

These Class-D powered cabinets are DSP-controlled and incorporate PMC’s ATL (Advanced Transmission Line) bass-loading technology. The three-way IB2S-A master cabinet is paired with a single-driver XBD bass cabinet that adds an extra 3 dB of low frequency headroom to create the IB2S XBD-A system. PMC’s IB2S XBD-A loudspeakers offer all the benefits of the company’s large ATL reference active monitors but in a more compact form. Gareth Johnson: “Tracking with them is really exciting”

“The Rocks low mid is excellent and that’s an area where I find a lot of smaller speakers tend to struggle.” PMC IB2S XBD-A I usually use three different sets of monitor in order to get a good contrast. “They’re different to any of my existing monitors. “I’m a huge Rocks fan and bought my first pair a while ago,” he says.
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The combination of drivers delivers a frequency response of 37Hz-38kHz +/- 3dbB and provides a microscopic view of any programme system, incorporated to eliminate cabinet flexing.ĭavid Wrench has two Rock MKII’s in his studio. The Rock uses a 50KHz folded ribbon tweeter and the 180mm woofer features a 0.2mm aluminium foil. The Rock is equipped with two 180-watt Class D amplifiers and the Tim de Paravicini designed input/crossover. It is equally at home sat atop a large-format mixing console, in a home studio or a mastering facility. Unity Audio’s Rock MKII is described as “a small and stylish speaker”, designed for a wide range of applications including tracking, mixing and critical mastering. Unity Audio Rock MKIIĭavid Wrench: “The low mid is excellent and that’s an area where I find a lot of smaller speakers tend to struggle”

Artist and producer Goldie uses the monitors in his studio in Thailand. They all use the same lightweight aluminium voice-coils as the company’s high-end hi-fi speakers, paired with Class-D amplification as well as a 24-bit/96kHz signal path with advanced DSP.
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There are four speakers in the range: LYD 5 (with a 5” woofer), LYD 7 (7” woofer), LYD 8 (8” woofer) and LYD 48 (a three-way fully active speaker with a 4” midrange driver and an 8” woofer).
