This is a review, detailed measurements and listening tests of the Mesanovic CDM65, 3-way DSP speaker with WISA wireless support. It was sent to me by the company and costs US $2,649 each.
The CDM65 comes in extremely dense and solid enclosure. It is quite a handful despite its size, likely due to the two side-firing woofers. It is a DSP speaker and company provides "standard" and "cardioid" profiles you can load using a USB thumb drive:
Company ships the speaker with Cardioid profile and that is how I tested it. Other than a level, there are no controls in the back which is fine by me. There is an app that you can use to EQ.
If you are not familiar with the speaker measurements you are about to see, please watch my tutorial on them:
Mesanovic CDM65 Monitor Measurements
As usual, we start with our standard CEA-2034 frequency response measurements performed on Klippel NFS:
As you see, on-axis response (black) is very flat and extends deep (F10) to about 25 Hz. Company provides NFS measurements and they correlate quite well with mine (theirs is a bit smoothed). Early window shows the tailored response:
We basically have constant directivity through midrange and then gradual slope down above that. This basically controls the predicted in-room response since on-axis was flat:
It is nice to have this controlled directivity for near-field listening where you may move left and right or have others at the console listening.
We can see the same in our horizontal directivity plots:
Vertical has the usual issue of needing to stay at tweeter axis:
Distortion is kept extremely low where our hearing is most sensitive (2 to 5 kHz):
Deep bass however is distorted below 40 Hz at 96 dBSPL.
Near-field measurements show very well controlled woofer resonance:
Absence of port means we don't have to worry about its typical cabinet resonances.
CSD/waterfall as usual shows some minor resonances:
Finally, here is the step response:
Mesanovic CDM65 Listening Tests
The familiar sound of a neutral speaker immediately came across the moment I queued my first female track. What also came was clean bass which I am not used to when testing small speakers with such tracks. Switching to bass heavy music, brought out the real power. Impressively, the cabinet was not transmitting hardly any vibrations. Typically I have to work fair bit to isolate these when performing my listening tests but with CDM65, I didn't have to.
Switching to my track with very low bass response, resulted in fair amount of output but with mild level of distortion -- precisely as the 96 dBSPL measurements showed. So laws of physics are not violated, just bent.
After this, I felt like just laying back in my chair and listen! The fidelity was incredible despite the fact that I perform my tests with just a single speaker!
Conclusion
The Mesanovic lands in my short list of speakers I can recommend without hesitation. It has neutral response with especially deep bass response for its size. Its Cardioid response makes it more room friendly, reducing the amount of hand tuning you may have to do for your room. Really, I can't find anything to complain about other than being able to play deep bass distortion-free which likely requires a much larger/heavier speaker. Support for WISA wireless standard is a major bonus, removing signal wiring for surround and ceiling speakers.
It is my pleasure to recommend the Mesanovic CDM65 studio monitor.
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As always, questions, comments, recommendations, etc. are welcome.
Any donations are much appreciated using: https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?threads/how-to-support-audio-science-review.8150/
The CDM65 comes in extremely dense and solid enclosure. It is quite a handful despite its size, likely due to the two side-firing woofers. It is a DSP speaker and company provides "standard" and "cardioid" profiles you can load using a USB thumb drive:
Company ships the speaker with Cardioid profile and that is how I tested it. Other than a level, there are no controls in the back which is fine by me. There is an app that you can use to EQ.
If you are not familiar with the speaker measurements you are about to see, please watch my tutorial on them:
Mesanovic CDM65 Monitor Measurements
As usual, we start with our standard CEA-2034 frequency response measurements performed on Klippel NFS:
As you see, on-axis response (black) is very flat and extends deep (F10) to about 25 Hz. Company provides NFS measurements and they correlate quite well with mine (theirs is a bit smoothed). Early window shows the tailored response:
We basically have constant directivity through midrange and then gradual slope down above that. This basically controls the predicted in-room response since on-axis was flat:
It is nice to have this controlled directivity for near-field listening where you may move left and right or have others at the console listening.
We can see the same in our horizontal directivity plots:
Vertical has the usual issue of needing to stay at tweeter axis:
Distortion is kept extremely low where our hearing is most sensitive (2 to 5 kHz):
Deep bass however is distorted below 40 Hz at 96 dBSPL.
Near-field measurements show very well controlled woofer resonance:
Absence of port means we don't have to worry about its typical cabinet resonances.
CSD/waterfall as usual shows some minor resonances:
Finally, here is the step response:
Mesanovic CDM65 Listening Tests
The familiar sound of a neutral speaker immediately came across the moment I queued my first female track. What also came was clean bass which I am not used to when testing small speakers with such tracks. Switching to bass heavy music, brought out the real power. Impressively, the cabinet was not transmitting hardly any vibrations. Typically I have to work fair bit to isolate these when performing my listening tests but with CDM65, I didn't have to.
Switching to my track with very low bass response, resulted in fair amount of output but with mild level of distortion -- precisely as the 96 dBSPL measurements showed. So laws of physics are not violated, just bent.
After this, I felt like just laying back in my chair and listen! The fidelity was incredible despite the fact that I perform my tests with just a single speaker!
Conclusion
The Mesanovic lands in my short list of speakers I can recommend without hesitation. It has neutral response with especially deep bass response for its size. Its Cardioid response makes it more room friendly, reducing the amount of hand tuning you may have to do for your room. Really, I can't find anything to complain about other than being able to play deep bass distortion-free which likely requires a much larger/heavier speaker. Support for WISA wireless standard is a major bonus, removing signal wiring for surround and ceiling speakers.
It is my pleasure to recommend the Mesanovic CDM65 studio monitor.
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As always, questions, comments, recommendations, etc. are welcome.
Any donations are much appreciated using: https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?threads/how-to-support-audio-science-review.8150/