drivers - excellent clarity

8-inch Kevlar low-frequency drivers - high resilience and durability

130 watts of bi-amplified power with crossover - dedicated reproduction of high and low frequencies

Magnetic shielding - electronic equipment coexists without interference

Deluxe edition
The Studiophile BX8a Deluxe monitors update the best-selling M-Audio BX8a system with a variety of enhancements. The new waveguide delivers a cleaner sound. Custom amplifier tuning enhances the integration between the high and low frequencies, delivering refined spectral balance and a smoother response. An elegant new industrial design completes the package.

Kevlar low-frequency drivers
To insure a lifetime of service, M Audio constructed the BX8a monitor's 8 inch low-frequency driver from woven Kevlar. Kevlar's high mechanical and thermal resilience makes it ideal for use in speaker cones. M Audio engineers also created a curved conical design that improves room dispersion. High-damping reliable rubber surrounds provide percussive musical bass, and insure that the cone reaches its optimal excursion for accurate reproduction. And their high-temperature voice coils reduce power compression, guaranteeing that your monitors will deliver full performance hour after hour.

Silk-dome, waveguide-loaded, high-frequency drivers
M Audio's high-frequency domes are made from natural silk to counter the high Q ringing that is inherent in the poorly crafted metallic materials often found in other monitors. In addition, their new waveguides refine the high-frequency response. M Audio's FerroFlow technology uses ferrofluid liquid cooling to dissipate heat for maximum efficiency and extended usage.

Bi-amplified efficiency
Active monitors have a distinct advantage over unpowered monitors because the built-in power amps are specially designed to work with the drivers and crossovers in a tuned system. Bi-amplification further refines the concept by dedicating separate power amps to the highs and lows. Combined with a finely tuned crossover, this design insures that both the high- and low-frequency drivers are asked to deliver only the frequencies they are most efficient at reproducing.

Rear-ported cabinet design
The Studiophile BX8a Deluxe monitor's cabinet is integrally designed with its other components for optimal performance-right down to rounded corners for reduced edge diffraction and superior imaging. Custom rear-port design audibly reduces the turbulence and resulting distortion caused by poorly designed ports.

Magnetic shielding
Unchecked, the electromagnetic waves emanating from your speakers can wreak havoc with your computer's video monitor or a nearby TV. The BX8a Deluxe is magnetically shielded so that all of your electronic equipment can coexist without interference.

Technical Description

Crossover frequency: 2.2kHz

Low-frequency amplifier power: 70 watts

High-frequency amplifier power: 60 watts

Maximum signal-to-noise (dynamic range): > 100dB (typical A-weighted)

Polarity: positive signal at + input produce outward LF cone displacement

Input impedance: 20k ohms balanced,10k ohms unbalanced

Input sensitivity: 85 mV pink noise input produces 90dBA output SPL at one meter with volume control at maximum

Power: factory programmed for either 115V ~50/60Hz or 230V ~50/60Hz

Protection: RF interference, output current limiting, over temperature, turn-on/off transient, subsonic filter, external mains fuse

Cabinet: vinyl-laminated MDF

Size: 12 x 10 x 15 inches, (30.48 x 25.4 x 38.1 cm)