Fostex PM1MKII Powered Nearfield Monitor

1" soft dome HF unit. 6" LF woofer. 120 watts of bi-amped power.

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

"Should cost twice as much!"

Feature:
No real features. You have to tune your room!!! Volume and on/off switch. That's about it. They're worth it when placed correctly.

Quality:
Mine have been punished for about 3 years now and sound great. One of the speakers has developed a quiet rattle (in the box construction, not driver) around the 200hz range. Rarely heard though, usually when tracking not mixing.

Value:
Every studio should have these instead of NS10. They're accurate and sound sweeter.

Desirability:
The new ones look great in piano black

Sound:
Great product, especially for the price. It needs to sit correctly in a well thought out room to hear the bottom end properly. Fantastic for tracking and not too bad for mixing. You can hear things that just can't be hearrd on a normal speaker system. It gets a 9 because of the price and the quality of the sound involved.

Ease of Use:
Pretty simple.

Support:
Haven't used them. Will downgrade if they give a reason to in future.

Overall:
Simply put, they aren't a top of the line studio monitor with the most accurate of mixes. However, who has that type of money. Get 'em and you'll find a way of placing them in the room and enjoying them.

Submitted: 11/2/2006

Style of Music: Just about all styles

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

Fostex PM1MKII Monitor Customer Review

Feature:
N/A

Quality:
Sturdy deep enclusure, nice piano black finish.

Value:
Probably a little better for the price than most monitors.

Desirability:
Nice looking enclosure. Looks good setting in a studio.

Sound:
Very smooth sound. Not too bottom heavy or sizzly on the high end. These monitors require a fairly long break-in period. When first set up, the sound was almost all mid-range, to the point of wanting to exchange them for another brand. After a few days, the sound got considerably better. After a few months, the change was dramatic. Also, upgrading to high quality inter-connect cables made a noticeable sound improvement.

Ease of Use:
Just connect a play.

Support:
N/A

Overall:
Will use it as long as it keeps performing.

Submitted: 9/11/2008

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Perfectly proportioned and offering the type of clear-transparent sound that singles out a great speaker, the PM-1 is capable of producing extremely high SPLs accurately across the full audio spectrum. With 120 watts of bi-amped power and a bass response that's full and dynamic and a crisp high-end that sparkles with vitality, the PM-1 delivers the type of sonic quality that's usually the domain of monitors costing thousands. Features a UFLC 25mm soft dome HF unit, 160mm LF woofer and input gain control.

Exceptional audio performance matched to jaw-dropping good looks.

Fostex strive to design and build studio monitoring systems which enable you to experience your unique sound in all its dimensions. And through tireless research and development, endless measurements and real-world listening tests, Fostex's engineers have achieved this in the form of the beautiful second generation PM-Series.

Capitalizing on Fostex's supreme knowledge of acoustics and speaker engineering, and now offering a brighter, tighter sound, these studio monitors are designed inside out to provide the best monitoring experience, with minimal resonance, sparkling highs and rich, deep lows.

And, with new 'high-gloss' front baffles, they look as stunning as they sound.

Technical Info

HF unit: 1" soft dome

LF unit: 6" aromatic polyamide

Frequency response: free field +/- 2dB 50Hz - 20kHz

Low frequency cut-off: 38Hz (-10dB)

High frequency cut-off: 23.5kHz (-10dB)

Amp power: low frequency: 75 watts, high frequency: 45 watts

Amp distortion: <0.007% T.H.D. @ 30w, 8 Ohm 20Hz - 20kHz

Amp signal to noise: >93dB 20Hz - 30kHz , not weighted

Amp slew rate: 15V / ยต sec

Physical dimensions: 215w x 380h x 283d (mm)

Weight: 11 kg

Power requirement / consumption: 230VAC, 50/60Hz - 58 watts
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