Event ASP8 Studio Precision 8 Active Studio Monitor

Magnetically shielded. Continuously variable input sensitivity. XLR and 1/4 in. connection.

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53 People rated this product : * * * * * * * * * * 8 out of 10

 

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* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10

"Event ASP8...perfect for rap/R&B/Hip hop tracks."

Feature:
Beautifuly polished!

Quality:
The best made monitor I've seen to date.

Value:
Pair the Event ASP8 with Wharfedale 8.2A, and you have a set-up good enough to pre-master on.

Desirability:
I WANTED it, and I got it.

Sound:
The sound is absoultely beautiful. No harshness whatsoever, bass is great, mids clean and clear, highs smooth and clean.

Support:
Event has some great customer service.

Overall:
You cannot beat them for rap/hip hop/R&B, these are THE mons.

Submitted: 5/26/2005

Style of Music: Rap - R&B - Hip Hop

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* * * * * * * * * * 9 out of 10

"Like hearing into the heart of the space in your songs."

Feature:
Like the variabal EQ pots instead of just switches. I don't like the idea of eq'ing monitors at all but in my room they really just sound more right if I dial down the highs just a little, and the bottom up a little.

Quality:
Solid. Heavy.

Value:
not cheap, but great

Desirability:
I have it.

Sound:
In one of the 3 online magazine reviews I found (all 3 gave absolute rave reviews, zero issues found of any significance), they guy said that some will find this monitor to sound "bassless" depending on the room, but that if you throw heavy bass at it it responds perfectly, and his conclusion was that the bass response is pretty much perfect down to the rated 35hz. I find this comment about sounding bassless to be true. CD's I play through these that I know to be bottom heavy sound about right; CD's that have solid but not hyped bass sound a little bass-weak. My room is not yet treated, but a Mackie S8 I tried sounds fine on the bottom end, almost too much and I found myself trying to stuff foam rubber into the ports on those, which didn't help (really nice monitors for the price, and not even fair to compare to this Event monitor which is 2.5x more expensive). So I dial in a subwoofer in my small project studio and it's fantastic. This monitor is so smooth and clean and transparent in the mids and highs, can really hear deep into a mix, very detailed yet not clinical, it's musical. They're out in the middle of the room, and when I turn them toward the other side of the room the bass is more prominent but still not quite enough. I'm mixing mainly rock so my ears just want to hear more bottom than my room is allowing to happen with these. I'm in danger of mixing in too much bass if I don't include the sub. So yes they're amazing sounding, and the bass is probably dead on accurate if your room and ears are good.

Ease of Use:
Easy. to use.

Support:
don't know

Overall:
GREAT monitors, I should be set for years to come, and that's what I wanted, that's why I spent beyond what I had planned.

Submitted: 1/4/2007

Style of Music: pop, rock

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The first time you listen to a pair of Studio Precision monitors, you'll almost surely shake your head in disbelief - then break out in a smile. We've seen it happen time and time again: People just can't believe that they're hearing a sound so big and so alive coming from direct field monitors. But your ears aren't deceiving you. Studio Precision monitors deliver a sound that's much wider, much deeper, much more defined, and packed with much more low-end punch than mere mortal direct field monitors. Simply put, they far exceed people's sonic expectations - and by a huge margin.

You see, even after years of designing a slew of award-winning products for the professional studio monitor market - the 20/20bas, Project Studio, and Tuned Reference biamplified monitors, to name a few - our venerable engineers, Frank Kelly and Walter Dick, were still on their quest to deliver the ultimate direct field monitor. They wanted to come up with a totally new design that would surpass anything they had done to date. A design that would cause recording musicians around the world to sit up and truly take notice. In short, a design that would bring a whole new dimension to the direct field monitoring experience.

So that's what they did. Sure, it took them two-and-a-half years. But, hey, they had to start from scratch.

Technical Info

Specifications

Low Frequency Driver: Magnetically shielded 8 in. mineral-filled polypropylene cone with neodymium magnet, 1-1/2 in. diameter high-temperature voice coil, and damped rubber surround

High Frequency Driver: Magnetically shielded 1 in. diameter ferrofluid-cooled soft dome neodymium radiator

Frequency Response: 35Hz - 20kHz, +/-3dB, ref. 500Hz

Amplifier Power: Biamplified, 280 Watts; 200W LF driver/80W HF driver; torroidal transformer

Crossover: 2.6kHz, active asymmetrical fourth-order

Controls: Continuously variable input sensitivity; continuously variable high frequency trim; continuously variable low frequency trim; switchable 80Hz second-order high pass filter

Inputs: Balanced XLR and 1/4 in.

Indicators: Power-on/Clip LED

Protection: RF interference, output current limiting, over temperature, turn on/off transient, subsonic filter, internal fuse, magnetic shielding

Dimensions (W x H x D): 12.5 x 16 x 11.875 in. (each)

Weight: 32.5 lbs (each)
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