PRESONUS ULT12 & ULT18 Powered Speakers & Sub
BIG BASS — The ULT18 sub is a beast at 43kg and nearly as big as four ULT12 speakers. It packs the required punch thanks to an 18-inch Kevlar woofer, with a four-inch voice coil that can travel 7mm before over-excursion occurs. Frequency response is quoted as 45Hz (-3dB) to 250Hz with a maximum of 135dB SPL. Power is 1000W RMS with DSP sorting out the internal details.
“This wide, focussed dispersion is achieved by the waveguide design and the effect is enhanced by the low 1.6kHz crossover point, placing more mids under the horn’s directional control”
PreSonus has a reputation for making quirky problem-solvers and delivering them at a reasonable price. The StudioLive mixers and DCP-8 multi-dynamics processor drew my attention to the brand originally and a few years later I was impressed by the good ‘bang-for-the-buck’ Eris studio monitors reviewed in Issue 112. Released in 2013 along with the co-axial Spectre studio monitor and StudioLive-AI ranges these were PreSonus’s first speaker products. The following year’s acquisition of established speaker manufacturers WorxAudio led to a commercial live-sound division and its latest release
