TRAVEL CAN AFFORD one the opportunity to employ gear that might not be as useful at home. Such was the case this summer when I needed some compact monitors to carry along for listening to mixes and live recordings, and playing music on my phone.
Conveniently, I’d been sentperfectly. The system comprises a pair of small rear-ported speakers, each featuring a bi-amped power section that pumps 22 watts into a three-inch woofer and eight watts into a one-inch soft-dome tweeter. The back of the left-hand unit has a power switch, a pair of RCA inputs, an ⅛-inch aux in, a Bluetooth pairing button and a pair of LF/HF EQ buttons, each with an LED that indicates selections for -3dB, flat and +2db settings. There’s also an AC power-in jack and a proprietary jack for connecting the right-hand speaker via the included eight-foot cable. Everything packs into a padded carry bag with shoulder strap, including the cables and adjustable tilt-back iso stands, which are secured to the speakers with machined-aluminum knobs. The front of the left speaker has a volume knob with a lighted push on/off switch and a ⅛-inch headphone jack. (The slightly larger and more powerful AuxGo 4” system costs only $40 more and adds a balanced ¼-inch TRS input, a USB audio input and Auto ARC automatic room correction.)
