EQ Magazine - February 2009 - (Page 56) GEAR HEAD ACTIVE VS. PASSIVE MONITORS There are two main monitor types, active and passive. Passive monitors consist of only the speakers and crossovers, and require outboard amplifiers. Active monitors incorporate any power amplification needed to drive the speakers from a line level signal. I generally prefer powered monitors because the engineers have (hopefully!) tweaked the power amp and speaker into a smooth, efficient team. Issues such as speaker cable resistance become moot, and protection can be built into the amp to prevent blowouts. Some speakers even have digital inputs, so you can feed the power amp directly from a digital source. Powered monitors are often bi-amped (e.g., a separate amp for the woofer and tweeter), which minimizes intermodulation distortion and allows for tailoring the crossover points and frequency response for the speakers being used. However, there’s of course nothing wrong with hooking up passive monitors (which are usually less expensive than active equivalents) to your own amps, but make sure the amp has adequate headroom. Any clipping that occurs in the amp generates lots of high-frequency harmonics (ask any guitarist who uses distortion), and sustained clipping can burn out tweeters. —Craig Anderton M-AUDIO DSM1 AND DSM2 The product of a joint venture between Digidesign and M-Audio, the DSM1 and DSM2 are more than a cosmetic rebranding of previous models: The DSMs have new cabinets, drivers, and most interestingly, an onboard DSP engine, making this an exciting new entry in the market. The cabinet is ported, and features either a 6.5-inch low-frequency driver for the DSM1 or an 8-inch version on the DSM2. Inputs can be analog or digital via AES or S/PDIF inputs, and either model supports PCM signals up to 24-bit at 192kHz. As all audio goes through the DSP, you might as 56 EQ FEBRUARY 2009 www.eqmag.com http://www.eqmag.tv http://www.eqmag.com http://www.eqmag.com
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