I'm really looking for a multi-use monitor, first of all, so I demo'd a pair of Rokit 5's today and thought they sounded quite good, but felt they were lacking in bass so I grabbed the Rokit7 to compensate only to find out I am not able to make the room needed to house the speakers so I have to get something smaller, maybe as big as 6.5 depending on enclosure size.
I'll probably get recommended Adam Audio and I've tried to demo as many monitors as possible online (I know) with the equipment that I have - Master 19-->Denafrips Are 2-->Audeze LCD-X (Harmon curve) and I dont like the way the Adam T series sound, to me it has a nasality to it I'm not a fan of. The A5X I've heard, that series is really good. Out of my price range though.
Along with the Rokit's I demo'd Samson, Yamaha, JBL, and unfortunately thats all they had. The JBL's were impressive with their bass but the KRK's really caught me ear in the more natural sounding highs and mids, less colored in that room.
I have a pair of edifier R1280T to temporarily replace my now after 21 yrs dead klipsch promedia 4.1 and even after applying Amir's EQ setting to them, I'm still not really liking them. I can't fit much bigger than the edifiers without making serious adjustments on the desktop and getting the Master 19 to another location which I will probably have to do anyway..
I think I can go up to about a 5.5-6.5 TOPS as far as cabinet size but don't like most brands hollow/lifeless sounding 5/5.5 offerings, I think focal alpha 50 is about the only 5" I'd consider. Problem is availability, unless someone on the forum here knows of a place online other than amazon to get the alpha 50's in somewhat of a timely manner.
Also is there a reason why speakers like the edifier S2000MKIII dont go up against the KRK/JBL's/focals, etc - I cant find any head to head comparisons anywhere? I keep getting recommended Edifier but want to have some idea of what they sound like against the others.
Do you guys have anything in mind that I can look into?
I'm in an apt unfortunately, so I would not be able to pair anything with a sub.
I'll probably get recommended Adam Audio and I've tried to demo as many monitors as possible online (I know) with the equipment that I have - Master 19-->Denafrips Are 2-->Audeze LCD-X (Harmon curve) and I dont like the way the Adam T series sound, to me it has a nasality to it I'm not a fan of. The A5X I've heard, that series is really good. Out of my price range though.
Along with the Rokit's I demo'd Samson, Yamaha, JBL, and unfortunately thats all they had. The JBL's were impressive with their bass but the KRK's really caught me ear in the more natural sounding highs and mids, less colored in that room.
I have a pair of edifier R1280T to temporarily replace my now after 21 yrs dead klipsch promedia 4.1 and even after applying Amir's EQ setting to them, I'm still not really liking them. I can't fit much bigger than the edifiers without making serious adjustments on the desktop and getting the Master 19 to another location which I will probably have to do anyway..
I think I can go up to about a 5.5-6.5 TOPS as far as cabinet size but don't like most brands hollow/lifeless sounding 5/5.5 offerings, I think focal alpha 50 is about the only 5" I'd consider. Problem is availability, unless someone on the forum here knows of a place online other than amazon to get the alpha 50's in somewhat of a timely manner.
Also is there a reason why speakers like the edifier S2000MKIII dont go up against the KRK/JBL's/focals, etc - I cant find any head to head comparisons anywhere? I keep getting recommended Edifier but want to have some idea of what they sound like against the others.
Do you guys have anything in mind that I can look into?
I'm in an apt unfortunately, so I would not be able to pair anything with a sub.
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