Peter Pan from Neverland visits SBAF Land

Discussion in 'How to Win Friends and Influence People' started by börps, Feb 26, 2017.

  1. Armaegis

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    I gave you two specific recommendations in the post above yours, plus earlier on links to two threads with even more possibilities and discussion. It behooves you at this point to do a bit of reading and legwork before asking for handouts. Quoted again for clarity...

    To smooth out treble further, tape a piece of toilet paper over the tweeter. No that's not a joke, it really works.
     
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    Lol... Really? I don't even know what to say. I'm just happy there is a new thread in the how to win friends forum.
     
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    Audioengine A5+ is a quite smooth monitor, but sound a bit boxy and closed in as a result. If it were me, I'd find a flea amplifier and pair with some thing like a Dali Zensor 3 or OSMT for a smoother response. Monitors in this price range are mostly treble tilted (try to sound more articulate and detailed, befitting the title "studio monitors").
     
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    Hey guys, go easy. I think there's just a translation issue here. I ran it through google translate on a moist>english setting. This should help:

     
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    Psst, Tinker Bell is all the answer you need. Don't be a blockhead.
     
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    That is why I don't use Google Translate any more. Babel correctly translates it as "Micro Penis"
     
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    purr1n Desire for betterer is endless.

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    You won't have a problem with lack of smoothness (measured) with any decent monitor speaker. The question is what kind of balance you are looking for. The small studio monitors all tend to be neutral, but some are slightly brighter, some are slightly mid-bassier, some are slightly V-shaped, etc. The high end can always be adjusted by angling the the speakers so they are slightly off axis.

    I would recommend the Adam A7X. They might be a few Euro above your price range. They are $750 in the USA. Adam is based in Berlin, so this should make it easier for you. The Adam stuff seems to be used lot in small rooms of the the higher end film (sound) production studios I've visited. They use ribbons and have a sound that stands out from the lower cost recommendations: JBL LS307, Yamaha HS8, Mackie, KRK, etc.

    Finally, whatever you go with, I recommend to go with a woofer that is larger than 5" for deeper and cleaner bass. At 700 Euro, your budget won't constrain you to smaller woofers.

    Stop acting like spoiled child. If I were a German father, I would hit you in the head. Actually, I'd still hit you in the head even if I weren't.
     
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    Ok now that we're actually legitly suggesting stuff, I haven't really gone deep into the studio monitor field so exposure is limited, but I found Eve Audio decent as well, and purportedly they're a smoother Adam (Eve is from quite a lot of the same folks that was Adam), whatever the hell that means.

    Edit: Does have DSP magicks if you're more purist, but the SC207 is about US$850, and the SC205 about US$550, so there's sort of a $300 gap in between if you do actually consider.
     
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    Hahha. I had a rough morning and this thread cheered me up so much. Just what I needed.
     
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    Yes. This thread delivered on a Monday morning. :sail:
     
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    Each?

    I think so. This is the biggest gotcha of the studio monitor world: unless otherwise stated, the pricing is usually per speaker

    Not per pair.

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    Must sentiments exactly. I always need a good laugh to start the day off, especially a Monday.
     
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    purr1n Desire for betterer is endless.

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    Oh yeah. They are each. I'd advise the OP to get a pair of Yahama HS8s. Smooth sounding, nothing at all like the NS10s from yesteryear.
     
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    Man, that's hard to recommend a quality speaker at that price range. I'd just stick with headphones at that price point.

    Still no details on overall budget with upstream gear either. Pretty sure most people don't have an amp to drive passive speakers. Plus someone who thinks music is just music, tells me they would be pleased with anything as long as the FR is to their liking.
     
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    599 Euros in Netherlands. It is horribly easy to spend a thousand dollars on a pair of monitors.

    This is the biggest reason that the JBL LSR305/8s caught so many eyes before people even started to listen to them. After that, they continued to keep hold of ears.
     
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    but he is peter pan.
    he doesn't want to grow up.
     
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    LSR308 also highly recommended. KRK if OP wants a more V-shaped response like his Nighthawk and Fidelio - although all of these monitors retain a much more neutral sound.
     
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    I thought NH was neutral? ;)
     
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    "Spoiled child" now is officially defined as "someone who actually has stuff to do in reallife so that he has no time or interest in presenting his personality to random people on the internet and therefore makes fun of someone who suggests he should do so when all he wanted was to get suggestions for decent studio monitors."

    Pathetic.
     

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