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Dangerous Music SOURCE Monitor Controller

Name: Dangerous Music SOURCE Monitor Controller
Brand: Dangerous Music
SKU: 6098
Price: 1099.00 USD
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You will be hard pressed to find a D/A and monitor controller under $1k that beats the transparency, detail, and input connections of the Dangerous Source!

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Dangerous is a company based on the idea of pure, transparent audio. You can hear that quality in all of their pieces, from their processors to their summing units and monitor controllers. And when it comes to the Source, to put it simply, you will be incredibly hard pressed to find another D/A and monitor controller under $1k that tops the detail, transparency and connectivity of the Dangerous Source.

Like any controller worth it’s salt, the Source features a plethora of both input and output options for connecting your interface, multiple monitors, and even an iPod or other disc player via an ⅛” jack. A combo AES/SPDIF combo jack input provides the option to connect your existing interface with digital outputs in order to upgrade the quality of your monitoring D/A and hear more detail in what you’re recording and mixing. Since I do a lot of home recording in one hybrid mixing and control room, I personally enjoyed the two headphone amps conveniently located on the front panel so myself and the artist I’m recording can have easy access to headphone monitoring and level control.

The quality of your monitoring chain is something we at Sound Pure view as one of the most important yet overlooked elements of building a quality recording system, as recording and mixing when you can’t hear every detail in your audio is like painting with scratched, tinted glasses! With it’s very fair price for the incredible quality and multiple connectivity options, Dangerous has provided the answer to removing those hazy hurdles in your monitoring chain.

From Dangerous Music

The Portable Monitor Controller without Audio Compromise.

The Dangerous Source provides the critical link between your ears and the music. Every tracking and mixing decision hinges upon what you hear: how to locate the microphone’s sweet spot for the perfect vocal, where to place the panning to define each instrument’s space, creating the perfect marriage of kick and bass in the track…

Portable or Rack Installable (kit optional) 
2 Speaker Outputs- Can Be Engaged Simultaneously 
Headphones Can Monitor Single or Multiple Sources 
2 Analog Inputs: 1/8" Mini Stereo & XLR/TRS Combo Jack 
2 Onboard Stereo 24-bit/192kHz D/A Converters 
2 Digital Inputs: AES/SPDIF and USB 
USB IN, up to 24-bit/192kHz for Windows and Mac

Plug in two pairs of headphones and get inspired with a Dangerous caliber headphone amp.

Select any of the four sources individually or at the same time- plug your iPod into AN2 and jam along in AN1.

Listen to any combination of sources from either section. For example, let the singer hear their own personal headphone mix from the AN2 input, while you engineer the real mix, coming from the USB input.

There’s even a line level control room output, mirroring the speaker selector for dubbing, sampling or running external meters.

Switch between two sets of speakers... or use one output for a subwoofer... or play them both at once to blow up the neighborhood.

Built for life on the road, slide the Source into your backpack and hit the streets.

Input 1 to Selected Line Out and Speakers

Frequency Response: +0, -0.5dB from <10 Hz to >80 kHz
THD+N: < 0.0025% @+4dBu
IMD (SMPTE): < 0.0025% @ +4dBu
Crosstalk rejection: >108dB
Noise: < -93 dB, unweighted
NOTE: Speaker outs can run at -6dB (factory setting) or unity gain (remove jumpers 3 and 4)
Maximum input level: > +26 dBu

Input 2 to selected line out and Speakers

Frequency Response: +0, -0.5dB from <10 Hz to >80 kHz
THD+N: < 0.0025% @ +4dBu
IMD (SMPTE): < 0.0026% @ +4dBu
Crosstalk rejection: > -98dB
Noise: < -90 dB, unweighted
NOTE: Input 2 can run at -10dBV or -16dBV (by setting JP1 and JP2. Remove for -10dBV)

Default factory setting is -16dBV to accommodate 1/8” headphone outputs of iPhones and cell phones

Frequency Response: +0, -0.5dB from <10Hz to >50kHz

Outputs

The meter and speakers outputs are fully balanced and 600 ohm drive capable to >+26dBu.

Volume knobs track better than +- 0.5dB from unity to -40dB.

The headphone amp can easily drive several sets of cans.

Maximum output level: > +26 dBu
Shipping weight (in carton): 7 lbs.

Digital inputs

The AES inputs lock from 32kHz to 192kHz sample rates with the following: <0.004% THD+N

0.2dB at 10 Hz and 22kHz (48kHz sample rate)

0.2dB at 10Hz and 34kHz (higher rates)

Crosstalk Rejection: >103dB
Power Supply: 12 volt, 2 Amp (Part number PSU-SRC)
Optional Rack Kit: SRC (Source Rack Kit), $49.99

USB Compatibility

Mac: Requires Mac OS 10.6 or higher for driverless plug and play
PC: Requires a driver for Windows operating systems up to Windows 7. *Not currently compatible with Windows 8.

Manuals & documents

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Returns

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