Recent content by McGillroy

Did anybody indeed do measurements on any of these players? If so please point me to them. Thank you!

Many options if you look for studio monitors. Their use case is sitting next to monitors: check HEDD, Adam, Genelec, Neumann, Geithain, Amphion to name a few.

Wagnerbrainparasites do that. Probably irreversible unless a healthy dose of Adorno Forte applied.

You will laugh for sure. The language alone draws chuckles aplenty. Wagner doesn't work on recordings. Like Freud called for psychoanalysis to have sessions on at least four days a week to make sure people don't come out of regression too much something like the Ring is a multi-day regressive...

Interesting - could you pls point me to the source of that? Thank you!

Wasn't mine either until I got old :D Moers, Wacken, Bayreuth - the true Teutonic sonic trinity. Been there did that. Do it again if I can.

Hi Johannes - could you point me to those stands for your JBLs? Got the 305s too and they are sitting on some crappy Thoman things. Stockhausen trying to outwagner Wagner is a failure imho. Four days of musical immersion is the sweet spot, trust me on that ;)

This is very sound advice! Spending on getting good RI-values will net you the most return for your money. Especially deep and clean bass is impossible without good room treatment. Soundstaging too will improve. Last not least unlike DSP-based room correction your acoustic won't obsolete...

Strauss SE-MF-4 should be within budget. Passive mastering monitors. Good enough for Sony mastering studios and probably pretty nice with the right amps driving them.

Update: got the HD650 now and it's a keeper. Couldn't directly compare but the 650 felt right from the first minute and it has stayed that way so far. Relaxed, yet detailed sound and I can listen with it for hours. The 660S came off my ears quickly and I didn't want to put it back on. My other...

Strauss SE-MF-4 should be within budget. Passive mastering monitors. Good enough for Sony mastering studios and probably pretty nice with the right amps driving them.

Listening at 90db...?! Wow!

660S goes back. Spend the weekend with it and it just takes the pleasure out of listening to music. Espc. classical music sounds annoying while I can listen to the same pieces with the DT1990 for hours. With pop and metal the 660S does ok and I heard a few things I wasn't aware of. But here too...

Yep that 5k peak might be it. But I also hear a little more detail in the lower mids when playing around with my own recordings. Haven't heard the 560s, maybe give those a try.

So the 660S is your least favourite of the three? Could you perhaps elaborate why?