Product Comparison: M-Audio AV40 vs M-Audio AV42

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M-Audio AV40 Red Edition

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M-Audio AV42 Compact Studio Monitor Speakers with 4-inch Woofer (Pair)

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General Specifications

Brand

M-Audio

Model

AV40

AV42

Origin

China

About the Product

If you want to go beyond enjoying music and videos to creating your own, you need a serious speaker system with accurate sound. M-Audio studio speakers are music industry bestsellers*—and now AV 40s bring this professional legacy to your home.

The acoustically-inert MDF cabinets eliminate clarity-robbing resonances. Inside, Class A/B amplification provides 20 Watts of power per channel. The two-way design features an optimized bass reflex design and OptImage IV waveguides to deliver extended bass and crystal-clear highs.

Key Specs

Type

Active/Passive

Number Of Speakers

Output Power

40 W

Driver Configuration

1" twitter, 4" woofer

4" woofer, 1" tweeter

What customers say about "Key Specs"

M-Audio AV40 Red Edition

Deliver a good personal sweet spot when properly placed. Like the deal deal I got on the Red Edition (the screen color is pretty darn accurate)
Bought these for my husband. He has a home studio and these compliment everything he uses. We will be using these to play music fr my sons first birthday next week
The monitors produce very good and clear sound
I really enjoy them, I was telling a producer friend (being half bashful because i felt i bought crappy speakers) and his face lit up.
Sound: Very well balanced. GREAT bass/low end, something that i feel get's left out of low end speakers

M-Audio AV42 Compact Studio Monitor Speakers with 4-inch Woofer (Pair)

Fantastic quality, and great features for low power consumption and ensuring longevity of the product. I purchased these and got an external sound card for my iMac, and LOVE the results.
Great looks and sound. Only detractor is power button behind dedicated left speaker is really hard to reach and push without sliding speaker around or knocking the damn thing off my desk.
Anyway, for the size and power they do as expected. Do not expect to rock the house, that is not the porpise.
They are awesome and clear in games as well as powerful and full of sound when listening to music.
These speakers have a single power switch in the rear of the unit. This is pretty inconvenient to get to so they have a built in power saving feature that puts the speaker into a low power mode when no input is received.

Size & Weight

Height

8.75 in.

8.4 in.

Width

6 in.

5.7 in.

Depth

7.25 in.

7.4 in.

Weight

14 lbs.

7.6 lbs.

What customers say about "Size & Weight"

M-Audio AV40 Red Edition

While carrying a consistent low end for their size, don't be expecting any real bass punch from these.
After a lot of research, I decided on these monitors based on price, my limited knowledge of home recording and the physical size of them.
They are punchy and can easily fill a moderate sized room with sound.
These are very nice monitor speakers. They go quite loud and have good bass for their size.
Good highs, Good mids and the lows are very good for the size.

M-Audio AV42 Compact Studio Monitor Speakers with 4-inch Woofer (Pair)

I was really surprised at how under-powered these were. The part of my house where my home studio is set up I like to keep the noise down and night so I was looking for something small
The have great clarity and imaging for their size. I find myself listening o music longer as I am hearing details that I never noticed before.
Surprisingly good for the size and price, with solid bass and clear highs.
These speakers deliver great sound quality for their price and size. They look simple and do their job well, would absolutely recommend.
Anyway, for the size and power they do as expected. Do not expect to rock the house, that is not the porpise.

Audio

Min. Frequency Response

85 Hz

75 Hz

Max. Frequency Response

20 kHz

Input Impendance

10 kOhm

Sensitivity

90 dB

101 dB

What customers say about "Audio"

M-Audio AV40 Red Edition

I like these a lot for their balance L<=>R. I was skeptical of the all in one amp but these have defied my expectations...very pleased.
I would consider these speakers to anyone who need a good crisp sound with just the right bass, i recomment anyone building a home recording studio to purchase these bad boys right here, great shipment and quick, won my vote 5.
They're really perfect if you're not trying to blast a hole in the wall with super heavy bass.
Nice smooth mids, and rich strong bass. I got way more than my moneys worth to be honest. Love these guys :)
I would give it a five star until within a month I got these, the right speaker stop making any sound but a loud annoying hum.

M-Audio AV42 Compact Studio Monitor Speakers with 4-inch Woofer (Pair)

These things have a great bass frequency, and make listening through your iTunes library like new again.
The woofer can play really low frequencies up to 37 Hz. I love these. Music sounds amazing through these. But the thing I find missing is a bass knob. It has only one setting.
Clear high and mid frequency monitors with a treated room
I usually use computer speakers and the computer speakers sound like a tin can with no 20Hz to 20kHz frequency response.
The frequency range on these is fairly accurate (freq. range in the 80-20k range), with surprisingly tight, non-exaggerated bass response.

Features

Color

Red

Black

Enclosure Material

Vinyl-laminated MDF

Cabinet Type

Ported

Interfaces

Balanced TRS, Unbalanced RCA, AUX, Phones

Unbalanced RCA, Phones, AUX, Spring clip

Magnetic Shielding

Yes

Controls

Volume

Volume, Power ON / OFF

Extras

Output current limiting, Turn on/off transient

Output current limiting, Turn on/off transient, Blue power LED for aligning wave guide

Cabinet Type
Magnetic Shielding

What customers say about "Features"

M-Audio AV40 Red Edition

Physical product: The red is cool, build sturdy (unless you like to throw speakers down the stairs I'd expect them to last.)
They come with foam pads for the bottoms of the speakers... they're nice, they keep my desk from being scratched.
The speakers come with a useful' how to setup monitors' guide plus all connecting leads.
The speakers have been connected to a current iMac and so compared to the inbuilt speakers which are supposed to be pretty good, the M-Audio AV40 blow them out of the water which is to be expected I suppose.
I have them connected to the headphone-out on my iMac, and they can handle the full range of output volume without distortion.

M-Audio AV42 Compact Studio Monitor Speakers with 4-inch Woofer (Pair)

Best part is that they have their own analog volume control on the speakers, so you can adjust both via the digital input (on your computer), and on the speaker itself.
No problems except no remote control. Good sound from small speakers. Look good on my computer desk. Recommended.
Only thing i would change is the amount of inputs into the audio connections, as there is only one of each audio insert (red,white) other than that, great overall
It was a little wierd having to connect the wires with the clips, but that might be normal. These are my first large speakers so I dont know.
The volume control doesn't cover the headphone jack as well.

Warranty / Certifications

Manufacturer Warranty

1 year(s)

Certifications

Other Information

Manufacturer

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