In this video, Sam talks us through everything you need to know about the amazing Presonus Eris XT Studio Monitor range!
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00:00 Introducing the new Presonus Eris XT monitors
00:50 E5XT, E7XT & E8XT Specifications
01:36 New Features - Larger bass port & EBM wave guide
02:40 Inputs Options & Acoustic Tuning Controls
03:40 Where To Buy Presonus Eris E5 XT Studio Monitors
The new Eris XT range are upgraded versions of Presonus’s super budget friendly Eris E5 studio monitors, offering a wider range of models to choose with a more refined design and enhanced performance, whilst maintaining the features that made the original E5’s so popular in the first place.
There are 3 models in the range to suit different studio sizes and applications, the E5 XTs, the E7s and the E8s. The E5s feature a 5.25 inch woofer offering a low frequency response down to 48 hertz, and as they’re active monitors with built in amplifiers they kick out total of 80 watts output per monitor, with loads of distortion free headroom. The E7s offer a larger 6.5 inch driver, more power at 140 watts per cabinet, and a deeper bass response of down to 42 hertz, and finally the largest of the range, the E8 XTs, have an 8 inch woofer with a bass response right down to 35 hertz, so these are a great choice if you’re producing bass heavy dance or hip-hop music.
Just like the original Eris E5’s, these monitor features composite woven low frequency drivers and silk dome tweeters, delivering a clear, punchy bass end coupled with smooth, accurate highs, but the new XT’s have some re-engineered cabinet design features, to enhance and optimise their performance.
Firstly, the bass port on the front of the enclosures are now larger than on their predecessors, which means that E5XTs now deliver a bass response 10 hertz lower than the original E5s, but most importantly the tweeter wave guide has been completely re-designed. Presonus are calling this the EBM, or Elliptical Boundary Modelled wave guide, and it results in a wider one hundred degree horizontal sound wave dispersion, meaning that if you’re using the monitors in a larger studio with the speakers spaced further apart, you get a much broader sweet spot, so they’re much more suitable for group listening or collaborative mixing. Contrary to that wide horizontal spread, the EBM also offers a very narrow vertical dispersion, to minimus reflections off of surfaces such as your desk or mixing console.
Some of the features that made the original E5s so versatile have remained for the XT versions though, and these include their input and acoustic tuning options. You get a choice of either balanced XLR and TRS jack or unbalanced jack and RCA phono inputs, so the monitors can integrate into any type of setup, be it your home studio, DJ rig or mobile recording laptop setup, and the acoustic tuning controls allow you to customise the response of the monitors depending on the room or environment that you’re mixing in.
There’s controls to adjust the highs and mids, a low cut filter for if you’re integrating a subwoofer into your monitoring setup, and most importantly the three-position Acoustic Space switch helps to counter the bass boost proximity effect that can occur if the monitors are placed in a corner of your room or near a wall.
So all in all, the Presonus Eris XT range offer some of the best value home studio monitors currently available, and you can take a listen for yourself at your nearest Professional Music Technology Store.
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