Cali-bound! These beautiful Augspurger Solo 15 cabinets are have just been painted Matte Silver and are about to be lined with internal batting (we use thick insulation made of recycled denim). Then, they’ll be fitted with their drivers, wired-up, tested and tuned. After that, it’s on a truck to The NAMM Show in Anaheim where they will be seen and heard at Booth 6411. This is actually a color photo but looks b&w because of the matte silver finish on the cabinets. Wait till you see the 18" subs that go with them!

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="598"] Come see (and HEAR) us at NAMM ‘15! Jan 22-25, Anaheim, CA[/caption]

TLA impressed in South Beach: Dave Malekpour of Augspurger Monitors interviews Grammy Winning mixer Tom Lord Alge about South Beach Studios recent addition of Augspurger Duo 15 main monitor system into Studio A.

For the second year in a row, a new Augsurger monitor system has been nominated for a NAMM TEC Award in the category of Technical Excellence in Studio Monitors. Augspurger’s new Solo 12MF is a powerful and compact active reference monitor is ideal for tracking, mixing, and mastering, featuring Augspurger's renowned DSP-based tuning capabilities. Free-standing or soffitable, the single 12” cabinet is built around the breakthrough “MF” (MidField) horn, which was introduced in 2015 with the TEC-nominated Duo 8 MiniMian. The Solo 12MF is a perfect design for smaller control rooms with a tighter zone between the monitors and the mix position. The system pushes 650 watts per side and extends down to 30 hertz without a sub. Add any of the optional subwoofer packages - 1X12, 2X12m 1X18 and 2X18 - and you get a 3-way system boasting 1650 per side and bass extension to 20hz.

The MF horn has opened up a whole new range of monitor solutions for engineers with limited space. They may have thought they couldn’t have a true main monitor due to lack of distance between the front wall and mix position. The 30% smaller horn enables free standing monitors in the midfield area, as close as 5ft from the mixer.

~Dave Malekpour, president of Augspurger and designer of the Solo 12. Solo 12 MF pricing starts at $13,000 for a stereo two-way system. The 32nd Annual TEC awards ceremony will be January 21, 2017 during the NAMM convention in Anaheim, CA.