Fluid Audio Now Shipping High-Quality 2x2 Recording Interface with Monitor Switching

Building upon their range of studio monitors, Fluid Audio now announced the SRI-2 USB Recording Interface, a sturdy aluminum design with two class A microphone preamps and best-in-class digital converters, featuring a large volume knob to provide accurate control of the output level, and direct monitoring with zero-latency tracking. Given the studio monitor heritage of the San Diego-based company, the SRI-2 also doubles as a monitor switching box for two pairs of monitors, allowing to A-B compare the mix on two sets of speakers.

When I review speakers, I make a point of doing my continuous (20-second) averaging room/power curves (moving a microphone slowly over a 1 x 1 x 5’ area at head level at the listening couch) with an AudioControl SA-3051 RTA. This gives me a good idea of just how effectively a speaker pair can deliver flat power to a typical listening area. Read this article, originally published in audioXpress, January 2010.

The new MC3.1 Monitor Controller is now shipping. This is the latest product in the brand’s Monitor Controller family bringing an expanded feature set over the MC2.1. Full cue mix facilities, a secondary preset volume control to give repeatable calibrated output, a digital input, Low/Mid/High band solo, Individual Mono/Sub select, and External talkback Mic input with footswitch control are all new additions. Housed in a stylish aluminum Desktop wedge shaped chassis, with external power supply.

Which sounds better — a tube or solid-state amp? The "Great Debate" has been going on for decades. Now it's time to put the debate to rest. In audioXpress, November 2012, Richard Honeycutt's published this article exploring how to detect audio amplifiers’s differences in sound and the need for a correct subjective evaluation process of components and systems.