TheDigitalMusicExperts.com is very happy to announce the arrival of AVI’s new ADM 9RSS!

AVI has improved the ADM 9s three times now.  The last update (to ADM 9T status) resulted in a subtle improvement in sound quality with significant improvements to system operation and flexibility.  While the update to ADM 9T status was an evolutionary advance, the latest upgrade to the ADM 9RSS specification is a revolutionary one.  The ADM 9RSS is by far the best sounding ADM9 to date!

Martin Grindrod and Ashley James at AVI have spent the last two years evaluating a wide range of prototype mid-bass and treble drive units, all of which sound quite different from one another.  These tests demonstrated to AVI that the DACs, preamps and power amps included in the ADM 9T offered exceptional performance and could not be bettered without substantial increases in price.  As these components were properly designed and executed, the differences between them and even the more expensive versions were infinitesimal compared to those heard between the prototype drive units.

Because of this, the electronics in the ADM 9RSS are for the most part unchanged.  The only significant change was to lower the crossover frequency in order to suit the new and drastically improved drive units.  The ADM 9RSS uses a new 6.5” mid-bass driver with better deep bass response and lower distortion than its predecessor.  For the treble range, AVI is using their favorite ScanSpeak Revelator 1.1” soft dome, ferro-fluid cooled tweeter.  This is the same tweeter AVI used in their $10,000.00 per pair Brio  speakers, and that other manufacturers use in speakers costing over $50,000.00 per pair!  The ScanSpeak Revelator allows AVI to lower the crossover frequency between the mid-bass and tweeter, resulting in decreased intermodulation and total harmonic distortion, improved dispersion and in room power response as well as offering more extended high frequencies.

Overall, the resulting ADM 9RSS is a revelation.  All of the strong suits of the earlier ADM9s have been enhanced.  There is even greater clarity, even greater precision to the stereo image, even greater soundstage width and depth as well deeper bass extension and wider dynamic range . These improvements are all easily heard, and are most apparent with hard to reproduce instruments such as piano and voice.

Just as their predecessors were, the new ADM 9RSS are unique in not only being active but also in having a built in remote controlled preamp with a state of the art Digital to Analog Converter (DAC).  Most of all, the ADM 9RSS are distinctive because they sound better than products costing many times their price.

Since the new and better drivers cost more and the cost of everything else has risen in the four years since their last price increase, the new ADM9RSS are now priced at $2795.00 per pair.  This is still a fraction of the cost of the legacy systems they replace!

The new ADM 9RSS will start shipping early May.  We will be receiving a limited allocation of these highly anticipated revisions to the best selling AVI Active Digital Monitor speakers, so place your order online as soon as you can - we anticipate a significant waiting list as we work through our existing backlog of pre-orders.