For nearly a century, Neumann has helped define what professional audio sounds like.
From legendary microphones such as the U 47, M 49, U 67 and U 87 to today's studio monitors, headphone and interface solutions, the company's reputation has been built on a relentless pursuit of accuracy. Since entering the studio monitor market in 2010, Neumann has expanded that philosophy by building on the engineering legacy of German loudspeaker pioneer Klein + Hummel.
Every studio monitor designer faces the same fundamental question: how do you give engineers, producers and artists the confidence to trust what they hear?
A Legacy of Accuracy
It's a challenge that has shaped generations of loudspeaker development. As early as 1967, Klein + Hummel was among the pioneers of active studio monitoring, with what is by many considered the World's first active 3-way monitor, namely the OY. By the early 1980s, the company's compact O 98 three-way monitor established many of the design principles that still define Neumann monitors today: low distortion, accurate transient response, carefully controlled sound dispersion and a focus on telling the truth rather than flattering the source.
With each generation, the goal remained unchanged: helping engineers make more reliable mix decisions. Distortion fell, output capability increased, and dispersion became more controlled through increasingly sophisticated waveguide design. The result was a more neutral loudspeaker that revealed more of the recording and less of the room.
Why the KH 310 Became a Reference
When Neumann took over the Klein + Hummel studio monitor business in 2010, that philosophy continued with the original KH 310. Combining a compact sealed cabinet with a true 3-way design, it quickly earned a reputation as a trusted reference in music, broadcast and post-production environments.
A key part of that success was its dedicated midrange dome driver. While many monitors rely on a two-way design, the KH 310 separates the critical midrange from bass and high-frequency reproduction. This allows vocals, dialogue and instruments to be reproduced with exceptional clarity and detail, helping engineers make confident decisions in the frequency range where most of a mix lives.
Now, that proven formula has evolved into the KH 310 II.
The KH 310 II: The reference, refined
The KH 310 II brings the platform into the digital age with onboard DSP processing, delivering an even flatter frequency response, improved phase linearity, and up to 5 dB more maximum output than its predecessor. It accepts both analogue and AES3 digital signals, making integration into modern production environments straightforward.
DSP also enables automatic room alignment through Neumann's MA 1 monitoring technology. Using a measurement microphone and calibration software, the system analyses the acoustic behavior of the room and optimizes each loudspeaker accordingly. In stereo setups, this helps improve translation and consistency. In surround and immersive systems, it becomes even more important, ensuring that every loudspeaker performs as a coherent part of the overall monitoring array.
This makes the KH 310 II particularly well suited to today's production landscape, where engineers increasingly move between stereo, surround and immersive formats while expecting a single monitoring platform to support every workflow.
KH 350: Full-Range Authority
Alongside the KH 310 II comes its new sister model, the KH 350. Sharing the same drivers, electronics and DSP platform, in a substantially larger ported enclosure that extends low-frequency response down to 27 Hz.
The result is a full-range 3-way monitor capable of delivering greater low-frequency extension, higher output and increased headroom, particularly in larger control rooms and at longer listening distances. Together, the KH 310 II and KH 350 give users the flexibility to choose the monitoring solution that best matches their room, workflow, and listening requirements.
One Goal, Unchanged
From microphones to monitors, Neumann's history has always been shaped by the pursuit of accuracy. The technology has evolved dramatically over the decades, but the objective remains the same: giving engineers, producers and artists the confidence to trust what they hear.
Decades of engineering refinement. One goal: helping creators trust what they hear.