goldenears
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I heard the JBL 4367s. Mind blown. Revel F228Be and the rest of the Performa3 line (along with the Concerta2’s which I found to be lovely...) Mind blown.
Since then, I have found even more really good studio monitors below a $1000 (BNIB/B-Stock/Refurbished or Used — Kali Audio, Neumann, Focal, Dynaudio, Adam Audio, Genelec, etc.) as mentioned above and it’ll all become a matter of personal taste.
Thanks for the interesting story of your speaker journey!
Do you have any ideas on speakers narrower than about 20cm? I've been looking into active speakers but they all seem to have that lsr305 "boxy" look that doesn't really appeal for my living room.
I have a good 12" sub so I probably don't need the bass extension of an 8" woofer.
Currently interested in Kef R3's as my other speakers are Kef, but slightly reluctant to upgrade to them because I do feel that active with DSP is the future, but unfortunately D&D/Kii are too rich for my blood, I'm hoping more mainstream brands will take the cue and produce something a bit cheaper, at 1/2 the price of those at most.
Kali Audio supposedly has a Coaxial with 8" woofer coming out, the IN-8, but it's too wide at 28.5cm for my living room setup. I guess? a coaxial would maybe match better with my coaxial Kefs?
One problem for myself with using studio monitors in a living room setup is getting a center to match, and also hiss which I would find completely unacceptable.
Also a quick question, is it ok to connect the RCA preouts from an AVR to the XLR inputs of an active monitor, eg the Genelec 8340?
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