{"product_id":"kii-audio-three-pro-active-3-way-mini-main-studio-monitor-single","title":"Kii Audio THREE Pro - Active 3-Way Mini Main Studio Monitor (Single)","description":"\u003cp\u003eToday’s studio business is constantly evolving. Audio software has enabled a democratization of music production, along with some great possibilities and also a lot of challenging changes to overcome for professional engineers. Yet for recording, producing, mixing and mastering a single piece of gear still is as important as it has ever been: the monitoring system! Having a transparent and revealing monitor system that translates your work perfectly to the outside world has become more important than ever. It is the centerpiece of the modern studio. As an audio professional you’re always looking for ways to raise the bar of sonic performance. You want a clear, reliable and consistent advantage over your competition. The Kii THREE system is that advantage.\u003c\/p\u003e \r\n\u003cp\u003eWhether you work in a major facility, independent recording studio, or from your home studio, a good monitoring situation enables you to work faster, easier and achieve better results everyday. It takes the guesswork out of any decision during a production, so you can be safe and bold with your decisions and move through a project quickly, focusing on what´s really important in the studio: the musical ideas, the artistic expression and the interaction with your clients!\u003c\/p\u003e \r\n\u003cp\u003eTHREE offers a linear frequency response, a perfect impulse response and phase coherence, but it also packs 1500 watts per speaker divided across six drivers into a compact and lightweight enclosure. The Kii THREE is able to move some serious air, but it doesn't just stop there. Instead, Bruno Putzeys invented the Active Wave Focusing technology, that controls the sound dispersion and directs the sound pressure, where you need it to be: into the sweet spot! Intelligent DSP processing provides the THREE with a cardioid sound dispersion pattern down to the low-mid and bass frequencies, which otherwise can only be achived by very wide baffles, big cabinets or soffit mounting speakers (infinite baffle design). The controlled sound dispersion is the only reason, why a big main monitor system in a good room offers the special feel and impact it does. Even though acousticians and speaker designers know about this task, no other speaker manufacturer has approached a solution to this common problem. Kii Audio designed the Kii THREE with the acoustical challenges of todays studio setups in mind. It fits everywhere and can be the one and only monitor solution you need for every task. It really is the first \"Mini Main monitor system\" available.\u003c\/p\u003e \r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Secret of Big Speakers\u003cbr\u003e \r\n\u003c\/strong\u003eKii’s mission for the THREE was to break the sonic mould of compact speakers. Powerful small speakers with deep bass have been around for a while now but none so far sounded like a big speaker. The THREE is built to fix that.\u003c\/p\u003e \r\n\u003cp\u003eBasic acoustics tells us that a classic box speaker only directs sound towards the listeners from the midrange up while bass frequencies are radiated all around. The frequency where this change happens depends on the size of the box front (the “baffle”). The smaller the baffle, the higher the frequency at which bass is still radiated all around instead of directed towards the listener.\u003c\/p\u003e \r\n\u003cp\u003eThat in short is why big speakers have so far delivered much more precise timing and detail in the bass and low mids than small speakers: the room gets less chance to interfere. And that is what Kii has now managed to make a compact speaker do.\u003c\/p\u003e \r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCategory Killer\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \r\nThe THREE is the first compact speaker that exceeds the clarity of a full size sound system in a large room while its small size means it’s equally at home in much more modest spaces. In fact, smaller rooms will benefit most from the THREE’s controlled bass. Better than big speakers at sounding big and better adapted for small rooms than other small speakers, THREE is a truly no-compromise product.\u003c\/p\u003e \r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Active Wave Focusing Solution\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \r\nA loop hole in acoustics says that small directive speakers are possible - if you have enough drivers and you feed them the exact right signal. The THREE has a total of 6 (six) ways, front, side and rear, working together to throw the sound in one direction only without relying on a baffle. The THREE’s ability to direct bass is comparable to, but much better controlled than that of a traditional speaker several meters wide. \u003c\/p\u003e \r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat do Active Wave Focusing filters do?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \r\nActive Wave Focusing filters mark a complete departure from the classical crossover filter. Instead of just splitting the spectrum into bands, it forces the specially positioned drive units to create a completely coherent wave front that is only emitted forward and behaves as though all of it came from the midrange driver.\u003c\/p\u003e \r\n\u003cp\u003eWith classical crossover filters, loudspeakers can only have a time aligned impulse response on the main axis. The animations on the left show the wave front as it’s built up by a typical modern three-way speaker with side-firing woofers. This example is crossed over at 250Hz, time aligned and phase equalised. Indeed the wave travelling towards the listener is coherent. Towards the sides and the rear the picture breaks down and the impulse is completely smeared. Also, low frequencies get emitted in all directions. In a real room (bottom animation) the sound that escapes toward the back will strike the wall behind the speaker and reflect towards the listener, who actually hears the speaker twice: once from the front and a bit later from the rear. Moving the speaker out into the room doesn't help. The overall bass balance looks better but the impulse response gets worse as the reflection now comes even later.\u003c\/p\u003e \r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDSP Technology\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \r\nEach Kii THREE contains six channels of DSP, D\/A conversion and power amplification. Few companies could pull off such a densely packed design with truly world class performance electronics. But then again, few active speakers are designed by people who have previously turned high end power amplification and digital conversion around.\u003c\/p\u003e \r\n\u003cp\u003eEach side panel of the THREE holds a 3x250W power amplifier board, designed by Bruno Putzeys using the latest iteration of the Ncore class D technology which he invented for Hypex. Unique to the implementation used in the Kii THREE is a combined voltage\/current control loop that goes beyond merely a better amp – it actively improves the distortion performance of the drive units which contributes significantly to the extreme resolution of the speaker. Naturally, this means that the performance of the AD\/DA conversion has to match that of the amps. This task fell to Bart van der Laan who has a long track record designing DSP and converter boards for high-end professional audio equipment. Kii Audio’s implementation is a runaway success: a complete pass through the AD\/DA circuitry of the THREE’s signal processing board is entirely inaudible, a feat not duplicated by the most expensive audiophile standalone units.\u003c\/p\u003e \r\n\u003cp\u003eAlongside the Active Wave Focusing filters the DSP is responsible for keeping the drive units within their safe operating range by gently adapting the filters instead of brutally limiting the signal, allowing the THREE to play significantly louder and cleaner than much bigger traditional designs.\u003c\/p\u003e \r\n\u003cp\u003eOn the input side there is a choice of analogue, digital inputs. All digital inputs are up-sampled and reclocked using Kii’s own jitter rejection algorithm that guarantees actual “bits is bits” audio performance for any digital source.\u003c\/p\u003e \r\n\u003cp\u003eThe electronics package alone sets a milestone. What it does in concert with the unique acoustic design defies imagination. You have to hear it to realize the magnitude of the revolution the Kii THREE represents.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kii Audio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48411242708,"sku":"1259325","price":5747.5,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/sg-2111.myshopify.com\/products\/kii-audio-three-pro-active-3-way-mini-main-studio-monitor-single","provider":"SG_2111","version":"1.0","type":"link"}