PMC, the world’s premier manufacturer of studio reference monitors, is proud to announce the launch of the DB1S-A II and TB2S-A II compact monitors. These upgraded and improved versions of the highly successful DB1S-A and TB2S-A activated models once again raise the bar in the realm of nearfield monitoring. Designed for small to medium sized control rooms they are ideal for, project studios, music recording, film, video postproduction and broadcast applications in either stereo or surround configurations.
Both hand- built precision models retain their driver compliment of a large soft dome tweeter, with the smaller DB1S-AII featuring a 5 ½” bass unit and the TB2S-A II with a similar 6 ½” unit. Fine tuning and component upgrades to the 12dB per octave high order crossover network of the TB2S-A II have been made to further enhance the transparency of the mid/vocal region.
The major area of upgrade to both models is inclusion of PMC’s all new DS-001, a cutting edge Class D power module. This unit ups the power from the previous module’s output of 100W to 200W into 8 ohms and radically reduces distortion producing a significantly cleaner, faster more neutral presentation across the full bandwidth. This innovative ultra low noise design is not load dependant and along with the highly accurate ATL™ (Advanced Transmission Line) bass loading system, produces a supremely flat frequency response. A single feedback loop circuit senses the loudspeaker load and adjusts the response accordingly, making output impedance of this amplifier design extremely low and bettering many larger, audiophile ‘Class A’ analogue designs. Both power supply and amplifier are highly efficient with the amplifier delivering 92% efficiency. It also benefits from with extremely low radiated and conducted EMI, which is perfect for low noise environments. The slim line unit takes the identical form to the previous power module allowing for factory upgrades to existing TB2S-A & DB1S-A models.
Both models have increase their overall transparency and retain the same sonic ‘imprint’ of the larger mid –field and full range PMC systems, all of which exhibit high signal definition, consistent on/off axis dispersion, extended frequency response and tonal consistency at all volume levels. As such, these compact monitors do not display the usual performance constraints characteristic of nearfield monitor designs, due to the combination of new DS-001 radical digital amplification and ATL™ (Advanced Transmission Line) bass loading that allows for signal reproduction on a scale comparable with cabinets several times their size.
The DS-001 power amplifier will be available as a standalone unit or in a rack mounted multichannel format from October, 2009.
