List price €338

PreSonus Eris E5 (Unused and flawless display items in their original packaging)

The PreSonus Eris E5 is a pair of active 2-way studio monitors, each featuring a 5.25-inch woofer and a 1-inch tweeter. As a classic model from the extensive Eris series, the E5 offers an unusually balanced and natural overall sound for its price range, with precise stereo imaging and high headroom. Thanks to a comprehensive and flexible filter section, the speaker’s fundamental sound can be easily adapted to the acoustic conditions of any room. The Presonus Eris E5 is ideal for anyone looking for a reliable studio monitor at an affordable price.

Wide range of connection options

Typically, a pair of Presonus Eris E5 monitors is connected to an analogue stereo output on an audio interface or monitor controller. For this scenario, the rear panel features both a 6.3mm jack input and a standard XLR input, eliminating the need for any adapter cables. As is standard for studio equipment, these inputs are balanced and rated for a reference level of +4 dBu. Alternatively, the Eris E5 also offers an unbalanced RCA input, which is designed to accept signals at -10 dBV, such as those output by hi-fi systems.

Features:

• 5.25‘ (133 mm) woofer with Kevlar cone
• 1’ (25 mm) tweeter with silk dome
• Power: Class AB amplifiers with 45 / 35 W
• Frequency response: 53 – 22,000 Hz
• Gain control
• Input impedance: 10 kOhm
• Midrange control: Peak EQ, 1 kHz, +/-6 dB
• Treble control: Butterfly filter, 4.5 kHz, +/-6 dB
• Switchable high-pass filter: 80 Hz / 100 Hz
• Acoustic Space switch: -2 dB, -4 dB
• Crossover frequency: 3 kHz
• 102 dB SPL (continuous operation)
• Input: XLR and jack (balanced) as well as RCA (unbalanced)
• Shielded against RF interference
• Power-on delay
• Output current limiter
• Overheating, transient and subsonic protection circuitry
• For mains voltages of 110V and 230V
• Dimensions (W x D x H): 178 x 198 x 260 mm
• Weight: 4.63 kg per unit
• Shipping weight: approx. 11 kg
• Contents: 2 monitors (1 pair)

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Review Soundonsound.com > Conclusion:

Given their price, both monitors offer outstanding quality, and whilst a higher investment might perhaps yield slightly greater fidelity, the law of diminishing returns clearly applies here – and realistically speaking, the differences are lost anyway unless you have a studio space with truly good acoustic treatment.

The E5s are ideal for smaller rooms where stronger bass reproduction would simply cause acoustic issues, whilst the E8s are well suited to a garage-sized studio. These are Presonus’s first monitors, but it seems that – as with all their other products – they have done their homework thoroughly beforehand.

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