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Dynaudio 18S

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ManufacturerDynaudio
TypeSubwoofer
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Connections

ConnectorCarriesDirection
XLR 3-pin femaleAnalog audio, line levelinput
RCA / phonoAnalog audio, line levelinput
XLR 3-pin maleAnalog audio, line leveloutput
RCA / phonoAnalog audio, line leveloutput

What the Dynaudio 18S can feed

Devices whose inputs accept what this one puts out, directly or with the cable noted.

Studio Monitor 125
Compressor / Limiter 68
Power Amplifier 62
PA Loudspeaker 52
Subwoofer 41
Equalizer 36
Analog Mixer 28
ART MX622, ART MX622BT, ART MX624, ART USBMIX4 (needs XLR male to 1/4 inch TRS cable), ART USBMIX6, Alesis MultiMix 12R, Alesis MultiMix 8 USB FX, Ashly MX-406, Ashly MX-508, Behringer Xenyx 502S, Behringer Xenyx X1832USB (needs XLR male to 1/4 inch TRS cable), Behringer Xenyx X2222USB (needs XLR male to 1/4 inch TRS cable), CAD Audio CAD MX12S, Hear Technologies Mix Back (needs XLR male to 1/4 inch TRS cable), Mackie 1604VLZ4 (needs XLR male to RCA cable), Mackie Mix12FX (needs XLR male to RCA cable), Mackie Mix8 (needs XLR male to RCA cable), Mackie ProFX6v3 (needs XLR male to RCA cable), Midas DM12 (needs XLR male to 1/4 inch TRS cable), Midas DM16 (needs XLR male to 1/4 inch TRS cable), PreSonus StudioLive AR8c (needs XLR male to RCA cable), Soundcraft EPM12 (needs XLR male to 1/4 inch TRS cable), Soundcraft EPM6 (needs XLR male to 1/4 inch TRS cable), Soundcraft EPM8 (needs XLR male to 1/4 inch TRS cable) and 4 more
Monitor Controller 25
2400 Audio Imperium NG 1U, 2400 Audio Imperium NG 2U, A-Designs Audio ATTY, Audient Nero, Audient ORIA Mini (needs XLR male to 1/4 inch TRS cable), Benchmark LA4, Burl Audio B26 Orca, Crane Song Avocet IIA, Dangerous Music SOURCE, Drawmer MC1.1 (needs XLR male to 1/4 inch TRS cable), Drawmer MC2.1, Drawmer MC3.1, Drawmer MC7.1, ESI Audio MoCo (needs XLR male to 1/4 inch TRS cable), Heritage Audio Baby R.A.M - Black Edition (needs XLR male to 1/4 inch TRS cable), Heritage Audio Baby RAM (needs XLR male to 1/4 inch TRS cable), Heritage Audio R.A.M 1000 (needs XLR male to 1/4 inch TRS cable), Heritage Audio R.A.M System 5000 (needs XLR male to RCA cable), Lake People MC100 (needs XLR male to RCA cable), Lake People MC100 PRO (needs XLR male to RCA cable), PreSonus Central Station Plus (needs XLR male to 1/4 inch TRS cable), PreSonus Monitor Station V2 (needs XLR male to 1/4 inch TRS cable), Prism Sound Callia (needs XLR male to RCA cable), Radial Engineering Nuance Select (needs XLR male to 1/4 inch TRS cable) and 1 more
Headphone Amp / Distribution 24
ART HP-1, ART HeadAmp 6, ART HeadAmp 6 Pro, Austrian Audio Full Score one, Avenson Audio Headphone Amp (needs XLR male to 1/4 inch TRS cable), Benchmark HPA4, Bryston BHA-1, Cranborne Audio N22H, Elysia xpector, Heritage Audio O.H.M Amp (needs XLR male to RCA cable), Lake People G101 (needs XLR male to RCA cable), Lake People G103-S MKII (needs XLR male to 1/4 inch TRS cable), Lake People Phone-Amp G111 MKII (needs XLR male to RCA cable), Lake People Phone-Amp G118 (needs XLR male to 1/4 inch TRS cable), Rupert Neve Designs RNHP Precision Headphone Amplifier (needs XLR male to RCA cable), Violectric DHA V380² (needs XLR male to RCA cable), Violectric DHA V590² (needs XLR male to RCA cable), Violectric DHA V590² PRO (needs XLR male to RCA cable), Violectric HPA V101 (needs XLR male to RCA cable), Violectric HPA V202 (needs XLR male to RCA cable), Violectric HPA V222 (needs XLR male to RCA cable), Violectric HPA V550 (needs XLR male to RCA cable), Violectric HPA V550 PRO (needs XLR male to RCA cable), beyerdynamic A 2
