PreSonus unveiled its Eris-series studio reference monitors at Winter NAMM 2013, Anaheim. Also showcased at Musikmesse /Prolight + Sound show 2013, Frankfurt, these ultra-affordable, 2-way, bi-amped monitor speakers deliver very accurate response with a tight bass and very clear upper end. They can also be user-adjusted to the acoustic space, allowing you to create a more accurate listening environment or to simulate different common listening environments.
The compact Eris E5 sports a 5.25-inch, Kevlar low-frequency driver, mated with a 45W, Class AB amplifier; and a 0.79-inch (20 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 64 Hz to 22 kHz.
Both Eris models have individual balanced XLR and ¼” TRS input connections in addition to unbalanced RCA inputs. Both offer RF shielding, current-output limiting, over-temperature protection, and subsonic protection. A four-position Acoustic Space switch controls a shelving filter, centered at 100 Hz, that provides three attenuation points (no attenuation, -2 dB, and -4 dB), allowing you to control the bass response relative to the wall proximity of the speakers. A High Pass switch sets the low-frequency cutoff (-12 dB/octave) to be flat, 80 Hz, or 100 Hz. Also provided are continuously adjustable High Frequency and Midrange controls from -6 dB to +6 dB. |
