The Avantone MixCubes Passive Mini-Reference Monitors give engineers a revealing alternate perspective on a mix, helping expose balance problems that can hide on full-range studio monitors. This version features a sleek black finish.
Sold as a matched pair, these compact passive reference monitors focus attention on the critical midrange and emulate the limited-bandwidth playback systems your music encounters in the real world, including car stereos, televisions, computers, wireless speakers, and other everyday listening devices. When a mix holds together on MixCubes, you can feel much more confident about how it will translate outside the studio. Designed as a modern evolution of the classic single-driver studio cube, the MixCubes Passive use a proprietary 5.25-inch driver housed in a dense, sealed MDF enclosure. The custom paper cone incorporates New Zealand pulp and mica fibers for a lightweight, rigid structure, while the cast aluminum frame and carefully engineered motor assembly are designed for smooth, open, and controlled reproduction. With no crossover network between the amplifier and full-range driver, the MixCubes provide a direct monitoring path that keeps the spotlight firmly on the frequencies where vocals, guitars, keyboards, and many other essential mix elements live. The compact 6.5-inch cube cabinets are easy to integrate alongside your primary studio monitors, while a 7mm neoprene base helps provide isolation and prevent movement on a desktop or meter bridge. A recessed 5/8"-27 mic stand mount also provides flexible placement when desktop space is limited. Because these are passive monitors, they require an external power amplifier, giving engineers the freedom to integrate the MixCubes into an existing monitoring system with the amplifier of their choice.
Avantone MixCubes Passive Mini-Reference Monitors Features
- Passive mini-reference monitors designed for critical mix translation checks
- Helps reveal mix balance issues on limited-bandwidth consumer playback systems
- Single full-range driver design provides a direct monitoring path without a crossover
- Proprietary 5.25-inch driver with cast aluminum frame
- Custom paper cone constructed with New Zealand pulp and mica fibers
- Sealed 18mm MDF enclosure helps minimize unwanted cabinet resonance
- 7mm neoprene base provides skid resistance and acoustic isolation
- Recessed 5/8"-27 mic stand mount provides flexible positioning options
- Three-way binding posts accommodate multiple speaker cable termination types
- Compact cabinet integrates easily with primary studio monitoring systems
- Passive design allows use with a compatible external power amplifier
Avantone MixCubes Passive Mini-Reference Monitors Specifications
- System Type: Dynamic Shielded Full-Range Mono
- Frequency Response: 200 Hz - 10 kHz
- Impedance: Nominal 8 ohms
- SPL / Sensitivity: 93dB @ 1w / 1 meter
- Recommended Power: From 10-200 watts
- Driver: 5.25" cast aluminum frame
- Cabinet: sealed / 18mm MDF / Dacron acoustical stuffing
- Inputs: 3-way CE rated plastic encased metal binding posts (accepts up to 12-gauge wire, spade lugs, dual banana plugs)
- Weight: 7.13lbs (per monitor)
- Dimensions: 6.5" x 6.5" x 6.5"
Avantone MixCubes Passive Mini-Reference Monitors Include
- Avantone MixCubes Passive Mini-Reference Monitors
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Jan 25th 2012Calling this new generation of Aura-tone a "Grok Box" or a horror-tone would just be ignorant! :-) As a full range, single driver speaker , they are of course bandwidth limited . However this leaves the phase screwing crossovers out of the picture , and makes the all important mid-range perfectly naked for all to hear ! Sit yourself down ( and they are very directional so place them right !) and listen to lot's of stuff from your collection . It will become pretty apparent which mixes stand head and tails above the rest because the mediocre ones can no longer hide behind the boom and fizz!!!!!! I know it's just not very sexy to spend on something that on the surface looks like a pinto instead of a mustang , and your gear lust is directed towards other , more curvaceous or shiny items , but I highly recommend these !! Sometimes the sleepers are the ones that knock your socks off and teach you the most !!!! P.S. Thanks to Front End ; YA'LL ROCK!!
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