Monitor Audio Release New Vestra Subwoofer Series

Performance bass, unmatched value: Monitor Audio releases new Vestra Subwoofer series...

The all-new Vestra subwoofer series extends the brand’s independent range of subwoofers, delivering three compelling models ideally suited to entry & mid-positioned speaker series, whether used traditionally or deployed within custom installation applications. 

 

Essex, UK – 6th May 2025:  Monitor Audio is proud to announce the launch of the new Vestra Subwoofer Series. The all-new, subwoofer series is designed to extend Monitor Audio’s independent range of subwoofers within the Home AV and Custom Installation space, extending flexibility for the consumer and integrator by enabling broader speaker/system-matching options and wider flexibility regarding budget.

Engineered and developed alongside Monitor Audio’s highly regarded, and recently launched, premium Anthra Series Subwoofers, each of the three Vestra Subwoofers - the W10, W12 and W15 - include an acoustic package that enables Monitor Audio to deliver on its ‘Transparent Design Philosophy’, which couples superior design elements, intuitive user-experience and advanced acoustic engineering, ensuring that all the elements of performance, technology and design work in harmony. 

 

Understated and modern, Vestra’s design complements the audio experience by focusing on pure performance - making them as visually appealing as they are powerful.

 

Acoustic Innovation 

C-CAM High-Linear Excursion Bass Drivers

Monitor Audio has been at the forefront of metal cone driver technology and its development for close to four-decades. Vestra subwoofers utilise Monitor Audio’s proprietary C-CAM cone technology (Ceramic-Coated Aluminium Magnesium) – a cone technology ideally suited for subwoofers. The properties of C-CAM ensure a more fatigue-resistant, stronger and lighter cone. The result is a cone material that offers far greater pistonic movement under extreme stresses, over standard aluminium cones.

Behind the C-CAM cones are powerful new motor systems, featuring triple suspension (W12 and W15), uprated venting and larger, round-wound voice coils made of high purity copper wire. The suspension provides greater control and precision under extreme low frequencies, the venting supports greater airflow, reducing unwanted heat, and the larger voice coil delivers the highest possible BI (field strength). FEA optimisation of the steel components also helps linearise the Bl curve - this results in improved consistency of the magnetic field through the gap, which reduces distortion.

The C-CAM bass driver surround has also been carefully optimised. It allows the largest cone surface possible, so that the excursion is controlled without overstretching and causing distortion or breaking. The result of this carefully engineered, high-linear excursion bass driver is that Vestra subwoofers will deliver exceptional bass responses, with swiftness, dexterity, total control and total power, that delivers on musicality and depth.

 

Powerful Amplification

Behind the high linear excursion C-CAM bass driver lies a formidable amplifier. A powerful Class-D 250-Watt amplifier powers the Vestra W10, whilst a 500-Watt Class-D amplifier powers the Vestra W12 and W15. Each has been optimised and configured to match the drive unit and speaker system. 

The amplifiers and their power supplies have been carefully designed in tandem, so that they work together for better efficiency and lower distortion. Furthermore, the amplifier enables a myriad of connectivity options, such as unbalanced Stereo RCA, LFE unbalanced RCA inputs, useful DSP pre-set configuration modes for in-room position optimisation and 12-volt trigger.

 

Cabinet strength

Vestra subwoofers cabinets are meticulously crafted for both aesthetic elegance and acoustic performance. Built with rigid, reinforced and braced 15mm thick MDF, and finished in contemporary black or white vinyl, with painted matte, 21mm thick front baffles. The internal bracing ensures stability and enhances sound precision. Each cabinet minimises unwanted resonance, delivering pure, undistorted bass that resonates deeply.

The W10 and W12 models benefit from a fully sealed enclosure, ideal for placement versatility, whilst the larger W15 utilises a ported design extending low-frequency extension further for maximum bass slam.

 

Summary of key features: 

• ·       Advanced High linear-excursion C-CAM (Ceramic Coated aluminium Magnesium) driver cones have a much higher resistance to bending stress, and offer increased reliability and more accurate reproduction of sound

• ·       250-Watt (W10) to 500-Watt (W12 and W15) powerful Class-D Amplification  

• ·       Sealed-Enclosure (W10 and W12) Ported enclosure (W15)

• ·       DSP with three pre-set modes for a degree of personalisation within an environment

• ·       Stereo unbalanced RCA inputs

• ·       LFE unbalanced RCA inputs

• ·       12 Volt trigger / 3.5mm mono jack

• ·       Finishes available: Matte Black and Matte White

 

Vestra Series recommended retail pricing: 

Vestra W10          £ 600.00 | $ 800.00 | € 750.00 per piece

Vestra W12          £ 750.00 | $ 1,000.00 | € 900.00 per piece

Vestra W15           £ 900.00 | $ 1,200.00 | € 1,150.00 per piece

Availability:
The Vestra Series will be available from May 2025

Web - https://www.monitoraudio.com/