Unlike most professional studio monitor loudspeakers, which are designed by engineers who make their living designing loudspeakers for home hi-fi use, the Airpulse SM200 Active Speaker System was designed and built by a man who started out as a musician, transitioned to being a recording engineer with his own studio, switched to designing loudspeakers for professional and domestic applications and is now not only a ‘for hire’ freelance loudspeaker designer, but also the owner of Phil Jones Bass, a company that builds bass combo amps, bass amp heads, bass speaker cabinets and guitar FX boxes along with other guitarrelated products.
For the record, Phil Jones (because he named the company after himself) is also still an active professional musician. This introduction should make you realise that the Airpulse SM200, although it may be an unfamiliar brand to you, is one that deserves your full attention. It certainly had mine!
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