Audio Optimum MS8E

The MS8E monitor system differs from its predecessor model MS8 by having an externalized electronics setup to avoid microphonic effects and by replacing the side passive membrane with a flow-optimized bass reflex tube, significantly enhancing bass dynamics and achieving higher maximum sound pressure levels. Both modifications make the MS8E, with its studio-preferred size (2-way active system with 8-inch woofer), a peerless and versatile monitoring system that finally delivers what advertising promises:

1. The MS8E requires no acclimatization time, saving you time immediately. No matter what monitors you have worked with before, you can continue working in the middle of a production with the MS8E and rely completely on what you hear, without any need for abstraction. Your production will be completed faster, and the result will be better.
2. The MS8E makes secondary or tertiary monitors obsolete. What sounds flawless on the MS8E will sound good on all other playback systems.
3. The MS8E enables fast, precise, and fatigue-free work at any volume level. The sound quality is at least equal to even the most sophisticated high-end playback systems, regardless of size and price.
4. The MS8E reveals the entire recording chain, from room acoustics to microphones, cables, preamps, limiters, effects units, etc. Everything that can be optimized in detail becomes immediately audible. However, the MS8E is not "over-analytical"; the holistic nature of music reproduction is always maintained.
5. The MS8E is both a perfect studio monitor and an audiophile Hi-Fi speaker of the highest level. The high-end version MS8EH with two SINCOS MonoAmps is identical to the studio version, except for stronger power transformers and larger capacitance (in unregulated power supplies, over-dimensioning is useful to a certain extent). Only a completely color-free speaker can excel in both professional studio and commercial use with the same tuning. This is achieved through the first-ever precisely phase-parallel analog active crossover combined with the ideal power amplifier based on the internationally patented sine-cosine modulator principle.

As standard, the MS8E monitor system includes two 3.3m long special cables with 4 x 2.5mm² copper cross-section, each with two pairs of twisted wires, to connect the 4-channel amplifier in the 19-inch/2U enclosure to the speakers. The two twisted pairs are enclosed in a cotton braided sleeve, a natural material that prevents static charges and remains acoustically neutral. Poor-quality 4-core cables, such as those used for PA systems, degrade sound quality so much that it would be better to place the electronics inside the speaker cabinets and accept the microphonic effects!

On the other hand, sound quality can be further improved if each twisted pair is encased in a basalt fiber braided sleeve, and both twisted pairs are enclosed by a larger basalt sleeve. Basalt contains a certain amount of iron oxide, which reduces mutual electromagnetic interference between the two twisted pairs, as well as external interference from high-frequency magnetic fields, to a minimum, without damping the high-frequency response in the audible LF range. Since the 4-core basalt cable is very complex to manufacture, it is only available at an additional cost. However, for precise, fast, and relaxed studio work, the additional investment in the basalt cable is highly recommended. Even though no measurement method exists for this yet, you don't need bat ears to hear the difference. The basalt cables make the sound clearer and the spatial imaging more precise.

Experience shows that in a music playback system, all electrical connections longer than 30cm, whether high or low impedance, should be considered "cables," with both the conductors and the non-conductors (dielectrics) of the cable audibly influencing the sound quality. For all Audio Optimum speakers, internal wiring is already standard with basalt-encased twisted pairs.

Technical Specifications MS8E

Speaker cabinet dimensions (H x W x D): 40cm x 27cm x 35cm
Wall thickness: 22 mm MDF with 13 mm rounded edges
Internal volume: 24.5 liters
Weight: 12 kg
Standard finish: fine texture lacquer in white or anthracite
Tweeter: 30mm silk dome
Woofer: 22cm cone with glass fiber reinforced paper membrane
Principle: phase-parallel 2-way system, bass reflex
Crossover frequency: 1.18 kHz
Lower cutoff frequency: 33 Hz (-3dB)

Amplifier enclosure: 19-inch / 2U
Weight: 8.5 kg
Output power: 200 Wsin per channel
Option: upgradable with analog 6-band parametric EQ for room calibration