Blue Sky SAT 6D
Digital Powered Monitor (Star System One building block)
Studio Monitor$1,695Manufacturer list price
Specifications
- Type
- Studio Monitor
- Description
- Digital Powered Monitor (Star System One building block)
- Topology
- 2-way active, bi-amplified, DSP crossover with driver time alignment
- Signal path
- Digital (recallable / digitally controlled)
- Channels
- 1
- Form factor
- Bookshelf/nearfield cabinet, switchable sealed or ported (removable rear port plate)
- Connection
- XLR analog + AES/EBU digital audio I/O; USB (control/data only)
- Sample rate (kHz)
- 32, 44.1, 48, 88.2, 96, 192
- Bit depth
- 24
- DSP
- yes - Blue Sky BOO-optimized DSP crossover and woofer/tweeter time alignment, room correction via USB/Speaker Manager software
- Powered
- active
- Power (W)
- 300W (woofer amp) + 150W (tweeter amp); Hypex UcD Class D amplification; 600W SMPS power supply
- Drivers
- 6.5" cast-frame woofer with radial neo motor (custom, USA) + 1" ring radiator tweeter (custom, made by Scan-Speak, Denmark)
- Frequency response
- 45 Hz-20,000 Hz +/-1.5dB (full-range mode); 80 Hz-20,000 Hz +/-1.5dB (bass-managed mode)
- Max SPL
- 108 dB SPL
- Back design
- MDF cabinet with full bracing; removable rear port plate for sealed/ported switching; heat-sink rear panel with XLR analog + AES digital connectors and USB port
- Introduced
- 2014
- Country of manufacture
- USA
Details
Controls: adjustable gain and time delay, switchable DSP filters (80Hz standard / 40Hz extended range), switchable sealed/ported mode, USB link to Speaker Manager software (1/3 octave 31-band graphic EQ, parametric EQ, room correction, pink noise generator)
I/O: 1x balanced XLR analog input (-10dBu/+4dBu switchable); 1x AES/EBU digital input (XLR, 110 ohm) with digital pass-thru and digital stereo L/R selector; USB data port
Notes: Building block of the Star System One modular monitoring line (also sold individually). Accepts both analog XLR and AES/EBU digital inputs with a DSP-based crossover (Burr-Brown 192kHz/24-bit A/D & D/A, Cirrus Logic sample-rate converter) -- classified analog_or_digital=digital because signal path is DSP/converter-based; FLAG this judgment call. price_usd of $1,695 (single unit) is the published list price from Blue Sky's Jan 2014 NAMM launch press release (Blue_Sky_Star_System_One.pdf) -- current 2026 pricing not published on site (site appears unmaintained since ~2014). max_spl of 108 dB SPL is quoted for the SAT 6D from the Star System One product page, not from the individual SAT 6D data sheet.