Fostex - NF-1A Review

When Fostex created the NF-1A's, they attempted to rethink the loudspeaker from scratch and intelligently come up with solutions to some of the flaws inherent in audio reproduction.  Fortunately, the succeeded.  Unfortunately, their solutions were so unique (read bizarre) that the NF-1A's had a difficult time succeeding in a market flooded with other 2 way biamped active studio monitors.

 Featuring a woofer cone produced from the fibers in banana pulp (higher strength to weight ratio than paper), pressed into a unique 'hyperboic parabaloid' geometry, the NF-1A's start off strange from the beginning.  However, the cone is light, strong, and nearly eliminates resonance with its design.  Add in the up-down roll tangential edge surround, and the woofer features technology that no others can match.  The dome tweeter is made from a laminated mesh and reproduces so truely is scary.  Revealing is an understatement, and it makes them excellent for the discerning mixing engineer that wants to hunt out every tiny error in their mixes. 

 Many times I consider upgrading my NF-1A's to a triamped monitor, but to make the upgrade I'll have to sell.  That being the case, I may never actually do it, as these speakers may one day be looked back on as the ones that everyone wish they purchased when they could.