Headphones 23
64 Audio Fourté (needs XLR male to 1/4 inch TRS cable), 64 Audio Nio (needs XLR male to 1/4 inch TRS cable), 64 Audio U18s (needs XLR male to 1/4 inch TRS cable), 64 Audio U4s (needs XLR male to 1/4 inch TRS cable), 64 Audio U6t (needs XLR male to 1/4 inch TRS cable), 64 Audio Volür (needs XLR male to 1/4 inch TRS cable), 64 Audio tia Trió (needs XLR male to 1/4 inch TRS cable), ADAM Audio H200 (needs XLR male to 1/4 inch TRS cable), Focal Clear Mg Professional (needs XLR male to 1/4 inch TRS cable), Focal Listen Professional (needs XLR male to 1/4 inch TRS cable), Heil Sound Pro Set 3 (needs XLR male to 1/4 inch TRS cable), Neumann NDH 20 (needs XLR male to 1/4 inch TRS cable), Neumann NDH 30 (needs XLR male to 1/4 inch TRS cable), Ultrasone Edition 8 EX (8EX) (needs XLR male to 1/4 inch TRS cable), Ultrasone Signature AERO (needs XLR male to 1/4 inch TRS cable), Ultrasone Signature FUSION Final Edition (needs XLR male to 1/4 inch TRS cable), Ultrasone Signature FUSION OB Final Edition (needs XLR male to 1/4 inch TRS cable), Ultrasone Signature MASTER MkII Final Edition (needs XLR male to 1/4 inch TRS cable), Ultrasone Signature MASTER PRO (needs XLR male to 1/4 inch TRS cable), Ultrasone Signature PURE BLACK (needs XLR male to 1/4 inch TRS cable), Ultrasone Signature PURE WHITE (needs XLR male to 1/4 inch TRS cable), Ultrasone Signature QUANTUM (needs XLR male to 1/4 inch TRS cable), Ultrasone Signature RAYVO (needs XLR male to 1/4 inch TRS cable)
Preamp 22
Audio Interface 21
Arturia MiniFuse 4, Behringer UMC204HD (needs XLR male to 1/4 inch TRS cable), Behringer UMC404HD (needs XLR male to 1/4 inch TRS cable), Cranborne Audio 500ADAT, Cranborne Audio 500R8, ESI Audio Amber i1, ESI Audio Amber i2 (needs XLR male to 1/4 inch TRS cable), ESI Audio Amber i4 (needs XLR male to 1/4 inch TRS cable), ESI Audio MAYA22 USB, ESI Audio MAYA44 USB+ (needs XLR male to RCA cable), ESI Audio U22 XT (needs XLR male to RCA cable), ESI Audio U24 XL (needs XLR male to 1/4 inch TRS cable), ESI Audio planet 22c (needs XLR male to 1/4 inch TRS cable), IK Multimedia iRig Stream (needs XLR male to RCA cable), M-Audio AIR 192|4 (needs XLR male to 1/4 inch TRS cable), MOTU 16A (needs XLR male to 1/4 inch TRS cable), MOTU 848 (needs XLR male to 1/4 inch TRS cable), Prism Sound Atlas (needs XLR male to RCA cable), Prism Sound Lyra 1 (needs XLR male to 1/4 inch TRS cable), Prism Sound Lyra 2 (needs XLR male to 1/4 inch TRS cable), Prism Sound Titan (needs XLR male to RCA cable)
DI / Reamp 20
A-Designs Audio REDDI, A-Designs Audio REDDI V2, AEA TDI, ART CleanBox Pro, ART Dual RDB, ART Phantom I, ART Phantom II Pro, ART T8, BSS Audio AR-116 (needs XLR male to 1/4 inch TRS cable), BSS Audio AR-133, Behringer Ultra-DI DI100, Countryman Type 10S Direct Box, Grace Design MOXi (needs XLR male to 1/4 inch TRS cable), Lake People ANA-TOOL F812 (needs XLR male to RCA cable), Radial Engineering J33 (needs XLR male to RCA cable), Radial Engineering J48 Stereo (needs XLR male to RCA cable), Radial Engineering JDI Stereo (needs XLR male to RCA cable), Radial Engineering ProAV2 (needs XLR male to RCA cable), Radial Engineering ProD8 (needs XLR male to 1/4 inch TRS cable), sE Electronics DM3 (needs XLR male to 1/4 inch TRS cable)
