Shopping for new monitors

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Many times i played with the thought of getting new speakers for monitoring. The old ones i use when mixing at home is an old HiFi set which have been used for more than 20 years!!! No wonder i'm used to these speakers heh heh

Well this night i couldnt fall asleep because my head was spinning around getting new speakers. So i did some monitor checking on the net by reading reviews and viewing data sheets.

My pref. of reference when working in studio is some large speakers and then Yamaha NS10 or Genelec. I know many new brands have showed on the monitor scene and things to look for was among others Adam and KRK speakers. In my mind i had set myself up for a pair of KRK RP 5 or Adam A7 but when i got to the store they only had KRK RP 6 and the new KRK VXT Series.

Anyways the KRK speakers had to much bass for my taste but they were very musical. The Adam A7 was like cutting thru a mix for spotting the tinyest detail. Not very musical but very very natural without any sense of colour. The Adam A7 seemed a tad to big for my desk so i started to look at the small Genelec 8020A, and they sounded damn nice for a speaker of that size. The lows where better than expected but ofcause not great but the rest of the range came out pretty clear so i decided to go for the Genelec. 15 mins later i'm told the shop dont have more in stock.....grrrrr hmmm i want some damn speaker with me today so give me the Adam A7 then..... and 10 mins later....sorry out of stock... lol you gotta be kidding. Ok, i was starting to get annoyed but then noticed a small set of Yamaha HS 50M, now since i'm familiar with the Yamaha sound i thought hmmm why not.... so i took a quick listen and they sounded just as i expected neutral and linear. Funny how things turn out when you out shopping lol

Just as a footnote, i WILL get the Adam A7 at some point. Those speaker are incredibly revealing but for now i settle with my new Yamaha set which i'm sure will cover many needs :)

So in the future i hope to produce a tad more clear sounding synth patches.

/Michael