EVENT ELECTRONICS Studio Precision 6 Active

Oct 1, 2006 12:00 PM, By Rusty Cutchin

Precision Bass

Despite these successes, I was skeptical that the ASP6's woofer could handle all the low-frequency content of a modern dance mix without a subwoofer. Yet when I fired up Rihanna's “Pon De Replay” and Outkast's “I Like the Way You Move,” the bass was room shaking and seemed to dip deeper than expected, considering the ASP6's steep rolloff at 40 Hz. It was also great to listen to a single monitor at close range with ample volume without feeling the blast of air you'd get from a single-port enclosure. On the ASP6, only an occasional gentle breeze (and extra bass) exits the ports.

On my own mixes, which lately have involved country songwriter demos and new arrangements of jazz standards, the ASP6 made me reevaluate my recently adopted 2.1 system. I noticed that upper-mid parts like restrained piano solos had more definition with ASP6s than on my monitors. That didn't necessitate a remix, because I liked the piano out front. But it did make me realize that I was working a bit harder than I needed to, and that my monitors were deficient in upper-midrange reproduction.

An engineer friend brought over stems of a rock remix that he had spent several days working on, and we listened to them on the ASP6s. He was surprised that the attacks on the song's intense drum and guitar parts sounded more restrained than they had in his studio. He realized that his system was overemphasizing high-frequency content, causing him to record the drums and guitars without enough highs. He then realized why his client hadn't liked the mixes. He vowed on the spot to get a pair of ASP6s.

Home Run

The ASP6 made me change my opinion of stereo close-field monitors with woofers less than 8 inches in diameter. In the past, I felt I couldn't be satisfied with such monitors without a subwoofer. The ASP6 has blown that theory out of the studio for me. The monitor's handling of bass, its high-end clarity, its dependable midrange, and its price should add up to a big win for any personal studio.

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Rusty Cutchin is a former EM editor and a producer, engineer, and music journalist in the New York City area.

PRODUCT SUMMARY
EVENT ELECTRONICS
Studio Precision 6 Active active monitor
$1,199 per pair

AUDIO QUALITY	5
VALUE	5

RATING PRODUCTS FROM 1 TO 5

PROS: Excellent design and sound. High power. Dual front ports.

CONS: Small knobs and buttons.

MANUFACTURER
Event Electronics
www.event1.com

STUDIO PRECISION 6 ACTIVE SPECIFICATIONS

Analog Inputs	(1) balanced XLR, (1) balanced ¼" TRS
High-Frequency Driver	1" soft-dome neodymium radiator
Low-Frequency Driver	6.5" mineral-filled polypropylene cone with neodymium magnet
Frequency Response	40 Hz-20 kHz ±3 dB
High-Frequency Equalization	trim control, continuously variable, ±3 dB above 2.6 kHz
Low-Frequency Equalization	trim control, continuously variable, ±3 dB @ 100 Hz; ±2 dB @ 400 Hz
Highpass Filter	80 Hz in/out, second-order slope
Power Rating	200W (LF amplifier); 80W (HF amplifier)
Crossover Slope	2.6 kHz, active fourth-order asymmetrical
Dimensions	10.75" (W) × 13.625" (H) × 10" (D)
Weight	25 lbs.