PMC twotwo.6 6.5 inch Active Studio Monitors (2024)

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Unerring PMC Accuracy, Session After Session

The PMC twotwo.6 active studio monitor tells you the truth about your recordings, delivering unflinching accuracy, session after session. Designed for reference-grade nearfield monitoring in small-to-midsized rooms, the twotwo.6 employs bespoke drivers — a one-inch soft-dome tweeter and a 6.5" woofer — mounted in the company’s acclaimed ATL (Advanced Transmission Line) cabinet. ATL represents PMC’s proprietary bass-loading technology that extends LF response while reducing distortion, enhancing phase and frequency linearity, and optimizing SPL capability. Equipped with custom state-of-the-art Class D amplifiers and sophisticated DSP, the PMC twotwo.6 provides a spacious soundfield with stunning depth, clarity, imaging, and punch. Your monitors are the key to great-sounding recordings. Step up to a new level of accuracy with PMC.

Advanced Transmission Line Technology delivers cleaner, deeper bass

Since their first professional studio main monitor design was embraced by the music, broadcast, and post-production industries in the early 1990s, PMC has become famous for their proprietary Advanced Transmission Line (ATL) technology. A transmission line is a method of loading a low-frequency speaker in a cabinet so that undesirable frequencies radiating from the rear of the driver are absorbed, allowing only the lowest frequencies to pass. These emerge from a front-baffle vent, which effectively acts as an auxiliary LF driver that extends bass response while absorbing undesirable low frequencies that contribute to harmonic distortion, clouding the upper bass and midrange. One of the keys to PMC speakers’ natural, highly detailed sound, ATL technology delivers deeper bass and higher output from smaller cabinets, while providing rich, full sound at any listening level. And because ATL bass extension doesn’t vary with volume levels, the low end is well-defined and always in balance, even when listening quietly.

Laminair aerodynamic vent for superior performance

PMC’s ATL Advanced Transmission Line moves under-pressure air at high speeds, so reducing drag and turbulence is important for lowering resistance, increasing efficiency, and eliminating air noise. PMC’s Laminair vent accomplishes this using aerodynamic principles borrowed from high-performance engineering for F1 and Le Mans race cars, creating a smooth laminar airflow at the transmission line outlet. The combination of ATL and Laminar technology results in superior bass timing and an ultra-wide dynamic range, which helps PMC loudspeakers deliver a supremely natural sound and perform with complete composure at any volume.

Mixes that translate

Engineers at Sweetwater know that there’s no substitute for midrange clarity in a monitor. This is the heart of your mix, and it remains relevant regardless of the playback system. That’s why you can spend hours struggling to achieve a perfect balance and end up with nothing but frustration, listening fatigue — and a mix that doesn’t “translate.” In addition to improving bass response, PMC’s ATL and Laminair also eliminate troublesome frequencies and port noise that can mask the midrange in other types of 2-way designs. As a result, you’ll find it’s easier to place, for instance, vocals and solo instruments in a mix, and have that balance translate to the world outside your studio.

PMC twotwo.6 Active Studio Monitor (Pair) Features:

• Compact true reference monitors with ATL bass-loading technology
• Ultra-wide dispersion for a spacious image with perfect tonal balance over a large soundfield
• Class-leading connectivity, analog plus digital up to 192kHz
• High-efficiency audiophile-grade dual Class D amplification
• Versatile positioning for unerring accuracy in both vertical and horizontal orientation
• Precision drivers designed and built by PMC for superior neutrality and dynamics
• Powerful DSP engine controls driver response, crossover, and EQ
• Room response EQ: ±4dB shelving at 500Hz (LF); ±4dB at 1kHz (HF)
• LF Rolloff: 6dB/octave at 50, 80, 120, 150, or 200Hz
• Crossover frequency: 1.8kHz
• Custom drivers: 6.5" LF, 1" HF soft dome
• Class D amplification (rms): LF 150W, HF 50W
• Effective ATL length: 5.25 feet
• Frequency response: 40Hz–25kHz
• Maximum SPL: 113dB @ 1 meter
• Input impedance: 20kΩ balanced
• Sensitivity: adjustable from +4 to +15dBu
• Inputs: balanced analog XLR, unbalanced RCA; digital AES XLR
• Included IEC mains power cable, RJ45 control link cable, 4 M8 glide feet, 4 D-cup isolators
• Dimensions: 16" H x 7.6" W x 14.3" D
• Weight: 18.52 pounds