Digidesign RM2

When it comes to high-quality sound, Digidesign strives to create products that deliver the absolute best. To further ensure that you get the best-sounding audio possible in your creative endeavors, Digidesign now looks to redefine how you monitor your mixes with the Digidesign® Reference Monitor Series RM2, a professional, bi-amplified, near-field monitor co-developed with PMC, a world-leading professional monitor manufacturer.

RM2 unites Digidesign’s deep expertise in digital audio with PMC’s legacy of fine, handcrafted, cutting-edge design and meticulous manufacturing. Together, Digidesign and PMC have created a monitor that delivers unrivalled tonal accuracy, exceptionally low distortion, stunning clarity, more defined bass response, and incredible dynamic range, enabling professionals, aspiring professionals, and audiophiles to truly hear an impeccably accurate representation of their audio mixes at any stage.

The RM2 features a 6.7-inch low frequency driver, a 1-inch ferrofluid-cooled high frequency driver, and a smaller footprint compared to the competition, but is big on power and sound quality. It’s the ideal monitor for recording studios, mixing suites, post-production facilities, broadcast installations, and other rooms that require a higher sound pressure level and even lower bass extension. But don’t let its smaller size fool you. Though the RM2 is relatively compact in stature, it can produce higher volumes and lower bass extension than other speakers of similar sizes — even if identical or larger drivers are used — thanks to PMC’s groundbreaking Advanced Transmission Line (ATL™) technology.

Because of its design, the frequency response also remains consistent regardless of how high or low you adjust the volume, meaning you won’t need to crank it to achieve maximum bass response. RM2 is also designed for a wide sound dispersion, so you’ll get accurate frequency response even when you’re listening in an off-axis position.

Features

• Professional, bi-amplified monitor
• Analog and digital inputs (up to 24-bit/96 kHz)
• Audiophile-grade, analog-controlled Class D amplifiers with high-quality linear power supply units
• Advanced Transmission Line technology provides high sound pressure level (SPL) and superior bass extension
• Unrivaled tonal accuracy, clarity, and dynamic range with exceptionally low distortion
• Powerful onboard DSP engine provides:
  • Extremely accurate digital crossover for pristine imaging
  • Bass Port Emulation mode to emulate tonal characteristics of ported bass reflex speakers
  • Precise gain trim, low- and high-frequency adjustment, and speaker placement settings
• Low jitter analog-to-digital converter (ADC) with low-noise clock oscillator
• Sound dispersion design maintains accurate frequency response even in off-axis listening positions

Specifications

• Frequency Response: 40 Hz - 25 kHz
• Peak SPL at 1 meter: 113 dB
• Effective Line Length: 4.9 feet (1.5 meters)
• Drive Unit: Low Frequency: 6.7-inch (170 mm) doped cone with cast alloy chassis
• Drive Unit: High Frequency: 1-inch (27 mm) fabric soft dome with ferrofluid cooling
• Crossover Frequency: 3 kHz
• HF Adjustment: -4 dB to +3 dB in 0.5 dB steps; corner frequency 1 kHz
• LF Adjustment: 4 dB to +3 dB in 0.5 dB steps; corner frequency 500 Hz
• Input Connectors
  • Analog: XLR Female—PIN 1 GND, PIN 2 +, PIN 3 -
  • Digital (AES/EBU): XLR Female—PIN 1 GND, PIN 2 +, PIN 3 -
  • Input Impedance: 22k Ohm
• Sensitivity
  • Input Level for Full-Scale Output: Adjustable from +4 dBu to +19 dBu
  • Gain Trim: Nominal gain setting from 0 dB to -15 dB in 1 dB steps
• Analog to Digital Specifications
  • Maximum Input Level: 20.9 dBu
  • Signal to Noise Ratio: 111 dB A-weighted
  • THN + Noise: -95 dB
  • Conversion Rate: 24-bit / 96 kHz
• Digital to Analog Specification
  • Output Voltage: 6.37 VRMS
  • Signal to Noise Ratio: 110 dB A-weighted
  • THD + Noise: -95 dB
• Power Amplifier
  • Output Power: LF: 100 Watts, HF: 50 Watts
  • THD + Noise: 0.05%
  • Signal to Noise Ratio: 125 dB
  • Frequency Response: DC - 50 kHz
  • Efficiency: > 92% at full power
• Size / Weight / Finish
  • Height: H: 15.75 inches (400 mm)
  • Width: 7.64 inches (194 mm)
  • Depth: 14.57 inches (370 mm)
  • Weight: 20 lbs (9 kg) per unit
  • Finish: Dark gray texture—RAL 9004