Fostex RM 865

Fostex reference Monitor System Features:

The first 6½" and 8" Coaxial Reference Monitors

Phase and Time Coherent - Piont Source

Uniform Flat Response Across Expanded Dynamic Range

Uniform Flat Response in Both 2 TT and 4 TT Environments

Extended Bass Response -865 with 10" woofers

The Final Reference

With all the attention digital audio has been receiving for some time, it's important to remember that transducers will still be at the first and final points of any audio chain for a long time yet.

At Fostex, a quiet, ten year development of a new transducer technology has come full cycle. From headphones to microphones and now to monitors. The new refernce Monitor Systems from Fostex . Patented RP tweeter. Double Spider woofer.Coaxial with both Phase and Time Coherence for true, concentric point-source reference. Selectable 2 TT and 4 TT fields.

The rest of the final truth about these monitors, like all monitors, is subjective. It's in the hearing your final reference.

When you audition the RM Series, please listen Near-Field Monitors. That's the way these remarkable speaker systems were designed to operate. They avoid the typical problems of room coloration and teh Point Source design gives you a rock solid basis for stereo imaging.

The RM 765 and 780 are 2-way systems with 6,5 inch and 8-inch woofers, respectively. The RM 865 is a 3-way system with the RM 765 drivers and 10-inch woofer, ready for biamplification.

They all give you a reference which will translate accurately to other playback systems. So if you work with sound work with the Fostex Near-Fiels Monitors. The RM Series with patented RP Technology.

Fostex RM 865 Specifications

Enclosure Type:  Vented reflex

Power Capacity: 

120 watts continuous program power;

60 watts continuous pink noise.

Frequency response (2 TT or 4 TT):  50 Hz to 20 kHz  ±3 dB

Sensitivity (1W, 1m):

2 TT : 94 dB

4 TT : 91 dB

Reference efficiency

2 TT :  1,58 %

4 TT : 0,79 %

Distortion (10 W):

less than 2%  2nd harmonic;

less than 1% 3rd harmonic (from 50 Hz to 20 kHz)

Nominal impedance:  8 ohms

Miniumu Impedance:  6 ohms

Controls:  Field controls; High frequency level

Cabinet finish:  Mar resistant matle

Dimensions (W x H x D):  330 x 600 x 320 mm (13 x 23⅝ x 12⅝ inches)

Weight net:  20,5 kg (45 lbs)