PreSonus has announced the expansion of its Eris family with the debut of the new PreSonus Eris E5 BT active media reference monitor that’s equipped with a 5.25-inch woven-glass composite woofer and a 1-inch silk-dome tweeter driven by an onboard power amplifie stated to deliver up to 50 watts of class D power to the transducers.
Also onboard are high and low acoustic tuning controls enable to adjust the monitor to the listening environmen. Interconnect options include 1/4-inch TRS balanced inputs, unbalanced RCA inputs and a stereo Bluetooth input.
A front-mounted headphone jack enables private listening, and a 1/8-inch stereo aux in accepts signals from non-Bluetooth audio devices. The Eris E5 BT is also the first in the Eris family to offer a 1/4-inch TRS sub out for adding a subwoofe such as the Eris Sub8.
“Our Eris E3.5 and E4.5 Bluetooth studio monitors have seen tremendous global success, and we continue to focus on pushing the boundaries of innovation,” says Jim Boitnott, EVP of PreSonus Products. “After immense customer demand for a 5.25-inch version, we’ve created the Eris E5 BT, which offers a truly premium experience and deeper low frequency response while still retaining the compact footprint today’s content creators need.”
The PreSonus Eris E5 BT active media reference monitor is available immediately (MSRP $249/pair USA, €249.00 EUR, £209.000 GBP, $399.00 AUD, ¥35,200 JPY).
