Auratone 5C Super Sound Cube (Passive)
single-driver reference monitor / mixcube
Studio Monitor$399Manufacturer list price
Specifications
- Type
- Studio Monitor
- Description
- single-driver reference monitor / mixcube
- Topology
- single full-range driver, no crossover, no tweeter, sealed acoustic-suspension enclosure
- Signal path
- Analog
- Channels
- 1
- Channel format
- mono (per cabinet)
- Form factor
- cube enclosure
- Powered
- passive
- Power (W)
- 25W RMS / 50W peak (power handling)
- Drivers
- single 4.5in full-range driver (sealed acoustic-suspension enclosure, no crossover)
- Frequency response
- 80 Hz – 15 kHz
- Sensitivity
- 90 dB SPL / 1W / 1m
- Impedance (Ω)
- 8
- Back design
- sealed enclosure, 5/8in MDF
- Introduced
- 1970s (original 5C); current version relaunched 2014
- Country of manufacture
- USA (hand-built in Nashville, TN)
Details
Notable use: Used by Bruce Swedien to mix ~80% of Michael Jackson's Thriller (1982); called the 'Truth Speakers' by Quincy Jones; historically used by Paul McCartney, ABBA, and the Beach Boys; modern users include Tom Elmhirst, Jack Antonoff, and Laura Sisk on records by Taylor Swift, Adele, Lady Gaga, U2, Ed Sheeran, and Coldplay. NAMM TEC Hall of Fame (2016) and TEC Award (2020).
Notes: Price of $399 is PER PAIR as published; site states monitor is sold individually or as a pair but no single-unit price is published (blank left for single price). year_intro is a judgment call: original 5C dates to the early 1970s, but this specific catalog SKU is the 2014 relaunch by third-generation owner Alex Jacobsen using original US paper-cone materials, per the Story page. Finishes: black laminate or mahogany woodgrain. No crossover/passive speaker-level input connector type stated on site, so io_summary left blank rather than guessed.