ASA is a French mark of monitor enclosures designed and manufactured
without compromise in Royan (Charente Maritime).
Our goals are simple: to choose and implement the best components, then to
assemble them according to our criterias in completely inert cabinets.
Physical rules and the materials used point out their limits constantly to
us. We design our enclosures being concerned of never approaching them.
Thanks to very weak tolerances, meticulous controls at each stage of the
manufacturing, and the rigour which chairs the design; the loudspeakers
work in a homogeneous way, where their ease is maximum.
They are selected in the most prestigious ranges of the best world
manufacturers. Materials, diameters and the shapes of the membranes are
selected for the naturalness of their restitution, their speed and their
dynamic capacity.
We make carry out some on schedule of conditions, just like an important
part of the components of the filtering.
For this last, the way of the signal must be shortest and simplest.
Simplicity is a difficult and rare thing. Years of research, primarily
guided by listening, were necessary to us to develop filters switching
perfectly the frequencies, without deteriorating the signal, with a perfect
respect of the phase. The filter is oversized and insaturable.
The boxes are entirely built in high density medium wood of 25 mm or in
massive Ovangkol of 32 mm. Any colouring from the cabinet is thus removed.
The sawn timber boxes are asymmetrical, neutralizing the standing waves
completely.
The loudspeakers and the vent are gathered and laid out on the front face
in a particular manner to perfect the setting in phase.
All the angles are removed (no edge effect), the fabric frontages are
separated from the baffle.
All contributes to an alive reproduction, as similar as posible to the
input signal, without deformation, colouring, distortion or compression,
with a real respect of the phase.
Precision, promptness, transparency and realistic dynamic capacity
characterize our enclosures.
All our models are proposed in passive versions, and are used in the largest studios as by the most demanding amateurs, associated with the most prestigious electronic systems, with which they are able to deliver an astounding of clearness musical message, balanced and realistic.
For our active models, we use the same elements to which we add the
Gemincore D class powerboards, that we feed to develop an effective power
of 90 W \ 8 Ohms.
ASA and Gemincore share a number of concepts which chair the implementation
of their products: Work in an equal way on the broadest possible
band-width, through innovating diagrams, simplest and shortest, systematic
tracking of any colouring, saturation or compression.
This association is worthy of the most beautiful listenings carried out
with external amplifiers.
Qualities of sonority, transparency, intelligibility of complex signals,
image and coherence of phase, which made the reputation of our monitors,
are all exploited with smoothness and elegance. The solidity in the low
register is incredible regarding to the volume of the enclosure. Dynamic is
exceptional.
With ASA MONITORS, experience the emotion, the space and the dynamics which
chair any performance, like all the smoothnesses of your mixing and sound
recordings.
"Pure pleasure" control enclosures, able to fulfill the most severe
professional requirements, but also to retranscribe the space between the
notes, to bring closer the musicians while widening the scene, and to
recreate the emotion from the concert.