Channel Strip 13
ART TUBE MP/C, Anthony DeMaria Labs ADL 700, Aphex Channel (needs XLR male to 1/4 inch TRS cable), Aurora Audio GTQ1, Aurora Audio GTQ2, Aurora Audio GTQC, Chandler Limited TG12411 Channel (TG Channel MKII), Empirical Labs Trak Pak (Mike-E + Lil FrEQ bundle), Vintech Audio Model 273 (needs XLR male to 1/4 inch TRS cable), Vintech Audio X73 (needs XLR male to 1/4 inch TRS cable), Vintech Audio X73i (needs XLR male to 1/4 inch TRS cable), Vintech Audio X81 (needs XLR male to 1/4 inch TRS cable), dbx 286s (needs XLR male to 1/4 inch TRS cable)
AD/DA Converter 13
Benchmark DAC3 B, Benchmark DAC3 L, Black Lion Audio Revolution EXP (needs XLR male to 1/4 inch TRS cable), Burl Audio BAD4M, Crane Song HEDD Quantum, Crane Song Interstellar, Ferrofish Pulse16 (needs XLR male to 1/4 inch TRS cable), Ferrofish Pulse16 AE (needs XLR male to 1/4 inch TRS cable), Ferrofish Pulse16 DX (needs XLR male to 1/4 inch TRS cable), Ferrofish Pulse16 MX (needs XLR male to 1/4 inch TRS cable), Ferrofish Pulse8 AE (needs XLR male to 1/4 inch TRS cable), Mytek Digital Brooklyn DAC+ (needs XLR male to RCA cable), Weiss Engineering MAN301 (needs XLR male to RCA cable)
Install Processor 9
Ashly AQM408, Behringer Super-X Pro CX3400 V2, dbx 223s (needs XLR male to 1/4 inch TRS cable), dbx 223xs, dbx 234s (needs XLR male to 1/4 inch TRS cable), dbx 234xs, dbx ZonePRO 1260, dbx ZonePRO 1261, dbx ZonePRO 640
Hardware Effects 8
Digital Mixing Console 7
PreSonus StudioLive 16R (needs XLR male to RCA cable), PreSonus StudioLive 24R (needs XLR male to RCA cable), PreSonus StudioLive 32R (needs XLR male to RCA cable), PreSonus StudioLive SE 16 (needs XLR male to 1/4 inch TRS cable), PreSonus StudioLive SE 24 (needs XLR male to RCA cable), TASCAM Sonicview 16XP / Sonicview 16dp (needs XLR male to 1/4 inch TRS cable), TASCAM Sonicview 24XP / Sonicview 24dp (needs XLR male to 1/4 inch TRS cable)
500-Series Chassis 6
DJ Mixer 6
Cable 6
Stagebox / Expander 5
ART P48 (needs XLR male to 1/4 inch TRS cable), ART SplitComPro, ART TPatch (needs XLR male to 1/4 inch TRS cable), Aviom 6416i, Aviom AN-16/i v.2 (needs XLR male to 1/4 inch TRS cable)
Summing Mixer 5
Dangerous Music 2-BUS+, Looptrotter SATUR 8/24 (needs XLR male to 1/4 inch TRS cable), Phoenix Audio Nicerizer (needs XLR male to 1/4 inch TRS cable), Phoenix Audio Nicerizer 16 Mk2 (needs XLR male to 1/4 inch TRS cable), SPL MixDream XP Mk2 (needs XLR male to RCA cable)
Recording Console 3
Looptrotter Modular Console (needs XLR male to 1/4 inch TRS cable), Trident Audio Trident 78 Console (needs XLR male to 1/4 inch TRS cable), Trident Audio Trident 88 Console (needs XLR male to 1/4 inch TRS cable)
Saturation / Character 2
Personal Monitoring 2
Behringer Powerplay P2, Hear Technologies Hear Back OCTO Mixer (needs XLR male to 1/4 inch TRS cable)
Clock 2
Recorder 2
JoeCo BBR1U (needs XLR male to 1/4 inch TRS cable), Korg MR-2000S (needs XLR male to RCA cable)
Wireless System 1
Audix NCBP (needs XLR male to 1/4 inch TRS cable)

