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Overview
MACKIE CR3 Creative reference Multimedia Monitors are designed for multimedia creation and entertainment delivering studio-quality design and performance in sleek, small-footprint designs
- Featuring 50 watts of power and premium components like a sound-enhancing high-frequency waveguide,creative reference monitors ensure pristine, accurate sound for any application
- Choose which side of your desk gets the volume knob with CR’s speaker placement switch and take advantage of convenient front-panel features like a dedicated input for smartphone playback.
- Plus, you get all the cables and acoustic isolation pads you need to get started right out of the box
- With these creative reference monitors , you get professional sound quality and features in compact desk-friendly designs perfect for work, play and everything in between
Features:
- Studio-quality design, sound and performance ideal for multimedia creation and entertainment
- Ultra-wide frequency range perfect for full-range multimedia (80Hz – 20kHz)
- Choose which side of your desk gets the volume knob with CR4’s convenient speaker placement switch
- Convenient front panel volume knob with lit power ring gives you on/off/volume control and power indication where you need it
- Plug your smartphone or other source right into the front of the speakers and listen instantly
- Front-facing headphone jack auto-defeats speaker output and provides tactile headphone volume control
- A choice of inputs for simple connection to almost any audio source (1/4”, 1/8”, RCA)
- Smooth waveguide design delivers unmatched clarity and sound dispersion at all listening levels
- Custom-tuned rear ports for smooth, even bass extension
- All-wood cabinet provides a natural sonic character superior to low-grade plastic designs
Professional-grade components for optimized sonic performance
- 50 watts of clean, articulate stereo sound
- 3″ polypropylene-coated woofer
- .75″ ferrofluid-cooled silk-dome tweeter
What's in the Box?
- Acoustic isolation pads minimize boomy bass build-up and provide up/down tilt control for more focused listening
- 1/8″ to stereo RCA cable to connect computer output to speakers
- 1/8″ to 1/8″ cable to connect a smartphone or media player to front panel of speakers
- Speaker-to-speaker cable
1.) AC line Cord - Plug the attached power cord into a live AC outlet that has the correct voltage indicated on the rear panel
2.) Power Switch - this switch left to turn the CR reference monitors on
3.) Signal Inputs - Connect the line-level signal from a computer mixer or other signal source to one pair of these input jacks.
4.) Powered speaker position select switch - you get to decide if the powered monitor is to be positioned on the left side or right side of the desk.
5.) Wire Terminals (-/+) - Connect the included black (-) and red (+) speaker wires from powered monitor's +/- spring clips to the passive +/- spring clips
6.) Custom-Turned Rear Port - The custom-tuned rear port uses the radiation from the rear of the woofer cone to extend the low-frequency response of the speaker.
Front Panel Features:
7.) Aux Input - Connect a line-level signal from an MP3 player, smart phone or other signal source to this input jack using an 1/8" connector
8.) Phones Output - This 1/8" TRS connector supplies the output to stereo headphones
9.) Volume Knob - CR series reference monitors expect a line-level signal at its input.
Sample Set-up Applications:
Specifications:
Acoustic Performance
- Frequency Response (-3 dB) .....................80 Hz - 20 kHz
- Frequency Response (-10 dB) ....................70 Hz - 20 kHz
- Maximum SPL Peak per pair......................97 dB
- Crossover Frequency......................3 kHz
- Low Frequency ............... 3.0 in / 76 mm polypropylene coated woofer
- High Frequency........... 0.75 in / 19 mm silk dome tweeter
- Rated Power ............ 28 watts rms, 50 watts peak
- Design......................Class AB
- Input Type..................balanced / unbalanced 1/4" TRS , unbalanced RCA (rear) 1/8" TRS (front)
- Input Impedance ...................... 20 kOhm balanced bridging; 10 kOhm unbalanced
- Output Type..........................1/8" stereo headphones (front)
- Basic Design................... Rectangular
- Enclosure Construction..................Solid MDF
- Finish..................... Balack vinyl wrap
- Handles.................at <10 lb each, there is no need for handles
- Port Configuration...................custom-tuned rear port tube
- Damping..............adiabatic batting
- Display LED (front) ............ power ring (around volume knob)
- Operating Temperature .......... 0 - 40 ° C. 32 - 104 ° F
- United States. ................. 120 VAC, 60 Hz
- Europe .... ..................... 220 - 240 VAC, 50 Hz
- Korea ................. 220 VAC, 60 Hz
- Japan. ....................... 100 VAC, 50/60 Hz
- Power Consumption ... ........................ 72 watts with music, loud mix