Professional Monitoring for any Studio
The CARBON Series studio monitor helps you track, monitor, and mix with confidence by providing accurate sound and dynamic acoustic control. Equipped with a 5”6”8” woven Kevlar low-frequency driver and 1” natural silk dome tweeter, the CARBON Series delivers a flat frequency response, enhanced stereo imaging, and increased clarity for authentic mixing in a space-saving design. The bi-amplified 80 Watt Class A/B amplification means high power with less noise and ensures that your monitoring setup can handle today's modern music with ease. With the CARBON Series, your music is ready for any listening environment.
Sweeter Sweet Spot
The tweeter’s waveguide has been enhanced to provide an expansive sweet spot and superior stereo imaging. A wider mix position gives you professional monitoring for any caliber studio. Pinhole-mounted LED placement cues help locate and light up the sweet spot to ensure a speaker placement that reliably translates stereo information and frequencies. When the LEDs turn bright, you know you’re dead center and ready to start mixing your sessions or laying down tracks with the CARBON Series.
Acoustic Control
Mixing doesn’t occur in a vacuum. Your listening environment influences your mixing decisions and, ultimately, the sound of your music. The CARBON Series Acoustic Space Control, a series of calibration switches, helps provide optimal acoustic conditions for tracking, mixing, and monitoring anywhere. Adapt the CARBON Series to any mixing environment—from bedrooms to basements to professional studios—without compromising frequency detail or stereo image. The result is a flexible monitoring setup for the most demanding mixing environments.
Model | BX5 CARBON | BX6 CARBON | BX8 CARBON |
Type | 5" 2-way near-field studio reference monitors | 6" 2-way near-field studio reference monitors | 8" 2-way near-field studio reference monitors |
Frequency response | 48 Hz – 45 kHz | 45 Hz – 45 kHz | 42 Hz – 45 kHz |
Frequency range | 43Hz –45kHz | 40Hz –45kHz | 37Hz –45KHz |
Amplifier power, rms | LF 40W HF 30W | LF 70W HF 60W | LF 70W HF 60W |
Signal-to-Noise Ratio; | 100 dB typical A-weighted | 100 dB typical A-weighted | > 100 dB typical A-weighted |
Crossover frequency | 2.8kHz | 2.5kHz | 2.2kHz |
LF Driver | 5-inch (127 mm) Kevlar curved cone with high temperature voicecoil and damped rubber surround. Magnetically shielded | 6-inch (153mm) Kevlar curved cone with high temperature voice coil and damped rubber surround. Magnetically shielded. | 8-inch (203 mm) Kevlar curved cone with high temperature voicecoil and damped rubber surround, magnetically shieldedt |
HF Driver | 1-inch (25 mm) magnetically shielded natural silk dome | 1.25-inch (32mm) magnetically shielded natural silk dome | 1.25-inch (32mm) magnetically shielded natural silk dome |
Input Connectors | 1 x XLR balanced input connector/1 x TRS balanced/unbalanced input connector | 1 x XLR balanced input connector/1 x TRS balanced/unbalanced input connector | 1 x XLR balanced input connector/1 x TRS balanced/unbalanced input connector |
Polarity | Positive signal at + input produce outward LF cone displacement | Positive signal at + input produce outward LF cone displacement | Positive signal at + input produce outward LF cone displacement |
Input Impedance | 20 KΩ balanced, 10 KΩ unbalanced | 20 KΩ balanced, 10 KΩ unbalanced | 20 KΩ balanced, 10 KΩ unbalanced |
Indicator | Power on/off indicator on rear panel | Power on/off indicator on rear panel | Power on/off indicator on rear panel |
Power Requirements | Factory-programmed for 115 V ~50/60 Hz, 230 V ~50/60 Hz, or100 V ~50/60 Hz | Factory-programmed for 115 V ~50/60 Hz, 230 V ~50/60 Hz, or100 V ~50/60 Hz | Factory-programmed for 115 V ~50/60 Hz, 230 V ~50/60 Hz, or100 V ~50/60 Hz |
Cabinet | Vinyl-laminated high-acoustic-efficiency MDF | Vinyl-laminated high-acoustic-efficiency MDF | Vinyl-laminated high-acoustic-efficiency MDF |
Dimension (W x D x H) | 176 mm x 200 mm x 250 mm | 213 mm x 249 mm x 318 mm | 254 mm x 305 mm x 381 mm |
Weight (without packing) | 5.0 kg* | 7.5 kg* | 12.0kg* |