Product Information:
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 B2031A 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."
The TRUTH 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. Due to their
high-resolution performance, B2031A active
2-way reference studio monitors are perfect
for nearfield monitoring applications: from
small mixing environments to multi-channel
surround setups.
The TRUTH B2031A is a serious contender
capable of achieving output levels in excess
of 116 dB SPL. Powered by separate 80- and
25-Watt built-in amplifiers with an active
crossover, these monitors provide
ultra-linear frequency response from 50 Hz
to 21 kHz.
After final assembly, each B2031A spends up
to a half hour with a Calibration Engineer
being meticulously tweaked to ensure
ultra-linear frequency response.
When you buy a TRUTH B2031A monitor, you’re
truly getting a hand-calibrated unit. We
ship a calibration certificate with each
B2031A that shows the actual frequency
response of your monitor, as tested at the
time of manufacture. After all these
rigorous tests, only then is the speaker
granted its own Graduation Diploma.
Bookshelf-style home stereo speakers can
really fool you when it comes to bass
output, mainly because they are not designed
for critical listening applications. That’s
why recording engineers and producers listen
to projects through studio reference
monitors or studio-grade headphones. The
B2031A’s long-throw 8.75"
polypropylene-diaphragm woofer delivers
smooth, deep bass all the way down to 50 Hz.
Bass content that isn’t exaggerated, as it
can be in home speaker systems. Rock-solid
bass that is an honest representation of the
recorded sound, full of subtle nuance; the
sound of fingers on the strings, or the rush
of air through the long pipes of a cathedral
organ, etc.
Polypropylene is light and strong, enabling
the speaker cone to respond very quickly to
fast transient peaks. This low-mass cone
material is also much stiffer than paper,
important for not only maintaining bass
content integrity, but critical for midrange
accuracy and definition. The
deformation-resistant aluminum die-cast
chassis maintains suspension integrity and
provides highly efficient voice-coil
cooling, even under extreme operating
conditions.
B2031A’s HF (High Frequency) content comes
courtesy of an ultra high-resolution 1.0"
ferrofluid-cooled tweeter mounted on our
proprietary wave-guide. While some of our
competitor’s studio monitors have a highly
focused “sweet spot” (the optimal listening
position for loudspeakers), our wave-guide
is designed to create a much more generous,
broader listening zone. That means you won’t
wear a hole in the carpet in that one spot
where everything sounds great. You are free
to move around inside the stereo image to
find the ideal spot in the mix for subtle
instrument or effects placement
opportunities.
You also won’t suffer the ravages of
“monitor fatigue-syndrome,” an ailment that
comes from listening to harsh high-mids and
treble content for hours on end, even during
those all-night mix-down sessions that can
really test your nerves.
Behringer pack 105-Watts of bi-amped
technology (including a time- and
phase-optimized active crossover) into every
B2031A, ensuring that you have the enormous
power reserves you’ll need to drive them
really hard. The unique BEHRINGER wave-guide
and the extremely low-distortion crossover
network produce an absolutely linear
frequency response with excellent sound
dispersion and stereo imaging.
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 low- and high-frequency
characteristics for optimal performance
specific to your listening environment.
Placement is also critical. Ideally, all
loudspeakers should be placed away from
walls to ensure proper bass response. But
fear not, B2031A monitors feature Room
Compensation switches so you can place them
against walls, or even in corners. Walls
tend to enhance low-frequency content, and
corners exaggerate bass even more, but your
TRUTH monitor can be custom-tailored to
provide honest bass response for your
situation, with the simple flick of a switch
or two.
Since placement of studio monitors can
significantly affect their performance,
often they are placed in a manner that makes
it inconvenient to get to the power switch
on the rear panel. Not to worry, the B2031A
provides a simple solution to breaking out
the stepladder or climbing onto your desk.
The B2031A features an AUTO power switch
that, when activated, powers up the system
as soon as it detects an input signal. If no
signal is detected, the system automatically
switches into standby mode after five
minutes of silence.
The B2031A is equipped with servo-balanced
inputs on XLR and ¼” TRS connectors to
handle a variety of audio sources. Thanks to
its compact size and magnetic shielding, the
TRUTH B2031A can be placed near video
monitors, computer displays or digital audio
workstations.
We could bore you to tears with all the
technical jargon (if you like that stuff,
you’re sure to enjoy the product spec sheet
at the back of the manual), but hearing the
TRUTH will make you a believer. We think
you’ll agree that nothing in this class
outperforms the B2031A monitors. Compare
them to any competition and hear the TRUTH!
Specifications:
Ultra-linear frequency response from 50 Hz to 21
kHz with individual frequency diagrams
Built-in 265-Watt Bi-amp module with enormous power reserve
Ultra-high resolution ferrofluid-cooled tweeter
Long-throw 8 ¾" woofer with special polypropylene diaphragm and
deformation-resistant aluminum die-cast chassis
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
Automatic standby mode (defeatable)
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
3 Year Warranty
Conceived and designed by BEHRINGER Germany
