Heritage Audio RAM 1000

Fantastic and honestly invaluable unit, even for home use. The Bluetooth feature in particular is quite useful for me since my studio serves as a home office for my real work as well, HOWEVER! Not being able to turn the BT off is a huge pain, particularly for IOS users. Because iOS auto joins Bluetooth devices, I find that it will often “switch” while I am doing other things, eg listening to headphones.

I seriously wish the BT monitoring switch either disabled the Bluetooth after a period of time (eg 120s), or disabled it completely and forced a reconnect. this is partially a complaint about Apple and their IOS implementation of BT, but it is quite annoying.

Apart from that, utterly brilliant unit I wish I’d bought years ago.

Monitor controllers are not glamorous, they just need to sit there and do their job without fuss, The Heritage RAM1000 does just that, without affecting sound quality and without getting in the way of the process of making music. The BT feature is massively useful for playing back from laptops and phones without having to find a suitable lead or interface and without having to mess with the computer.

Had a few monitor controllers over the years but switched my SPL to this due to the smaller form factor.

An important feature for me is to have all inputs and outputs active at the same time, having a subwoofer connected on the second monitor out.

Power over USB-C is really amazing, no more wall warts!

The main dial is huge and very tactile, but the 24-steps sometimes are not enough. Would love to have 64 steps instead, like heritage audio has in their more expensive options. Still a lot better than all the other potentiometer-controllers though! No more crackling at low volumes and shifting stereo field.

Some nitpicking: would love to have som LEDs on the buttons, making it easier to use in the dark.

Bluetooth is really cool and useful, but the antenna is very ugly. Would love to se it in the back instead.

Not to fond of the blueish color, a black or dark gray option would be better and still have the old hardware feel.

A solid choice that i highly recommend! -1 star for the color (personal preference)