Introduction

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Thank you for choosing TAPCO S•8 Studio Monitors by LOUD Technologies. The TAPCO product line hails back to the days of TAPCO Corporation, Greg Mackie’s ﬁ rst company. TAPCO revolutionized

the audio industry back in 1969 with the very ﬁ rst 6-channel mixer speciﬁ cally designed for keyboards and rock ‘n’ roll.

In essence, TAPCO redeﬁ ned the price/performance ratio and made high-quality professional audio equipment accessible to virtually anyone. Today, TAPCO is reborn with the same ideals and is backed by the world-class engineering and manufacturing horsepower of LOUD Technologies. The TAPCO S•8 is the second active studio monitor in the TAPCO by Mackie® family, joining its sibling, the TAPCO S•5.

These versatile compact “mini-monitors” can be used in a variety of applications, including small project studios, surround sound editing, home theater playback, and desktop audio workstations (DAWs).

The S•8 active studio monitors are packed with features and designed to produce transparent and uncolored sound for monitoring multitrack recordings and mixdowns. The two-way bass reﬂ ex (ported) design provides an amazingly ﬂ at frequency response from 40 Hz to 20 kHz.

There are many beneﬁ ts to integrating an active crossover, power ampliﬁ ers, and drivers into a single cabinet, and we’ve taken full advantage of these beneﬁ ts in the design of the S•8.

•The crossover point is designed so that the high and low frequency drivers are fed only the frequencies that they are best able to reproduce.

•The ampliﬁ ers are designed to provide maximum acoustic output from the speakers, yet minimize the danger of speaker damage due to overdriving.

•The connecting wire between the ampliﬁ er outputs and the drivers are kept to an absolute minimum so the damping factor of the ampliﬁ er isn’t compromised by the resistance of long speaker cables.

•The acoustic sum of the outputs from the two drivers are optimized electronically, as well as physically, so the amplitude response is unity and the phase difference is minimal.

In short, all the complex interconnected components in the system are designed to work in harmony with each other to produce the best possible sound.

Here’s a quick look at all the features packed into the S•8 Studio Monitors:

•Flat frequency response (±3 dB, 40 Hz to 20 kHz)

•1” silk dome tweeter, fully magnetically shielded

•8” polypropylene cone woofer, fully magnetically shielded

•Convenient compact design, perfect for near- ﬁ eld monitoring

•Ported, bass reﬂ ex design for enhanced bass performance

•60 watt HF and 60 watt LF power ampliﬁ ers

•Low-frequency over-excursion protection

•Front panel clipping indicator

•High-strength cabinet constructed of 5/8” MDF composite and 1” front board with radiused edges

•High-density adiabatic ﬁ berﬁ ll absorbs internal reﬂ ections

•Full magnetic shielding allows placement near computer monitors

•Balanced XLR and 1/4” TRS, and unbalanced RCA input connectors

•24 dB/octave crossover at 3 kHz

•Adjustable sensitivity control

•LF equalization provides +2 dB or +4 dB at 100 Hz and below

•HF equalization provides ±2 dB at 5 kHz and above

•Rear panel power switch with front panel indicating LED

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