User Manual

Superior through innovation
ADAM Studio Monitors are one of the finest audio reference monitors
available today. The goal of every ADAM loudspeaker is to deliver
the very best sonic performance possible. The cornerstones of
ADAM technology are ground-breaking innovation in electro-acoustic
transducers, painstaking design and superior materials. This allows
ADAM monitors to reproduce sonic images in breathtaking realism
rarely heard before.
ADAM Audio provides a complete range of active systems to suit
any environment and to precisely reproduce all kinds of acoustic
events. This precision allows one to hear previously hidden detail
in even the most familiar recordings. To an engineer, this new level of
perception results in a mix with true imaging and depth that is fully
transportable across the complete range of listener music systems.
Precision work ‚Made in Germany‘
Advanced Dynamic Audio Monitors (ADAM) are developed and
manufactured in Berlin, Germany all under one roof. In 2008,
ADAM moved into a new, much larger facility, where every single
loudspeaker is designed, assembled, tested, packed, and shipped.
This means that from conception to delivery, every product is
subjected to the same high quality controls.
Only these high principles can guarantee we can meet the claim of
ADAM speaker systems to be the best tools in professional monitoring
today. For many years, the very name ADAM has been a synonym
for the highest possible quality in acoustical reproduction and
craftsmanship. The ability to place all working processes under one
roof with continuous quality management ensures that this will stay
that way.
Production and measurement
Accuracy is indispensable in ADAM‘s high quality standards for all
production and measurement processes. As part of that, every
ART and X-ART tweeter and midrange is being intricately crafted
and tested by hand at ADAM’s facility. The final tests include
all important electro-acoustic parameters: impedance, absolute
frequency response, sensitivity level, relative frequency response
to reference standard, phase characteristics, impulse response,
absolute phase, and harmonic distortion factor.
Most of the electronics of the active monitors are made by ADAM,
too. The plug-in amplifiers are based on the so called ICE modules,
i.e. PWM based power amplifiers and mains supply circuits.
With 90% efficiency, high power levels are possible without the
otherwise compulsary heat issues. The ICE modules as well as the
ADAM designed A/B amplifiers (for the X-ART tweeters) are being
assembled by the in-house electronic department. The best up
to date instruments (Rohde & Schwarz UPV) are used to precisely
analyze the response chracteristics and to guarantee continuously
high quality standards.
Extended warranty period
ADAM products are famous not only for their impeccable sound
quality but also for their durability.
All active monitors from ADAM Audio carry a five-year warranty,
which is well above the industry standard. This is a clear sign
that ADAM is committed to the highest level of customer satisfaction
and a proof for the reliability of their products.
Welcome to the World of ADAM Audio
Dr. Oskar Heil and ADAM chief engineer Klaus Heinz in a relatively early discussion
about the project 1982
...every ART tweeter is being crafted by hand, and...
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