Studio Monitors
TRUTH B3031A/B3030A
TRUTH — 2-Way Active Ribbon Studio Reference Monitor with Kevlar Woofer
Ultra-linear frequency response with individual frequency diagrams
Built-in 150 and 75 watt power amplifiers (75 and 35 watt for B3030A) with enormous power reserve
Ultra-high resolution, 2" velocity ribbon transducer for ultimate sound reproduction
Long-throw 8 ¾" woofer (6 ¾" for B3030A) with deformation-resistant Kevlar cone and aluminum die-cast chassis for ultimate bass response
Controlled dispersion characteristics and extremely large “sweet spot” owing to the unique BEHRINGER wave guide technology
Active crossover network with 4th order Linkwitz-Riley filters
Adjustable to a wide range of acoustic conditions and subwoofer operation
Separately controlled limiter for low and high-frequency
overload protection
Magnetic shielding allows placement near computer monitors
Servo-balanced inputs with XLR and ¼" TRS connectors
High-quality components and exceptionally rugged construction ensure long life
Conceived and designed by
BEHRINGER Germany
Honesty
When it comes to your studio recordings, you want honesty. In fact, considering how important your art is, you should demand it! That’s why we designed the new B3030A and B3031A Reference Monitors to speak nothing but the TRUTH. Oh, they still sound great hooked up to your stereo or your video surround system, but they were really built with the studio in mind — where every note you play or sing is “under the microscope.”
Built on a Legacy
Our TRUTH B2030A and B2031A monitors have been so wildly successful that we’ve sold thousands upon thousands of them
to some of the most critical ears on the planet. So, from the moment we started this project, we knew these new speakers would have to be something really special, and indeed they are!
Years of R’n’D
For the past two years our Resead Development team has been on a mission to create the “perfect” studio monitor. Since the TRUTH B2031A had already become the industry standard,
our acoustic engineers decided to start there and see just how far they could push the envelope. They tried a variety of transducers and enclosure designs, along with existing and emerging technologies. When all the dust settled, they chose to deploy an ultra-high resolution, 2" velocity ribbon transducer and a long-throw, Kevlar-coned woofer in a deformation-resistant, die-cast aluminum chassis.
Why Kevlar?
We’re glad you asked. Kevlar has an incredible strength-to-weight ratio — that’s one reason it’s used in bulletproof vests. Kevlar gives our LF transducer the strength to handle the extremely high energy levels required for distortion-free, chest-pounding bass. And since they have such low mass, Kevlar speaker cones also respond much more quickly than those made of paper, important for not only maintaining bass content
integrity, but critical for midrange accuracy and definition. Our Kevlar transducers reproduce even the subtlest nuance
of the low-frequency realm without muddying the midrange.
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TRUTH B3031A/B3030A
What’s with the funny-looking tweeter?
Ribbon tweeters bring a level of accuracy and sophistication to high-resolution studio monitors that was previously unattainable.
They provide exceptionally wide horizontal dispersion (for a larger “sweet-spot”),
while holding the vertical dispersion extremely tight. And since our ribbon transducer diaphragm is virtually weightless, it reacts instantaneously to changes in the high-frequency content. Now, not only do you hear the dulcet tones of a flute, you hear the breath flowing through it... You hear the wind chimes bouncing off each other... You can hear the fingernails on the nylon strings of a classical guitar…
Another reason why ribbon tweeters are so supremely accurate is their ability to reproduce frequencies far above our normal hearing range. Even though we can’t hear these “ultrasonics,” the lower harmonics they generate do affect the way we experience the stereo image.
For instance, a 30 kHz signal is too high for us to hear, but we can hear its first sub-harmonic (15 kHz), second sub-harmonic (7.5 kHz),
and third (3.75 kHz), etc. All these sub-harmonics combine with the primary sound to create stunning realism.
Power to the People
It takes quite a bit more than just a “bulletproof” woofer and a high-tech ribbon tweeter stuck inside a fancy box to make a studio monitor of this class. It also takes power — and lots of it! But even more importantly, that power has to
be matched to the individual highand low-frequency tranducers. While some of our competitors are content to stick whatever speakers they have on the shelf into haphazardly designed boxes and then strap on a one-size-fits-all amplifier
package, we build every single component from the ground up.
We pack 225-Watts of bi-amped technology (including a timeand phase-corrected active crossover) into
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every B3031A (110-Watts for B3030A), ensuring that you have the enormous power reserves you’ll need to drive them really hard.
Designed to Work in Your Environment
The ideal environment for listening is a room that is “flat,” neither too reflective (echoes) nor too absorptive (where the sound is muffled). But since all rooms are not the same acoustically, all TRUTH monitors come equipped to function
in a wide variety of situations. Switches are provided to adapt the monitor’s lowand high-frequency characteristics for optimal performance specific to your listening environment.
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Surround Sound Setup
Video Monitor
Surround Sound Decoder
Subwoofer |
B3031A |
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