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Reference Amplifiers | Monitor Amplifiers | Reference Speakers | Monitor Transports
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AIR Studios Sound Tuning |
The AIR Studios logo on a Pioneer product means we have been involved in the design since the prototype. It is a guarantee that some of the best 'ears' in the world have approved the product. There are two levels of certification; Monitor Reference for critical applications and Monitor for less critical applications.
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Philosophy
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AIR's experience in surround film scoring and pure stereo music recording means we have some strong ideas about designing a home theatre amplifier.
• Stereo must sound excellent and multi-channel should be just as good. This requires identical, independent, discrete power amps for each channel.
• No unnecessary digital processing. 'Direct' modes that genuinely provide as clean a signal path as possible.
• Mixing room monitors are aligned for correct distance, SPL and frequency response. Such adjustments are required at home without recourse to a professional acoustician.
Pioneer met and exceeded these requirements with Discrete Output A.D.E MOSFET, Direct Construction and Advanced MCACC.
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Development
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Listening tests are conducted in our control rooms (usually Studio 3) by a panel of recording, mixing and technical engineers at each stage of development. Pioneer design engineers perform on-site modifications if necessary. When the final listening tests are complete and we are happy with sonic performance the pre-production prototype is shipped back to Japan. It is stripped and provides the build list for all production models which are thus replicas of the products approved at AIR.
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Reference Amplifiers | Monitor Amplifiers | Reference Speakers | Monitor Transports
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History
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DV-989AVi Monitor
At last a monitor transport to source the amps.
pioneer.co.uk
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| 2005 |
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S-1EX Monitor Reference
Using TAD M1 driver technology and designed to be driven by the AX10Ai.
pioneer.co.uk
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S-2EX Monitor Reference
Stand-mount versions of the S-1EX, amazingly close to their bigger brother.
pioneer.co.uk
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AX4AVi Monitor
Evolution of AX5 with HDMI, iPod, WMA9,
Advanced MCACC & Standing Wave Control.
pioneer.co.uk
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AX2AV Monitor
Baby AX4 (no i.Link/USB).
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| 2004 |
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TAD Model 1
No expense spared master-piece in beryllium, kevlar and birch.
TAD.com
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VSX-AX5Ai Monitor
Gains advanced MCACC, i.Link, USB, bigger PSU.
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VSX-AX3
Baby AX5 (no i.Link/USB).
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VSX-AX10Ai Monitor Reference
Flagship amplifier gains Advanced MCACC, USB, WMA9, TAOC sub chassis.
pioneer.co.uk
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VSX-AX5i Monitor
True baby AX10.
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VSX-AX10i Monitor Reference
i.Link update.
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VSX-D2011 Monitor
An affordable version.
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| 2001 |
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VSX-AX10 Monitor Reference
.Amp that started it all.
18 months development resulted in this award winning design.
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