Output: Frontier Powered Monitors
reviewed by Scott McChane
Once there was an audio software company – now also making studio furniture – that decided to develop a coaxial monitor with a Barefoot wizard named Thomas. If you’re going to make...
Gear Reviews
Monitoring
Dutch & Dutch: 8c Powered Monitors
reviewed by Lars Fox
For mixing, arguably the most important consideration for your monitoring setup is translation. You can have the most mind-blowing speakers in the world, but if for whatever reason the work you do on...
IK Multimedia: iLoud MTM Active Monitors
reviewed by Fiona Gurney
I have a hard time trusting my ears. To be fair, my already limited mixing experience has been further restricted by a tight budget. But the thing I have the hardest time wrapping my head (or, ears)...
PSI Audio: A17-M Monitors & A125-M Subwoofer
reviewed by Garrett Haines
PSI Audio started making speakers before some of us were born. Alain Roux introduced his designs in 1975, while a student at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich. His company eventually...
Ex Machina: Quasar Monitor
reviewed by Brian Bender
There is maybe no easier font for satire in audio criticism than the floral superlatives assigned to hi-fi speakers and playback equipment. Reviewers write haikus in brown pencil, dithering about the...
Atomic Instrument: SixTen Monitor System
reviewed by Adam J. Monk
Occasionally, a piece of gear comes along that impresses me enough to reach out to Tape Op and make an effort to write a review. The Atomic SixTens have done just that. Founded in 2014 by Norman...
Sense: Electric Consumption Monitor
reviewed by Garrett Haines
Every electrical device has a power consumption signature. If your service is a split-phase 120/240 V residential panel up to 200 A (and many studios are), a Sense is compatible. About the size of a...
64 Audio: A12t In-Ear Monitors
reviewed by Lars Fox
I use in-ear monitors (IEMs) to really dig down deep into the details of mixes I’m tweaking – most especially vocals. You can clearly hear weird breaths, overly loud esses, plosives on...
Audiomovers: Listento Remote Monitoring Plug-In
reviewed by Brad Allen Williams
If the COVID-19 pandemic has any silver lining, it’s the way it has invited the reimagining of entrenched habits. When we all mothballed our tracking rooms in March, we became pretty open-minded...
ADAM Audio: T8V Powered Monitor
reviewed by Scott McChane
Let's use some simple steps for choosing monitors, based on how one might select a bottle of wine. Set your monitor price point (much like wine, with monitors you'll likely need to buy at least two),...
ADAM Audio: T8V Powered Monitor
reviewed by Scott McChane
Let’s use some simple steps for choosing monitors, based on how one might select a bottle of wine. Set your monitor price point (much like wine, with monitors you’ll likely need to buy at...
Dynaudio: Core 59 Powered Monitor
reviewed by Jeremy Wurst
The Core 59 is the latest high end, professional reference monitor unveiled by Dynaudio, and the flagship of their new Core series. These monitors are handmade in Denmark, with distinct features,...