Event ASP8 Studio Precision 8 Active Studio Monitor

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

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"simply best in their range"

Feature:
all necesary controls are present, though i think it's always better to tune the room, not the monitors. for the ones who prefer tweaking the knobs, it might be of use to have the controls snapping to certain positions and being a little bit more precise..

Quality:
almost flawless, excepting tiny traces of glue where the woofer is attached to the ribbon ring. and also on one monitor there's a screw a bit displaced from the center of its hole in the tweeter's case.

Value:
was thinking of genelec, krk and something else, but event ASP8 is the best for its price among 8" monitors under 2000$/pair. IMHO

Desirability:
they are even too beautiful, a have a headache removing dust from its black polished front. really, i wish they were rough so i wouldn't worry about scratches and fingerprints on them :)

Sound:
you know, everything about sound is strictly individual and subjective. to me they sound fantastic! it's just a pleasure to compose on them and simply to listen to the music too. i've heard opinions like 'they might be bassless depending on the room' but isn't it obvious that the sound of any *****$ mega-monitor can be spoiled by an untreated room? i cranked them up to power led blinking (which means the amp being overloaded) only twice solely in order to demostrate their power, when the amp sensitivity was set to -20dB and to -5dB. and both times that was unreasonable loud, i wonder how loud would it be with sensitivity set to 0 dB! yes, there was some distortion which is no wonder when amps are overloaded. but you have a HUGE headroom until the led runs into blinking. your ears will rather give up before :) in few words their sound is: precise, tight, clean and true.

Ease of Use:
what could be easier - plugging the xlr, the power cable and turning it on? :) they sound great right from the box.

Support:
i was wondering if the power-off slight thumping is normal and asked them via e-mail. they answered the next day and it wasn't a bot answer. i was reassured about that phenomena.

Overall:
my pair of ASP8's is for years, i think. i just love them.

Submitted: 2/18/2008

Style of Music: ambient, drone, techno

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"Read here if you're thinking of Factory Reseals"

Feature:
Great adjustments on the back and great build quality. The high and low trim adjustments are crucial to tuning for a room.

Quality:
See above. The good one is of great quality. The other two I've received...not so much.

Value:
I'm callling this a "5" because, for me, it'll either by a 10 or a 1 once I get a matching speaker.

Desirability:
Beautiful piano black finish. They look gorgeous.

Sound:
Unfortunately, I bought the "factory reseal pair" to find that the individual speakers couldn't have sounded more different from each other. Listening to a mono source from them created two completely-different-sounding sources. After returning the speaker that I thought was the problem, I received a replacement which, though better than the first one, is still not an exact match the other speaker - something the hi and lo trim adjustments cannot make up for. As a result, the soundstage is flawed and it's hard to get a good read on them. I am sending the signal to them from an MAudio Delta 1010LT soundcard. For the record, though, the sound coming from the good speaker I have is amazing. However, I recommend against the factory reseals for 2 reasons: (1) quality control may not be up to snuff and (2) Event claims they don't "factory reseal" anything...which means these are nothing but dealer demos.

Support:
Event was very honest with me about my problems. They told me that ZZounds can call their dealer demos anything they like, but that Event categorically does not "factory reseal" anything and therefore the EVent rep told me that "factory reseal" is nothing but a BIIIIIIG stretch of the truth.

Overall:
I'll reserve my overall comment for when (or IF) I ever receive a quality matching pair of these.

Submitted: 1/31/2008

Style of Music: Rock; pop; acoustic; chamber music

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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.

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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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