What can feed the Dynaudio 18S

Devices whose outputs this one accepts.

Compressor / Limiter 74
Preamp 71
Audio Interface 64
ART USB Dual Pre PS (needs 1/4 inch to RCA cable), ART USB II (needs 1/4 inch to RCA cable), ART USB IV (needs 1/4 inch to RCA cable), Aphex IN 2 (needs 1/4 inch to RCA cable), Arturia MiniFuse 2 OTG (needs 1/4 inch to RCA cable), Arturia MiniFuse 4 (needs 1/4 inch to RCA cable), Audient iD4 MkII (needs 1/4 inch to RCA cable), Audient iD4 MkII (needs 1/4 inch to RCA cable), Behringer UM2, Behringer UMC1820 (needs 1/4 inch to RCA cable), Behringer UMC204HD, Behringer UMC22 (needs 1/4 inch to RCA cable), Behringer UMC404HD, Black Lion Audio Revolution 6x6, Cranborne Audio 500ADAT, Cranborne Audio 500R8, ESI Audio Amber i1 (needs 1/4 inch to RCA cable), ESI Audio Amber i2 (needs 1/4 inch to RCA cable), ESI Audio Amber i4 (needs 1/4 inch to RCA cable), ESI Audio GIGAPORT eX, ESI Audio MAYA22 USB (needs 1/4 inch to RCA cable), ESI Audio MAYA44 USB+, ESI Audio Neva Duo (needs 1/4 inch to RCA cable), ESI Audio Neva OTG (needs 1/4 inch to RCA cable) and 40 more
Subwoofer 38
Equalizer 34
DI / Reamp 24
Channel Strip 24
Install Processor 21
PA Loudspeaker 21
Analog Mixer 20
ART MX225, ART MX622, ART MX622BT, ART PROMIX, ART USBMIX4 (needs 1/4 inch to RCA cable), ART USBMIX6, Alesis MultiMix 12R, Ashly LX-308B (needs RCA to XLR male cable), Ashly MX-206 (needs RCA to XLR male cable), Ashly MX-406 (needs RCA to XLR male cable), Ashly MX-508 (needs 1/4 inch to RCA cable), Behringer Xenyx 502S (needs 1/4 inch to RCA cable), Crane Song Spider (needs 1/4 inch to RCA cable), Hear Technologies Mix Back (needs 1/4 inch to RCA cable), Soundcraft EPM12 (needs 1/4 inch to RCA cable), Soundcraft EPM6 (needs 1/4 inch to RCA cable), Soundcraft EPM8 (needs 1/4 inch to RCA cable), TASCAM Model 16 (needs 1/4 inch to RCA cable), TASCAM Model 24 (needs 1/4 inch to RCA cable), TASCAM Model 2400 (needs 1/4 inch to RCA cable)
Stagebox / Expander 16
AD/DA Converter 16
Benchmark DAC3 L, Black Lion Audio Revolution EXP (needs 1/4 inch to RCA cable), Bricasti Design MC1, Bryston BDA-3, Bryston BDA-3.14, Burl Audio BDA4, Burl Audio BDA4M, Crane Song HEDD Quantum, Ferrofish A32pro Dante (needs 1/4 inch to RCA cable), Ferrofish Pulse16 (needs 1/4 inch to RCA cable), Ferrofish Pulse16 AE (needs 1/4 inch to RCA cable), Ferrofish Pulse16 DX (needs 1/4 inch to RCA cable), Ferrofish Pulse16 MX (needs 1/4 inch to RCA cable), Ferrofish Pulse8 AE (needs 1/4 inch to RCA cable), Focusrite RedNet D16R MkII, NTP AX Center (needs 1/4 inch to RCA cable)
