Amphion Two18 Passive Two Way Studio Monitor - Single

Passive 2-way Studio Monitor with 2 x 6.5" Midrange/Woofers and 200W Power Handling (single)

• For a pair, simply order two singles

The Amphion Two18 Studio Monitors are the number one choice for a number of A-list composers, sound engineers, and producers. The Two18 monitors provide them the confidence that their work will translate accurately to the outside world. These loudspeakers provide a neutral presentation, with a phase-accuracy and imaging that is second to none.

Whether you are composing, tracking, mixing, or mastering, the Two18 studio monitors are the perfect tool to assist you finishing your work both faster as well as achieving premium results. These transparent and elegantly-truthful studio monitors are perfectly balanced, and easily respond to any acoustic environment, personal tastes, or music genre.

The Two18 monitor provides very clear definition – particularly space and sonic placement, and even frequency response and dynamic changes. They remain full and sonically constant at lower listening levels, making them ideal for long-haul mix or mastering sessions. The Two18 studio monitors provide exceptionally precise imaging and a wide sweet spot, keeping the sound well-balanced even when you move around the room.

Amphion’s Two18 is a high-end passive monitor that employs custom-designed drivers, a high-density Corian waveguide, and a sealed enclosure with a passive radiator to deliver natural, transparent and un-hyped sound. The dual LF/MF drivers work in tandem with precise phase alignment to reproduce a wide sonic range with exceptional accuracy.

Features:

• Flagship monitor of the Amphion range, and its supreme nearfield performer in the studio
• Delivers unsurpassed levels of detail, 3D depth, stereo width, phase/frequency response
• Delivers consistent mix translation, removing insecurities regarding frequency or end-results
  

A beautifully honest listening experience

Many studio monitors are great to work on, but not necessarily the speakers you'd choose when you want to get lost in your favorite music. Amphion Two18 studio monitors are designed with the ultimate goal of providing a "beautifully honest" listening experience that makes tracking, mixing, and mastering not only easy . . . but really enjoyable as well.

Corian waveguide provides control and balance

Like all Amphion monitors, the Two18 features a fifth-generation waveguide CNC machined out of high density Corian. This improves the tweeter's ability to couple with the air, helping it to extend down to the 1.6kHz crossover point and making the dispersion of the overall system more uniform throughout a wide frequency range. It also physically aligns the drivers, which improves the time and phase coherence tremendously. The result is a rock solid phantom centre, pinpoint imaging, and an extra wide and deep sweet spot.

Point source performance - no audible crossover point!

Driver integration is one of the main challenges in speaker design and construction. The goal is to achieve a single point where the acoustical centers of the driver combination can work together perfectly, just like what happens in real life. If you want to combine two different audio signals as seamlessly as possible, doesn't it make sense to place the seam outside the most sensitive areas of the hearing range? Human hearing is not linear. The ear's sensitivity is highest inside the critical middle of the hearing range, generally located between 2-5kHz. Employing an unconventionally low crossover point allows the use of drivers with the lowest possible moving mass in the range where the ear is most sensitive, resulting in an unprecedented amount of midrange clarity and depth, and a single point source/phantom centre image typically only found in coaxial designs.

Sealed box + passive radiator = much greater accuracy

A ported box always has uncontrolled pressure changes and turbulence inside the cabinet which lead to decreased resolution - especially in the midrange - preventing a balanced audio signal from being reproduced optimally. The Two18's sealed cabinet design results in a dramatic improvement in midrange resolution and bass accuracy, while also loading the room in a more controlled and predictable manner. Essentially a speaker cone, surround, and basket without the motor, Amphion's rear-mounted passive radiator moves in perfect synchronization with the front woofer, ensuring that the distance from the front of the cabinet to the rear is always the same and that the balance of air in the cabinet is maintained. This results in a much tighter, even response in the low end of the spectrum, guaranteeing more accurate translation to just about any playback system. A passive radiator is not the same as a rear port, and is nowhere near as sensitive to placement near a rear wall.

Specifications:

• Operating principle: Two-way, passive radiators
• Drivers: 1″ (25 mm) titanium tweeter; 6½” (180 mm) aluminum woofer
• Weight: 18 kg (40 lb)
• Crossover point: 1600 Hz
• Sensitivity: 89 dB @ 2.83 V/1 m
• Frequency response: 39 Hz - 20 kHz ±3 dB
• Power recommendation: 50 - 200 W
• Handmade in Finland

For a taste of Amphion, One15 Monitors are available to demo in our showroom, paired with the Amphion Amp700. Contact us to book an appointment.

Please allow ~7-10 days for delivery