Ex Machina Soundworks is a studio monitor manufacturer based in Brooklyn, New York, and one of the more genuinely ambitious new voices in professional monitoring. The brand began as a deliberate challenge to the accepted compromises in audio — a team of engineers who set out to build something fundamentally different rather than iterate on what already existed.
What makes Ex Machina stand out technically is the combination of approaches they bring together in a single cabinet. Their entire monitor lineup is driven by high-efficiency Hypex Ncore amplifiers, with mid- and high-frequency drivers arranged in a coaxial configuration — a layout that improves time alignment and stereo imaging compared to conventional multi-driver designs. The conversion stage is handled by flagship AKM Velvet Sound chipsets, while 5th generation SHARC+ DSP handles proprietary in-house calibration that flattens frequency, phase, and impulse response simultaneously. The result is a monitor that is as honest about transient detail and low-end accuracy as it is about stereo width — a combination that is harder to achieve than it sounds.
Their lineup spans from the Ganymede nearfield up through the Pulsar and the dual-woofer Quasar MKII, and extends into complete immersive audio systems for Atmos and spatial mixing environments. Independent measurements of the Pulsar show harmonic distortion below 0.5 percent from 100Hz upward and phase linearity within ±15 degrees down to 35Hz — figures that place it firmly in reference-grade territory regardless of the price bracket.
At Wired Tunes, we offer Ex Machina Soundworks monitors for engineers and producers who want a critical listening tool built without compromise — whether you're working in stereo or building out an immersive mixing environment.