Microphone 15
Monitor Controller 12
Digital Mixing Console 12
Hardware Effects 12
Headphone Amp / Distribution 12
Austrian Audio Full Score one, Benchmark HPA4, Bryston BHA-1, Cranborne Audio N22H, Elysia xpector, Focusrite RedNet AM2, Lake People G101 (needs 3.5 mm to dual RCA cable), Lake People G103-S MKII (needs 1/4 inch to RCA cable), Lake People G105 MKII (needs 1/4 inch to RCA cable), Lake People Phone-Amp G108 (needs 1/4 inch to RCA cable), Lake People Phone-Amp G118 (needs 1/4 inch to RCA cable), beyerdynamic A 2
Wireless System 9
Audix NCR1, Audix NCR2, Audix NCR4, Behringer ULM302MIC, RØDE RØDELink Newsshooter Kit (needs 3.5 mm to dual RCA cable), RØDE Wireless ME (needs 1/4 inch to RCA cable), Shure BLX (BLX24/SM58 handheld system) (needs RCA to XLR male cable), Shure GLX-D+ Dual Band (GLXD24+/SM58 handheld system) (needs RCA to XLR male cable), Shure QLX-D (QLXD24/SM58 handheld system) (needs RCA to XLR male cable)
Personal Monitoring 8
Allen & Heath ME-500 (needs 1/4 inch to RCA cable), Aviom A640, Behringer Powerplay P2, Digital Audio Labs Livemix Pro Solo (needs 1/4 inch to RCA cable), Digital Audio Labs Livemix Pro Solo MD (needs 1/4 inch to RCA cable), Hear Technologies Hear Back OCTO Mixer (needs 1/4 inch to RCA cable), Hear Technologies Hear Back PRO Mixer (needs 1/4 inch to RCA cable), PreSonus EarMix 16M (needs 1/4 inch to RCA cable)
500-Series Chassis 7
Power Amplifier 7
DJ Mixer 6
Cable 6
Studio Monitor 6
Summing Mixer 5
A-Designs Audio Mix Factory, Looptrotter SATUR 8/24 (needs 1/4 inch to RCA cable), Phoenix Audio Nicerizer (needs 1/4 inch to RCA cable), Phoenix Audio Nicerizer 16 Mk2 (needs 1/4 inch to RCA cable), Phoenix Audio Scion (needs 1/4 inch to RCA cable)
Saturation / Character 4
Clock 4
Recorder 4
JoeCo BandMate (needs 1/4 inch to RCA cable), Sound Devices MixPre-3 II (needs 3.5 mm to dual RCA cable), TASCAM FR-AV2 (needs 3.5 mm to dual RCA cable), TASCAM FR-AV4 (needs 3.5 mm to dual RCA cable)
Recording Console 1
Trident Audio Trident 88 Console (needs 1/4 inch to RCA cable)

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