By Gary Phillips and Daniel Fisher

Whether you're a seasoned veteran with a slew of projects under your belt, or you're taking your first stab at home recording, you know that one of the most important aspects of any studio is the monitoring system. Your monitors must deliver a sound that is musically pleasing even inspiring while at the same time they must provide an accurate frame of reference that can be completely trusted.

I have found Event Electronics to be the makers of that very type of monitoring system. Over the past three years, as a Soundware Engineer for Sweetwater, I've used Event monitors in some of our most critical listening situations. Many of our in-house soundware CD-ROMs, such as Total Stereo Session Drums and Electron Bomb, plus our Premium Rhythm Section CD-ROMs for E-MU's E4 and ESI, Yamaha's EX5 and A3000 and others were created using Event 20/20bas monitors.

When creating soundware, it's extremely important that your speakers don't color the sound in any way; you want to be confident that what you hear is accurate. Currently, I'm working on a project that involves looping many pipe organ samples of different lengths. The Events allow me to hear the slightest clicks and pops in the sample loops, which I can then easily eliminate in order to create a perfect finished sample. Working for long hours in this kind of critical listening environment can be challenging, not to mention incredibly tedious, but the Events never seem to fatigue my ear. I was so pleased with the Events in my office that I eventually bought a set for my home studio as well.

Now, the same engineers who brought you their award-winning Event 20/20s, introduce their new bi-amplified, Direct Field, PS Project Studio Series. These monitors are an amazingly cost-effective way to get the same precise and accurate quality found in their best-selling 20/20s. Each speaker in the PS Project Studio Series is equipped with custom designed state-of-the-art drivers. These drivers can reproduce frequencies from 45Hz all the way up to 39kHz on the PS5 with a 5 1/4-inch woofer (list $599), from 45Hz up to 20kHz for the PS6 with a 6 1/2-inch woofer (list $699), and from 35Hz up to 20kHz for the PS8 with an 8-inch woofer (list $849).

The tweeters on all three models feature one-inch, magnetically-shielded, ferrofluid-cooled, natural silk domes. This design provides accurate and detailed high frequency reproduction without the harshness and ear fatigue normally associated with metal dome tweeters. For low frequency accuracy, each woofer is designed to provide a smooth, consistent frequency response without the need of additional equalization. All of the PS Series woofers use magnetically shielded mineral-filled cones with a highly-damped linear rubber surround and a one-inch diameter high-temperature voice coil. The magnetically shielded design of the woofers and tweeters make them especially well suited for use in computer-based audio / video workstation environments.

The PS Series monitors have a separate power amp for each driver (70 watts per side for the low frequencies, and 30 watts per side for the high frequencies). By giving each driver its own amplifier, the amps are able to run more efficiently. That's because each amp is dedicated to its specific frequency range. The result is increased dynamic range, higher SPL, a faster transient response, better phase response and improved damping. The combination Power On / Clip LED will flash if the amplitude approaches clipping levels.

The PS6 and PS8 models are equipped with the same asymmetrical fourth-order crossovers found in Event's flagship 20/20bas, while the PS5 model comes with an asymmetrical second-order crossover. Crossovers are an extremely important element in any speaker design. Event's crossovers ensure that mid and upper frequencies will be reproduced with clarity and precision.

XLR and 1/4-inch inputs are included on all three models. These inputs accept balanced XLR or unbalanced 1/4-inch plugs, which eliminates having to search for the right cable or adapter. All models are also equipped with an input sensitivity control for precise amplitude matching. The PS5 model has a front panel mounted input level knob, which is convenient when working with a computer-based home studio.

From personal experience I can say that with the Event PS Project Studio Series, you can be confident that your mixes will sound the same in the outside world as they do in your studio. Call your Sweetwater Sales Engineer today for the latest pricing and complete information on the incredible sounding PS Project Studio Series Monitors.