MixCube Active 10th Anniversary Red Mini Reference Monitor (Single)

Description

While originally inspired by the 5C sound cubes from decades ago, the Avantone MixCubes have become the industry standard in studios around the world and have become the #1 best selling speaker of its type in history. ApplicationActive Recording / Mixdown Monitor Engineering ObjectiveThe Avantone Active Mixcubes are designed to be high-resolution, full-range powered mini-reference monitors for fixed or remote locations.The secondary engineering facet was to create a timeless design that compliments a single full-range transducer. Performance ObjectiveStudios primarily use 2-way & 3-way larger monitors designed to represent a wide range reference viewpoint at higher listening levels. However, in this newly developing age of High Definition Audio, there is still a need to also hear what your mix will sound like when played back over small “bass-challenged” systems such as televisions, clock radios, computers, car stereos, iPod docking stations, etc. It is important to make mixing judgments based partially on listening to reference monitors that will not impart tonal anomalies caused by crossovers or inferior full range drivers. Particular attention is always paid to the critical mid-range vocal/guitar/keyboard areas. This is where having a full-range monitor without a crossover is truly revealing. Ten months of R&D comparative listening & tweaking went into the voicing of the AVANTONE MixCubes. The result is a very smooth sounding, full range upgrade from the original 5C Sound Cubes. Listening tests reveal that the MixCubes have a smooth, more open, transparent top end response with extended bass while maintaining their basic original character. Cabinet DesignThe original 5C Sound Cubes were made of ½” particleboard covered with a glue-on wood grain contact paper. We chose to use thicker, denser MDF board because of its high rigidity and inherent low-resonance characteristics. We started with a 165mm (6 1/2") sealed cube design with radiused edges. Review: Awesome! Highly recommend. - This speaker immediately helped me to understand how messy my low end is. So with that alone, my mixes have improved. But you may be saying, these speakers don't have any low end. Exactly. Switching between the mix cube and my main monitors made it abundantly clear that my low end was too loud and indistinct, going from no low end (on the mix cube) to an overloud boomy low end (on my Kali LP6s). Initially I used Thriller (by MJ, of course) as a reference track, going back and forth between my monitors. Then I used one of my own tracks and things became much clearer to me what I good mix is supposed to sound like. And things got better from there. Highly recommend. Review: clean - arrived very well packaged and in crispy shape, sounder even crispier when i plugged it in. you know what sound you're getting if you're looking at the avantones, and so far a single mixcube has greatly helped shape my tracks to sound good on all listening platforms. red color put a nice touch to my studio.