Neumann has introduced the KH 750 AES67 subwoofer — a product variant of the KH 750 DSP — designed for AES67-based environments and providing access to the company’s proprietary Automatic Monitor Alignment MA 1, allowing for room adaptive correction of the entire monitoring system, including the connected analog Neumann loudspeakers in amplitude and phase.
“The compact KH 750 AES67 is the ideal subwoofer for all areas in which audio over IP in existing AES67 infrastructure is to be routed all the way to the loudspeakers in a redundant and lossless manner,” explains Portfolio Manager Markus Wolff. “Its AES67 interface allows to address not only the subwoofer but the entire stereo system, including the speakers connected to the KH 750 AES67. “Its dual AES67 audio network connections are fully compliant with broadcast standards such as ST2110 and ST2022-7 redundancy. At the same time, the KH 750 AES67 is also compatible with Dante-generated AES67 network streams.”
The acoustic properties of the successful KH 750 DSP have been retained, as well all other features such as the proprietary Bass Manager with four routing modes, acoustical controls for a range of configurations and setup conditions as well as analog and digital inputs and outputs.
In combination with the Automatic Monitor Alignment – MA 1, which is available for Mac and PC, the entire system can be precisely calibrated to suit the specific room character. This also includes the monitors connected to it, whose amplitude and phase frequency responses are corrected and adapted to the monitoring environment. This makes the new subwoofer a suitable complement to all KH-Line analog monitors, such as the KH 120, KH 310, and KH 420 as well as to Neumann’s DSP-based monitors such as the KH 80 DSP.
The newly developed 10-inch long-excursion woofer has a highly linear magnet system with ELFF technology (Extremely Linear Force Factor). Despite its compact dimensions, the KH 750 AES67 provides bass extension down to a stated 18 Hz. Because the subwoofer relieves the connected monitors of much of the low frequency reproduction, intermodulation distortion is reduced and the maximum sound pressure level is increased.
“The new KH 750 AES67 is Neumann’s entry into the continuous support of AES67 networks. It raises the entire monitor system to a new level: deeper bass, higher SPL capability, and even greater sound transparency,” concludes summarizes Neumann CEO Ralf Oehl. “In addition, the integrated DSP engine makes it possible to linearize and room-align amplitude and phase via the revolutionary MA 1 system for sound reproduction with unprecedented precision. It is, without exaggeration, the beginning of a new era in Neumann monitoring – which is finally making its way into AES67-based environments such as broadcast studios. More products are to follow.”
MSRP: $2,379 USD. Go here for more specifics.
