User's Manual

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T SERIES MANUAL [ENGLISH]
REVOLUTIONARY TWEETER DESIGN
Since its launch in 1999, Berlin-based ADAM Audio has fast gained international
prominence and respect as a manufacturer of reliable and highly accurate reference
monitors. This reputation and performance has led to ADAM Audio monitors being used
by engineers in top recording studios around the world. A key component yielding the
monitors’ stellar performance is ADAM Audio’s innovative, proprietary X-ART tweeter
used in all their high-frequency drivers, including the T Series’ new U-ART 1.9” tweeter.
Made of a high-tech polyimide film used in thermal blankets on spacecraft and satellites,
the U-ART tweeter’s diaphragm provides pristine and extended high-frequency response
up to 25 kHz. But it’s the tweeter’s revolutionary folded design that’s one of the key
elements responsible for the T Series’ outperformance compared to other reference
monitors in its class.
Unlike a conventional dome or cone tweeter that uses a piston action to move air and
reproduce sound, the U-ART tweeter uses a pleated membrane that alternately draws
air into its folds and squeezes it out as the folds respectively expand apart and press
together in response to inputted audio signals. This design produces four times as
much air movement as does a piston-based design, creating higher sound pressure
levels [SPLs] with lower distortion. On a practical level, the U-ART tweeter lets you hear
pristine details in your mixes with far greater clarity that, along with the tweeter’s
superior off-axis performance, help you make better decisions in the creative process
that will translate faithfully to other playback systems. What’s more, you can listen at
louder levels than with conventional monitors without suffering listening fatigue.
ADVANCED WAVEGUIDE, WOOFER, AMPLIFIERS,
CROSSOVERS AND CABINETS
The U-ART tweeter is fitted to a new, precision waveguide that provides highly uniform
dispersion of high frequencies. The result is an incredibly wide sweet spot that
frees you from being glued to a rigid mix position while working. The T Series’ all-
new polypropylene woofer and the cabinet’s rear-firing bass-reflex port together
provide ultra-smooth, highly accurate midrange and extended bass response. New
Class D amplifiers and power supplies are custom-matched to the tweeter and
woofer for optimal performance: The U-ART tweeter is powered by a 20 W amp,
2. INTRODUCING T SERIES