Modern mixing engineers can now experience the vintage sound feel of the world famous Gauss 7 Reference Monitors thanks to Avantone. You no longer have to search endlessly for an old pair of classic Gauss 7 Monitors that probably need a lot of TLC; you can now purchase brand new ones for the first time in a long, long while.
These nearfield monitors take the classic Gauss 7 Reference monitors from yesteryear and make them suitable for a modern context, offering all the old-school transient response of the original, with modern bandwidth and frequency-response specifications. With folded AMT drivers and a classic ultrasmooth tweeter, the monitors deliver accurate, detailed sound, as well as a wide sweet-spot, and precise stereo imaging.
Modern mixing engineers can now experience the vintage sound feel of the world famous Gauss 7 Reference Monitors thanks to Avantone. You no longer have to search endlessly for an old pair of classic Gauss 7 Monitors that probably need a lot of TLC; you can now purchase brand new ones for the first time in a long, long while.
These nearfield monitors take the classic Gauss 7 Reference monitors from yesteryear and make them suitable for a modern context, offering all the old-school transient response of the original, with modern bandwidth and frequency-response specifications. With folded AMT drivers and a classic ultrasmooth tweeter, the monitors deliver accurate, detailed sound, as well as a wide sweet-spot, and precise stereo imaging.
Hi-Fi AMT Drivers
At the heart of the Gauss 7 is the custom, patented-design GAU-AMT tweeter. The GAU-AMT provides accurate detail and precise stereo imaging, all while maintaining a small vertical throw. This reduces unwanted acoustic reflections in a room, which helps minimize phase issues in an acoustic environment.
GAU-AMT's impressive transient response comes from it's 65mm polyethylene terephthalate (PET) film folded membrane. PET film was chosen for its low-resonant-frequency qualities. It also hosts a comparatively low crossover point while still providing exceptional high-range frequency extension. The assembly is mounted in its own enclosure to prevent the backwave pressure from the woofer.
Clean and Smooth High End
The high-end frequency response (up to 22 kHz) makes for an exceptional reference monitor for a massive range of music and sound materials. Air frequencies aren't just audible, but very smooth.
Full and Round Low End
Gauss 7's woofer takes great inspiration from the company's AV10-MLF white cone woofer, though it has been reengineered for the Gauss. The woofer cone is a pressed design, made of the same proprietary blend of wood pulp and glass fiber found in the CLA-10 series woofer (AV10-MLF), though reinforced with sheer mass. This provides the hard snap and fast transient response of the CLA-10, but with much more low-end. Tighter voicing isn't going to be heard here; Gauss 7 provides a wide bandwidth for fantastic midrange and great low-end reference.
Intelligent Design
The woofer's motor structure is made of low-carbon 1008 steel, enabling the highest about of magnetic flux density between the pole piece and top plate. To top it off, the surround of the woofer is a Japanese unidirectional styrene-butadiene rubber (SBR), which optimizes the power and excursion of the woofer.
A rear-firing bass port gives Gauss 7 a controlled yet punchy low end, quite different from the typical overhyped low end found other speakers in this price range.
Multiple Points of Connection and Tuning Controls
Balanced XLR and 1/4" TRS inputs make connections a breeze, but it takes a bit more than just that alone to give a monitor strength. The back panel of Gauss 7 has powerful yet easy-to-use acoustic tuning controls, perfect for tuning the system to your room. A three-position Acoustic Placement switch allows you to optimize Gauss 7 to boundary spaces in your room. And a three-position High Trim switch helps refine additional room issues. Each individual monitor has its own gain control for proper system calibration.
Pays tribute to the studio monitors built by the Gauss Speaker Company in the 1970s
7-inch, AC10-MLF-derived woofer with distinctive white wood pulp/glass fiber cone
Woofer produces a pronounced snap, fast transient response, and low-end response down to 30Hz
AMT tweeter with a 65mm PET film folded membrane
Tweeter yields excellent transient response and exceptional high-frequency extension up to 22kHz
3-position Acoustic Placement switch makes optimizing the speaker to your room's boundary spaces easy
3-position High Trim switch compensates for additional room deficiencies
Independent Gain controls on each speaker for easy system calibration
