
ADAM Audio A4V
ADAM's smallest DSP monitor: a revealing ribbon top end, a lot of software and surprising punch for a 4-inch — with a measured port dip at 1 kHz and arguments over its treble, its bass and its price.
5 reviews
Studio monitors with folded-ribbon (ART) tweeters
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ADAM Audio (Advanced Dynamic Audio Monitors) is a German studio-monitor maker founded in Berlin in 1999 and part of the Focusrite Group since 2019. Its monitors are built around its folded-ribbon ART tweeters, derived from Oskar Heil's Air Motion Transformer, across the budget T Series, the A Series and the flagship S Series.

ADAM's smallest DSP monitor: a revealing ribbon top end, a lot of software and surprising punch for a 4-inch — with a measured port dip at 1 kHz and arguments over its treble, its bass and its price.

ADAM's DSP-era 7-inch: a forensic, smooth-to-most ribbon top end and real bass for its size — with arguments over the sweet spot, headroom and how much it lets you hear the tweeter.

ADAM's budget 7-inch: precise imaging, a smooth ribbon top end and a lot of bass for the money — if you give the rear port room and can live with the hiss.

A ribbon-tweeter desktop pair with startling bass for its size — and a firmware story that still divides owners.

The budget monitor with a ribbon tweeter: big bass and loudness for a 5-inch box, a treble shelf some love and some trim, and a hiss people argue about.
Prices in USD, recorded when each review was updated; speaker prices are for a pair.