EX MACHINA GANYMEDE A NEW FRONTIER OF NEARFIELD DESIGN

A NEW FRONTIER OF NEARFIELD DESIGN

EX MACHINA GANYMEDE ACTIVE STUDIO MONITOR

 

Ganymede is our first dedicated near-field model. Built from the same core technology and approach as Pulsar and Quasar, it features a brand new, more compact 5.5” coaxial and 7” subwoofer design, but uses all the same advanced geometries, materials, electronics and digital signal processing as its larger siblings. It provides the same level of accuracy, detail, imaging and timing coherence as well, but in a smaller footprint, and with a bit less extension and maximum output potential.

Custom SEAS Titan Series Subwoofer

Low distortion, long stroke design and rigid aluminum diaphragms provide exceptional bass extension and output for a driver this small.

Coaxial Midrange/Tweeter

Bleeding edge Composite Sound Metamodal TeXtreme diaphragms: ultralight, ultra-stiff carbon fabrics with optimized fiber geometries to actively control and suppress resonances.

Mathematically optimal midrange waveguide shape, underhung surround, and optimized point source acoustic center alignment provides superb off-axis response.

FEA optimized, very low distortion ferrite motor design, with a brand new copper shorting sleeve for ultra low inductance.

Electronics

Flagship AKM Velvet Sound AK4493/AK5572 based conversion leaves no sonic footprint.

Hypex Ncore amplifiers provide gobs of squeaky clean, efficient power.

5th gen SHARC+ DSP hardware can crunch many, many numbers at once.

SPECIFICATION OVERVIEW:

Linear Frequency Response: +/- 1db 45hz – 30khz (measured at 30cm cal position)

Low Frequency Cutoff: -6db at 38hz

Linear Phase Response: +/- 15° 30hz – 30khz

Maximum Continuous SPL @ 1m: 106db, 100db @50hz

THD+N (94db @ cal position): < .5% Power Average 100hz – 30khz

Coverage Angle: 90° conical

DRIVER COMPLEMENT

146mm (5.5”) midrange, 25mm (1”) tweeter, Custom SEAS/Ex Machina/Composite Sound Metamodal TX™ mid/high coaxial

176mm (7”) Custom Aluminum SEAS Titan Series Architecture Subwoofer

CROSSOVERS

200hz Sub/Mid, digital 8th order, phase corrected

2khz Mid/Tweet, digital 8th order, phase corrected

AMPLIFIER COMPLEMENT

Subwoofer: Hypex NC252MP – 125W RMS, voltage limited

Midrange: Hypex NC252MP – 75W RMS, voltage limited

Tweeter: Hypex NC100HF – 50W RMS, voltage limited

DSP/CONVERSION

A/D Chipsets: AKM AK5572EN

D/A Chipsets: AKM AK4493EQ

DSP: 5th Gen SHARC+ AD21565

INPUT SENSITIVITY

2vrms to full scale

MASS & DIMENSIONS

407mm H x 243mm W x 300mm D (16″ x 9.6″ x 11.8″)

13.8kg (30.5lbs)