Presonus Eris E5 High-Definition 2-Way 5.25 Nearfield Studio Monitor

When mixing music you want a pair of studio monitors that will accurately reveal the truth about what you're listening to, and the Eris series from PreSonus are designed to do just that. With its 5" Kevlar low-frequency transducer, the compact Eris E5 sports a 45W, Class AB amplifier; and a 1-inch (25 mm), silk-dome tweeter powered by a 35W, Class AB amplifier. It can crank out a clean 102 dB SPL, peak. Frequency response is rated at 53 Hz to 22 kHz. For a studio monitor in its size and price class, that's impressive.Thanks to well-designed Kevlar low frequency transducers, low-mass silk-dome tweeters, responsive Class AB amplification, and professional acoustic-adjustment controls, Eris delivers the goods.Both Eris models provide balanced XLR, balanced " TRS, and unbalanced RCA line-level inputs. When both balanced connections are in use, the TRS input will supersede the XLR input. The RCA input is summed into the signal path. With this selection, you'll have no problem hooking your Eris speakers up with virtually any line-level source. (If your signal source has unbalanced, " TS outputs, simply use a "-to-RCA adapter or adapter cable.)You're in control!Today's music producers deal with a wide variety of musical genres and often work in more than one location. It's easy to take your Eris speakers with you when you want to work in a different space. It's almost as easy to customize their sound for your room and type of music.The most basic control is the Input Gain, which determines the signal level before it reaches the power amp. This is part of gain-staging your overall system-that is, setting the levels for every part of the recording chain in order to get the optimal level of clean audio all the way through. Once you've gain-staged your system, you can leave this control alone.The Eris E5/E8 provides three EQ controls in its Acoustic Tuning section: High, Mid, and Low Cutoff. These controls enable5.25" Kevlar low-frequency transducer1" (25 mm), ultra-low-mass, silk-dome, high-frequency transducer70-watt Class AB biamplificationFront-firing acoustic port for superior bass-frequency reproductionMidrange (6 dB, continuously variable), HF (6dB, continuously variable), High-Pass (Off, 80Hz, 100Hz) and Acoustic Space settings (flat, -2, -4dB) for accurate mixing contourRF interference, output current limiting, over-temperature, transient, and subsonic protectionOptimized, resonance-suppressing internal bracingBalanced XLR/1/4" and unbalanced RCA inputs102dB maximum continuous SPLIncludes Studio One Prime and Studio Magic, a suite of over $1,000 USD worth of music production software