The Super Rock 2-way active monitor
Revolution not evolution
Quite possibly the ultimate
expression of a 2-way design,
The Super Rock starts out as a
Rock MKII and turns every detail up
to eleven! We’ve anaylised every
single component and parameter of
The Rock in microscopic detail and
challenged our designers to improve
it whilst keeping the same 2-way
design and convenient form factor.
What they achieved is quite simply a
landmark product that goes deeper,
hits harder and retrieves even greater
levels of resolution. Although at its
heart it’s a 2-way it certainly Rocks
like a miniature Boulder.
Drivers
Starting with the drivers, we have increased the diameter of the bass driver up to 220mm, the
same size as bigger brother, The Boulder. However our engineers didn’t just settle for using
the exact same driver, they demanded a new specification specifically matched to The Super
Rock’s smaller sealed cabinet. The 200mm SEAS custom aluminium woofer delivers amazing
micro and macro-dynamics. The cone and the low loss rubber surround have been specifically
designed to eliminate cone edge resonance and distortion typically associated with soft cones.
The same long, high temperature voice coil as The Boulder provides super low distortion
and very high power handling capacity. The bass driver hands over seamlessly to an all-new
Air Motion Transformer Tweeter from respected German manufacturer Mundorf. This has incredibly low distortion figures, excellent transient
response and carefully considered dispersion characteristics that deliver seamless inter-driver
coherence.
We raised the bar for the Super Rock, even greater resolution and detail while providing
more SPL and bass extension.
Cabinet
Cabinet colourations are kept to a
minimum with a redesigned Corian front
baffle. Depth is up from 12mm to a huge
30mm with large radius edges to reduce
reflections and improve imaging. Like
The Rock MKII, The Super Rock features
the same attention to detail and is made
from 18mm, 9-ply Baltic Birch plywood
rather than inferior MDF, typically used
by our competitors. Our front to rear
bracing system is also incorporated to
stop cabinet flexing.
Applications
Super Rocks are ideal in a 2.1 or 5.1
system configuration when partnered
with an Avalanche Sub-woofer or used
as rears in a Boulder 5.1 surround
system due to their highly consistent
sonic signature.
