The Ocean Way Audio HR4 is a single, active two-way reference speaker designed to provide highly accurate monitoring with 100° horizontal dispersion for an ultrawide sweet spot, making it well suited for use in professional recording studios and listening environments for production, mixing, and mastering applications. The HR4 provides precise imaging over a wide 35 Hz to 25 kHz frequency range.

A unique dual/hybrid waveguide system based on the speakers at Ocean Way Recording and engineered using 3D modeling ensures accurate, wide-frequency dispersion over a remarkable 100 x 40° pattern. In the mixing environment, this ensures consistent stereo imaging and accurate tonal qualities and balance throughout the room, not just in the ideal mixing position between two monitors.

A 125W amp powers the 8" geometrically reinforced aluminum cone low-frequency driver. The high frequencies are handled by a 1" silk dome tweeter powered by a second 125W amp. With a 116 dB maximum output level, the HR4 delivers plenty of power for loud mixing sessions. XLR analog and digital inputs are provided and the speaker supports resolutions up to 24-bit / 192 kHz.

Accurate Monitoring with Wide Sweet Spot    100° Horizontal Dispersion    8" Woofer and 1" Tweeter + 12" Subwoofer    Tri-Amped: LF 125W, HF 125W, Sub 700W    Silk-Fabric Dome HF Driver    Reinforced Aluminum Cone LF Driver    Powerful Subwoofer in Reflex Cabinet    25 Hz to 25 kHz Frequency Response    Maximum Peak SPL of 118 dB    Analog and Digital Inputs

• 250W 2-way self-powered monitor for studio production, mixing, and mastering applications
• High-resolution 4—proprietary 2-way compression-driven hybrid horn/waveguide system
• Unmatched ultrawide 100° H / 40° V dispersion with rich detail across a broad area of the listening zone
• 35 Hz to 22 kHz frequency range
• Geometrically reinforced 8” aluminum cone LF driver within ported cabinet
• High-resolution 1” HF driver with excellent mechanical linearity
• Dual/hybrid waveguide with superior detailed imaging
• Bi-amped design: 125W amp for LF driver, 125W amp for HF driver
• Rear-ported cabinet to extend the wavelength of the bass path in smaller rooms
• Analog and digital inputs, accepting 24-bit / 192 kHz data streams
• Selectable 85 Hz, 4th order L/R high-pass filter for use with subwoofer (available separately)
• 3-way option available with a pair of 700 Watt/side 12” ported subwoofers

Related Questions and Answers

Q: 1. Does it come with a regular retail box or brown box?

A: This headset would come in its original manufacturers package. If you are asking about shipping we would then place the box into a shipping box and ship i.

Q: 2. If I wanted to point my camera straight up can this head accomplish that? Would I have to turn the camera a quick release plate around backwards?

A: I use a Manfrotto 410 geared head which has the same limited up pointing constraint. I mount my telescope, which obviously needs to point way up, on it. To get around the up pointing constraint I mount the QR plate with the telescope pointing "backwards." When I connect the telescope to the mount I am using the downward pitch as my upward pitch. Since the Benro plates are Arca-Swiss comparable there is no front or back to them. To maintain 3-way operation I would mount the plate in line with the optical axis of the camera and mount the camera to the head with the lens pointing out over the pitch handle. That is going to require reaching around the head to got to that handle which will be a little awkward, but allows control of pitch, yaw, and roll which becomes limited if the camera is mounted "sideways" as suggested by Staff.

Q: 3. Is the QR adjustable fore and aft? Is there a name for this feature?

A: The QR can be adjusted but it does not have a lot of range unfortunately.

Q: 4. Will this head fit the Gitzo Traveler GT1545TUS that I bought from you?

A: Yes. That is correct! You would be able to mount The Gitzo 2-Way Fluid Head, onto The Gitzo GIGT1545T, Traveler Series 1 Carbon Fiber Tripod. You may want to add a leveler in between. See below. https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/431861-REG/Acratech_1117_Leveling_Base.html

Q: 5. Does this include eartips, USB-A dongle and the charging case? Seems to have conflicting information here.

A: Those items are listed in the "In the Box" section.

Q: 6. Can I use it like an gimbal head ? Can I lock the horizon and just move up and down with circle move ?

A: It may be the closest head to a gimbal but you will achieve much results with a gimbal head as far as tracking and smoothness of motion.

Q: 7. Does it have friction control?

A: No, but you can slightly tighten the controls to create makeshift friction.

Q: 8. The photos show the case is included but the "In the box" section doesn't. Which is it?

A: The Poly Voyager 5200 UC Bluetooth Headset (B&H # PO7S431AA) does include the case.

Q: 9. Is there away to change the Base Mount thread to 1/4"?

A: Certainly! All you'll need is a 3/8"-16 reducer bushing like this one: https://bhpho.to/2WxKgYY or https://bhpho.to/34upiOY

Q: 10. How can you hook up a pair as a stereo pair? Is this possible to be done wirelessly? Or would you need to incorporate a stereo breakout cable from the source to input into each speaker's aux line in or perhaps another input?

A: To use 2 Samson Expedition Express+ speakers, you would not be able to do that via bluetooth so that would require a wired connection from your source, to accommodate 2 speakers for stereo.