Klein & Hummel O 300 Active Studio Monitor

O 300 Active Studio Monitor description:

The Klein & Hummel O 300 is a monitor which draws upon years of experience in monitor design.

The Klein & Hummel O 300 has been fine-tuned through extensive computer simulations and countless listening tests. It is indeed unique in its class, for it does in fact deliver superlative sound absent of colorations, precise bass response, picture-perfect dispersion patterns, and a stunningly real soundstage with remarkable image focus and depth.

To authentically re-create the sound captured in a recording-particularly a recording of the human voice-an active three-way system was chosen. The sophisticated three-way design employed in the O 300 makes this loudspeaker system extremely precise and revealing of detail, and it enables the mixing engineer to make critical judgments with supreme confidence.

By utilising a dense, new, extremely low-resonance material called LRIM, we were able to mould the waveguides required for optimal dispersion directly into the baffle. The elliptical shape of the high-frequency horn makes the dispersion angle in the vertical plane more narrow thus reducing the amount of early reflections off the console surface which would otherwise interfere with the direct sound from the speakers (comb-filter effects), thereby improving spatial definition. At the same time, the effective horizontal listening area is made wider, giving the recording engineer greater freedom of movement in front of the console.

The use of LRIM has also made it possible to align the acoustic centers of the two drivers exactly on one plane, parallel to the baffle, thereby preventing time and phase coherency problems at the crossover frequencies. This allows the individual drivers to work together perfectly to produce a precisely detailed soundstage.

Klein & Hummel O 300 main features include:

• Sophisticated 3-way system
• Extremely low-distortion reproduction
• Exceptionally neutral sound stage from 40 Hz to 20 kHz
• No standing waves in enclosure
• No partial coloration
• No comb-filter effect
• Unconventional enclosure concept
• Very compact enclosure constructed of advanced materials
• Avoidance of resonance via combination of MDF and LRIM (Low Resonance Integral Moulding)
• Very accurate bass reproduction via sealed enclosure
• Precision centers of loudspeaker are on one plane
• Homogenous baffle with no diffraction or fastening elements and with excellent self-damping properties
• Extremely wide effective listening area for main monitor via horizontal installation
• Modern design
• Numerous installation possibilities
• Optional baffle cover/grill
• Magnetically shielded
• Functional waveguide
• Dispersion is horizontally wide
• Increased freedom of movement at mixing console
• Vertically narrow sound dispersion reducing early reflections off console surface
• Perfect dispersion pattern