Neumann KH 150 Powered Studio Monitor 6.5 Inch
The KH 150 is a powerful bi-amplified studio monitor with reference-class performance. Its 6.5” woofer in a bass reflex cabinet provides stunning low-end and high SPL capability with undiminished clarity. DSP-controlled electronics ensure linear phase response and allow for room-adaptive calibration via Neumann’s revolutionary MA 1 Automatic Monitor Alignment.
What You Hear Is What You Get
The KH 150 follows the same philosophy as all Neumann studio monitors: highest linearity, lowest distortion, no colouration, and perfect adaptability to any acoustic environment. It allows you to hear every nuance of your tracks. Mixing becomes so much faster and easier, once the guesswork is over.
And more creative, too: Sounds genius, but can I get away with that? Is that vocal bright or sibilant? Is it too much bass? The KH 150 will tell you. Honestly.
One Bigger
What differentiates the KH 150 from its smaller siblings is its deeper bass response down to 39 Hz. That’s thanks to the KH 150’s novel 6.5” high-precision woofer in a carefully designed bass reflex cabinet. The KH 150 is suitable for a wide range of genres from Urban music, EDM, film scoring, and all styles that require extended low-end and/or elevated listening levels.
Thanks to powerful amplifiers (145 W/100 W) and sophisticated protection limiters, no clarity is lost even at high SPLs. But, being a true universalist, the KH 150 works just as well for everything from rock to classical music, broadcast applications and voice-over work.
Exceptional Linear Frequency Response
The KH 150 also has an exceptionally linear frequency response from 39 Hz to 21 kHz (±3 dB). Not only that: It also linearizes the phase response! Which translates to clear mids with astonishing transparency as well as extreme accuracy in the time domain: precise impulse reproduction and finely resolved reverbs.
The DSP-controlled electronics allow for sophisticated crossovers avoiding the phase distortion caused by analog filters. The internal DSP also realizes new standards in tonal consistency. The KH 150 can tolerate extremely low levels of no more than ±0.8 dB! And you can hear it, too: Stereo imaging is razor-sharp.
KH 150 Is Ready For Your Room
Even the best loudspeaker only sounds as good as the acoustic environment allows. Neumann’s Mathematically Modelled Dispersion™ (MMD™) waveguide guarantees a wide sweet spot and minimizes desk reflections. But the KH 150 goes much further: Its internal DSP allows for room calibration via Neumann’s revolutionary Automatic Monitor Alignment.
To have your monitors optimally adapted to the character of your room and perfectly aligned for your listening position, use the MA 1 (sold separately). Tonal compatibility with other KH line studio monitors makes it possible to use the KH 150 in mixed setups e.g. in surround/immersive setups. For flexible connectivity the KH 150 features both analog and digital inputs.
AES 67 – Audio Over IP
Additionally, the KH 150 AES67 model variant offers integrated redundant AES67 audio network ports that are fully compliant with broadcast standards such as ST 2110, ST 2022-7 redundancy, and RAVENNA. At the same time, the KH 150 AES67 is compatible with DANTE®-generated AES67 network streams.
Energy Efficient
Neumann engineers took great care to develop a patent-pending amplifier technology that combines superior audio performance with the energy efficiency of Class D. Although the KH 150’s amplifiers deliver up to 145 W to the 6.5” woofer and 100 W to the 1” tweeter, they only consume 17 W at idle.
Auto-standby reduces power consumption to 0.3 W, but can be deactivated.
Mounting Options
Lastly, all mounting options can be found in Neumann’s Monitor Mounting Matrix.
KH 150 Highlights:
- High-precision drivers, Mathematically Modelled Dispersion™ (MMD™) waveguide
- Linear phase response 105 Hz – 16 kHz (± 45°) with latency < 2,6 ms
- Razor-sharp imaging due to extremely low tolerances (± 0.8 dB)