Quested pioneered the use of soft-dome midrange, soft-dome high frequency drive units and low resonance derivatives of P.A. bass drivers in their monitor designs. A separate amplifier with immense headroom drives each frequency band in the monitor. Sophisticated electronic crossovers feed the power amplifiers. The combination of electronics allows the drive units to perform at their optimum and also protects them. The Quested main monitor has the sonic excellence to match the very best Hi-Fi combined with the ruggedness of a quality P.A.

Quested’s first ever product was a “Main Monitor”, the Q215. At the time of its conception, alternatives to the Q215 available in the market place were either monitors built out of P.A. components or Hi-Fi speakers. The P.A. option resulted in monitors with hard, aggressive characteristics that are both tiring to listen to for extended periods of time, and difficult to trust, especially when internally balancing a woodwind section or similar intricate component of a mix. Some of the Hi-Fi speakers were acceptable in smaller rooms, or when the monitoring levels where relatively low. EQing a bass drum however, would at best put them into protect, at worst, destroy them.