TOA me-120 Brochure

Delivering accuracy and musica

Both the ME-160 and ME-120 are capable of producing 

a spacious, deep soundstage with outstanding ambience 

retrieval. Notable are the excellent low-level dynamics 

and resolution that facilitate effective monitoring. In most 

environments where monitoring program playback is 

important, nearfield monitoring is an ideal method as it 

minimizes room acoustic effects and other problems of 

the location while offering a useful sound quality 

evaluation tool for professionals as well as significant 

musical enjoyment for any listener. Flat frequency 

response and high resolving power make these 

speakers exceptional transducers. Shielded construction 

allows positioning of the speakers close to video 

monitors and CRT displays for audiovisual applications. 

Compact and easy to position in various locations with 

specialized hardware, the ME-160 and ME-120 are 

supplied as mirror-imaged pairs in single cartons.

Speaker cabinets are constructed from MDF (Medium 

Density Fiberboard) and the interior reinforced for 

maximum rigidity.  On the back panel, gold-plated input 

terminals also accept dual banana jacks. The removable 

grilles feature acoustically transparent thin black jersey 

material. 

Versatile installation possibilities are possible with 

optional metal hardware for securing speaker on the 

base or side. Speakers can also be suspended from a 

wall or ceiling.

• The woofer in the ME-160 utilizes newly developed  

composite cone material that incorporate natural fibers   
and resin to achieve an ideal stiffness, helping to 
generate an optimal piston motion.

• The soft fabric (Tetoron) dome tweeter utilizes an 

acrylic-based damping process in order to produce  
smooth, uncoloured and extended high frequencies.

• The ME-160 is a time-aligned speaker system so that all 

the sounds from the speaker reach the listener at the 
same time. This allows the speaker to achieve the best 
possible imaging with phase coherency. 

• The crossover has been designed with specially selected 

components to ensure excellent transient response with 
minimal smearing and phase problems. The crossover 
undergoes a rigorous testing program that included listen-
ing evaluations in order to design a crossover that would 
obtain the best possible performance from the drivers.

• The speaker’s high efficiency design partners the carefully 

designed combination of driver units and passive 
crossover components to achieve a flat frequency 
response over the useable frequency range, making the 
ME-160 a valuable tool in sound production tasks.

• The bass reflex cabinet design results in a tuning   

frequency of 50Hz for accurate low frequency  
reproduction within design parameters.

ME-160