"M-Audio BX5 D3 5-inch Powered Studio Reference Monitor

M-Audio BX5 D3 5-inch Powered Studio Reference Monitor. Introducing M-Audio’s BX5 D3 monitors—the return of a studio icon and the successor to the industry-renowned BX D2 monitors. Trusted by recording/mix engineers and composers globally, M-Audio’s BX monitors guarantee absolute surgical precision and repeatable engineering excellence.

Listen with confidence

With M-Audio’s BX5 D3 studio reference monitors, you’ll hear everything in lifelike detail, so your mixes and recordings will sound their best!

Monitor Performance Starts with Driver Excellence

A monitor’s drivers are the heart and soul of its performance. Driving the low-end and midrange, BX5-D3’s 5-inch military-grade Kevlar® woofers are rigid and lightweight, delivering outstanding transient response whist negating unwanted “cone breakup.” BX5-D3’s treated silk dome tweeter provides the perfect combination of low mass and the absence of audible resonances that plague conventional tweeters. Together, the BX drivers deliver critical detail, nuance and dynamic accuracy, so your mixes have the veracity and transparency you demand.

More Than Just an Enclosure

With M-Audio’s BX5-D3, every detail has been meticulously engineered with one goal in mind – to facilitate the freedom to mix with confidence. BX5-D3 monitors have a rear-mounted bass port, meticulously engineered to the exact length and diameter. The result? Deep, defined bass response with maximum bass extension and resolution. When combined with a smoothly-flared port, BX5-D3 monitors markedly reduce the audibly-intrusive air turbulence that results when bass is played back at high sound pressure levels (SPLs). BX5-D3’s tweeter is mounted in a custom waveguide for reliably accurate dispersion that eliminates unwanted high-frequency “scatter,” whilst ensuring a soundstage that remains consistently wide and stable. For seamless setup and easy-location of the optimum listening position, the BX5-D3’s front-mounted positioning LED shines brightly when you’re located in the perfect listening spot, for uncompromisingly accurate and reliable critical evaluations. Finally, BX5-D3’s iconic design on the front panel—M-Audio’s famous “keyhole” shape—is more than just an attractive look: This special “fastenerless” design ensures so there are no driver attachment screw heads to interfere with the sound coming from our drivers.

High-Current, High Headroom Class A/B Bi-Amplified Power

Efficient and accurate: Driving the BX5-D3 monitors are two Class A/B internal amplifiers that power the woofer and tweeter separately – each optimized for the specific frequency range it handles and engineered to complement the characteristics of its companion driver. A precision-tuned crossover guarantees each driver only handles the frequencies that it produces most efficiently for a sound that is cohesive across the entire frequency spectrum. Play louder with less audible distortion: The BX5-D3 bi-amplified design is a far more efficient and accurate way to power a loudspeaker than using a single full-range amplifier to drive multiple driver elements.

Tailor-Made Sound

At M-Audio, we understand no two listening spaces are the same. Therefore, the BX5-D3 monitors custom tailors your sound to your environment, so you will always experience sonically-true, reassuringly-accurate sound reproduction. Negate problematic bass frequencies and limit the impact of nuisance standing waves thanks to BX5-D3’s special Acoustic Space control for precise adjustment of BX5-D3’s sound output in line with your studio space.

Connectivity Covered

Whatever your needs, the BX5-D3 Studio monitors guarantee to assimilate into your existing setup with ease. Combining conveniently-located rear-mounted XLR and 1/4-inch balanced inputs, BX5-D3 connects to virtually any studio equipment including mixers, interfaces, DJ gear and more.

It’s Far More Than the Sum of Its Parts

M-Audio’s BX5-D3 monitors excel in every way, making them the rightful successor to the original studio icon. Fusing superb drivers, meticulously-engineered enclosures, great-sounding amplifiers, versatile control options and standardized connection facilities, BX5-D3 delivers sound quality you can trust.

Features

Bi-amplified design with 100 watts (60 LF, 40 HF) for powerful, accurate sound

5” Kevlar low-frequency driver with high-temp voice coil and damped rubber surround

1” natural silk dome tweeter delivers superb transient details

New computer-optimized tweeter waveguide for precise imaging

Acoustic Space Control to fine-tune low-end response to your room

Optimized rear port for extended low-frequency response

XLR balanced and 1/4” balanced/unbalanced inputs for connecting audio interfaces, mixers, synthesizers DJ gear, and more

Volume control enables you to dial in the perfect monitor playback level

Ultra-wide range 52-35kHz frequency response covers full musical spectrum

Front panel LED shines brightly when speaker is positioned at ideal monitor angle

Specifications

Type: 2-way near-field studio reference monitors

Low Freq. Driver: 5-inch (127mm) Kevlar curved cone with high temperature voice coil and damped rubber surround. Magnetically shielded

High Freq. Driver: 1 inch (25mm) magnetically shielded natural silk dome

Frequency Response: 52Hz – 35kHz

Crossover Frequency: 2.0kHz

Low Freq. Amplifier Power: 65W

High Freq. Amplifier Power: 55W

Maximum Peak SPL：105dB

Input Sensitivity: 85mV pink noise input produces 96dBA output SPL at 1

Input Connectors: 1x XLR balanced input connector; 1x TRS balanced/unbalanced input connector

Input Impedance: 10kΩ balanced, 20kΩ unbalanced

Polarity: Positive signal at + input produce outward LF cone displacement

Protection: RF interference, output current limiting, over temperature, turn on/off transient, subsonic filter, external mains fuse

Power Requirements: Factory-programmed for 115V ~50/60Hz, 230V ~50/60Hz, or 100V ~50/60Hz

Cabinet: Vinyl-laminated high-acoustic-efficiency MDF

Dimension: (height x width x depth): 10in. x 6.9in. x 7.8in; 254mm x 176mm x 197mm

Weight (without packing): 12.3 lbs., 5.6kg"