MUMBAI: M-Audio, a part of Avid Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: AVID), today introduced the new Studiophile® DSM3 active studio reference monitor, providing superior monitoring capabilities for audio professionals. The Studiophile DSM3 monitor delivers exceptional accuracy, clarity and dynamic range via a number of unique design elements including onboard digital signal processing (DSP), carefully matched components and a dual-woofer configuration.

The Studiophile DSM3 monitor is the result of a strategic engineering collaboration between Avid's M-Audio® and Digidesign® product lines and features a unique hybrid midwoofer-tweeter-midwoofer (MTM) design. This configuration delivers the sound of a larger monitor and flexibility of horizontal or vertical placement, allowing users to position the monitor a variety of different ways while maintaining consistent sound. The MTM design also maximizes the horizontal radiation pattern coherency for a wide and accurate sweet spot with minimal reflections, giving engineers the freedom to move from side to side across the mixing board, while hearing the same representation of the mix.

Additionally, a powerful onboard DSP engine controls a complex fourth order digital crossover to provide true acoustical alignment and exceptional imaging. The Studiophile DSM3 monitor's onboard DSP also manages a host of customizable filter settings to help optimize the speaker for placement within even the most challenging acoustic settings.

The Studiophile DSM3 monitor includes several robust design components -- including custom 6.5-inch anodized aluminum cone woofers and a 1-inch ferrofluid-cooled Neodymium tweeter -- which provide customers with superior accuracy and response, enabling them to create mixes that sound consistent across a broad variety of listening environments.

"With the Studiophile DSM3, we were able to incorporate advanced digital technology into an unconventional MTM system configuration," stated Richard Ngo-Tran, Marketing Manager at Avid Technology. "The result is an exceptionally well-designed high-definition monitor that delivers outstanding performance -- ideal for both professional environments and project studios."

Pricing and Availability

The Studiophile DSM3 monitor will be available in Q2 2009 and carries a USMSRP of $899.95.