Which monitors do you use?

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#134

ADAM A8X - GENELEC 8030 - FLUID FX8

I like the Adam, fair in the low and hi spectrum, but it is too pleasant in the mid, leaving me with a feeling that it lacks purpose there.
Better for that reason the Genelec even if good to use with lower volume.
Fluid FX8 are speakers I bought for €340/pair and was a bet…good review on SoS but I knew I was going towards a shitty one, but I needed a shitty speaker (compared to the other two I have) and infact it is useful for lo-mid and center mids, even if they tend to amplify a bit the 100-200Hz range and become sizzly at 8000-9000Hz

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#135

NS10s. My room is not treated and I find them the most controlled in such environment.

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#136

PMC TwoTwo

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#137

Focal Alpha 65

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#138

JBL mpro mp415’s and a 15 inch powered sub (ebony).
They have surprisingly good top end for a foldback wedge.
And btw, I like my music loud ', )

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#139

I have them on my later wishlist. Can you describe the sound please? Transparency?

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#140

I prefer the Focal CMS 50 to the Dynaudio BM6A for instance… (same with Rockit, Adam, Tannoy which i have by the past also) I can mixing on those CMS for quite a long time without “ear fatigue” … it’s very well built and rock solid.

If no SUB is programmed in the order i go CMS 65 rather than CMS 50.
CMS 50 : 55 Hz - 28 kHz / SPL 107 dB / BASS AMP 80 Watts RMS : Tweeter 50 Watts RMS
CMS 65 : 45 Hz - 28 kHz / SPL 112 dB / BASS AMP 100 Watts RMS : Tweeter 60 Watts RMS

To me there’s very transparent. I really love my monitors.

The only one more pricey i would like to try is Focal Twin and Event Opal

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#141

Munro Egg 150. Had them for almost 2 years

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#142

KRK Rokit 4 G3 as modular/jam monitor.
KRK Rokit 10-3 RPG2 as main mix.
Avantone mixcube for mono/ balance check
AKG S240 studio ears

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#143

Genelec 8030a & KRK RP10s in mix room.

20 year old Tannoy 6.5 in composition room, about to get replaced with JBL LSR308

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#144

Event 2030

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#145

I upgraded to the Genelec M030 this summer. They are great for the price and especially great for my awful untreated room. I am still learning them but my mixes have improved alot with just the change. There is a bit of lacking bottom end that I’m not sure how to overcome. I’m hoping it comes with getting more familiar with them. I had behringer truth b2031a which are surprisingly good value but my bottom end was a bit hyped and my mixes were always mushy but I’m not sure if they were the problem or my room?

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#146

Focal Alpha 80 with GIK Soffit traps behind them.

Really great for the price. Had a pair of Behringer truths with a sub before, the Alphas eat em for breakfast.

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#147

IPod dock!

Temporarily staying with a family member, so monitors + interface are packed away for the time being. Also have DT770 headphones…

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#148

Genelec 8040 + the small Genelec subwoofer

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#149

Mackie hr824. My ears are tuned to this monitors for quite a while now.

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#150

Yamaha HS8 - they’re my first pair of monitors so dunno how they stack up against others but thoroughly enjoy having them. Feel like they are very good for the small price tag. They’re also my speakers for listening to music / watching movies etc

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#151

Actually YAMAHA MSP5 but I’m considering a replacement with Focal CMS40 or 50.
Problem is that I really love MSP5 but I need something good but less heavy to carry around.

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#152

My experience with monitors is that they depend so much on the room they’re sitting in…
I’ve owned and used a boat load of monitors over the years.
I also tend to track on different speakers to what I would mix on… I’ll always tend to gravitate to the “bigs” for tracking and then the near fields for mixing…

I worked in a great sounding room on a set of Adam S3xH’s and fell in love with them, so much so I bought a set, bought em home to my piss poor little mix room and was instantly like WTF happened to all the bottom end… A classic case of speaker being way to big for the room I was in… They cost me so much though that I was way to proud to get rid of them, so I persevered for a couple of years with them and mixed the bottom end from the kitchen… …Still a cracking monitor though, just not in that room.
Ns10’s for me just kind of work, maybe cause they’ve been in a bunch of rooms I’ve used over the years and you just get used to “that” sound.
Having said that they can also vary wildly depending on which power amp is being used… Those little Munro Eggs are kind of similar in translation.

I guess I’ve learned monitors are more about what the make me do how they interact in the space they sit…

Not sure of that was helpful or not, but you have to listen said monitors in the room they’ll living and check em out first, this is a must IMO.

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#153

Presonus Sceptre S6, as well as a Subpac S2 for low end monitoring. I really love this setup. Almost went for the S8s, but the S6 are better for the size of my room and the Subpac is more accurate for low end monitoring in my experience.

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