PreSonus Eris E5 XT - Pair of Active monitor
With their smooth, accurate frequency response; powerful amplification with tons of headroom; and acoustic tuning functions that ensure you always get the best sound... it's no wonder that the original Eris®-series studio monitors have been a runaway hit since their introduction. The Eris E5 XT is a substantial update to a lauded classic. Deeper lows and a wider, more controlled sweet spot (thanks to its new EBM wave guide design) mean that our best-selling studio monitors just got even better.
We outfitted the Eris XT studio monitors with a new EBM (Elliptical Boundary Modeled) wave guide designed by none other than Hugh Sarvis of WorxAudio, the mind behind our award-winning CDL loudspeakers and lauded R-Series monitors. The result? A superior high-frequency response and wider 100-degree horizontal dispersion to create a broader sweet spot. It’s ideal for group listening and collaboration—while narrow vertical dispersion reduces reflections from your desk. Silk-dome tweeters ensure snappy, accurate transient reproduction.
The familiar woven composite low-frequency driver still offers Eris' signature tight, clear bass; plenty of punch and no flub. Eris E5 XT studio monitors sport a ported enclosure that is larger than that of their predecessors, allowing them to reach down to an astonishing 48 Hz. That's 10 Hz below previous models—with no subwoofer required!
We know modern recording studios can be anywhere from a spare bedroom to a multi-million dollar facility; that's why every studio monitor we make is equipped with controls that ensure the flattest response in your mix environment. Acoustic tuning controls allow you to configure the Eris E5 XT perfectly for your room—you get Low-cut, Mid, and High controls, as well as 3-way acoustic space tuning that allows you to easily compensate for the sonic consequences of speaker placement against a wall or in a corner.
It’s easy to feed audio to your Eris E5 XT studio monitors from an audio interface, mixer, monitor controller, or almost any other line-level source. Eris E5 XT monitors provide balanced XLR, balanced ¼” TRS, and unbalanced RCA line-level inputs. You’ll have no problem hooking your Eris speakers up to virtually anything.
Suitable for both home recording studios and professional mix engineering, the Eris XT studio monitors combine sterling audio quality with the flexible tuning and connectivity you've come to expect from PreSonus. It’s Eris, remastered.
Eris Sub8
The Eris Sub8 is the first subwoofer to join the lauded and best-selling Eris studio monitor line. We called it Eris because it’s been designed from the ground up to be part of the family; it compliments the voicing and frequency response of the modern Eris classics. Of course, they’ll play nice with other monitors, too, but if you’ve got a pair of Eris in your home or studio already, the Eris Sub8 is the single best subwoofer you can get to put a little boom in your room.
Total control and connectivity.
Thanks to robust configuration and I/O, you’ll be able to tailor your Eris Sub8 configuration exactly to your mixing and listening needs. You can connect your existing monitors via ¼” TRS or RCA, set the input level to your liking, and even invert the polarity. Most importantly, you get a High Pass Filter and a Low Pass Crossover control that ensures your Eris Sub8 starts working at the precise low-frequency point where your main monitors stop working. This makes sure you avoid the flubbery, smudged, low-end mess that one hears in redundant, duplicate, redundant bass reproduction that occurs without a crossover.
Maximize your frequency response and accuracy.
The surprisingly loud 100-Watt Eris Sub8 drops down to a molar-rattling 30Hz—a full 50Hz below the Eris 3.5s. This allows you to both rock harder and produce better mixes, as you’ll be hearing an accurate representation of your work. For EDM and hip-hop producers in particular, a sub is a must-have. The Eris Sub8 lets you naturally extend the reach of your Eris E3.5 or E4.5 monitors in a manner appropriate to smaller rooms; exactly where these monitors excel.
All work and all play.
While we’ve designed the Sub8 to compliment our smaller-form Eris media reference monitors, we also know that gamers, partiers, and movie buffs alike all enjoy some room-rattle now and again. So rest easy knowing that the Eris Sub8s will upgrade the performance of any powered speaker configuration in a home theatre or gaming rig.
Accuracy defined.
When you hear the low-frequency foundation of your mix accurately, you can make more informed decisions and create more translatable mixes. You’ll also have more fun.
Features
• 8-inch, front-firing, paper-composite low-frequency transducer with high-elastisity rubber surround
• Class AB amplifier: 100W peak (50W RMS) power
• Input gain control (-30 dB to +6 dB, continuously variable)
• Continuously variable lowpass filter (50 Hz to 130 Hz)
• Defeatable highpass filter removes frequency content below 80 Hz from the full-range signal sent from the Eris Sub8 outputs to the main speakers
• Left and right, balanced ¼-inch TRS and unbalanced RCA main inputs
• Left and right balanced ¼-inch TRS and unbalanced RCA pass-through outputs for connecting satellite speakers
• Polarity invert switch
• Protection: RF interference, Output-current limiting, Over-temperature, Turn-on/off transient, Subsonic filter, External mains fuse
Technical Specifications
• Inputs
2- Balanced ¼” TRS
2- Unbalanced RCA
• Outputs
2- Balanced ¼” TRS (full range with 80 Hz HPF option)
2- Unbalanced RCA (full range with 80 Hz HPF option)
• Performance
Frequency Response 30 Hz – 200 Hz
Low Pass Filter Frequency 50 – 130 Hz (variable)
Signal-to-Noise Ratio >95 dB (A weighted)
THD 0.05%
Amplifier Power 100W peak, 50W RMS
Power Consumption 100W
Amplifier Type Class AB
Peak SPL at 1m 113 dB
Woofer 8” paper-composite with high-elasticity rubber surround, front-firing
Acoustic Port Front-firing bass reflex
• User Controls
Input Gain Range -30 to +6 dB
Polarity Switch 0° or 180°
Low Pass Filter Control 50 Hz to 130 Hz
High Pass Filter Switch On/Off
• Protection
RF interference
Output-current limiting
Over-temperature
Turn-on/off transient
Subsonic filter
External mains fuse
• Power
100-120V ~50/60 Hz or 220-240V ~50/60 Hz
• Cabinet
Vinyl-laminated MDF
• Physical
Width 9.8” (250 mm)
Depth 12.75” (324 mm)
Height 11.6” (295 mm)
Weight 16.3 lbs (7.4 kg)