The Auratone 5C Super Sound Cube is an industry-standard, compact, full-range studio reference monitor famous for providing a "real-world" midrange perspective for mixing audio. It is a passive speaker, meaning it requires an external amplifier.
Reviewers widely regard the Auratone 5C as an essential studio tool for checking how mixes will translate to consumer systems like car stereos, TVs, and small radios.
Midrange Clarity: Users and experts praise their ability to expose issues in the midrange, where many critical mix elements like vocals and guitars sit. Reviewers often describe them as "brutally honest".
"Real-World" Referencing: The single-driver, sealed-box design avoids common phase issues and port resonance artifacts of larger speakers, providing an unhyped, point-source sound that helps ensure mixes sound balanced everywhere.
Not for Primary Monitoring: Reviewers universally agree they are best used as a secondary or tertiary reference monitor alongside full-range speakers, not as the sole monitoring solution due to their intentionally limited frequency range (lack of deep bass and high treble).
Driver: 4.5" full-range, magnetically shielded driver.
Frequency Response: 75 Hz to 15 kHz.
Impedance: 8 Ohms.
Power Handling: 25 Watt RMS / 50 Watt Peak.
Sensitivity: 90 dB @ 1W/1m.
Enclosure: Sealed 5/8" MDF cabinet.
Dimensions: 6.5" H x 6.5" W x 6" D (165 x 165 x 152 mm).
Connectivity: Bare wire screw terminals.