I really shouldn't have joined this forum, as it has piqued my interest in "improving" the audio in my room, I’ve been perfectly happy with my current Rokit 7 G4 & 10s sub but a mate dropped by a few days ago with his pair of HEDD Type 20 mk2 and I was floored with the sound quality in my room, it seems my krk system, however smug I’ve felt about its modest cost vs performance in the past can in no way be compared to the Hedd - so I’ve sulked in the corner for the previous few days and hastily browsed online for a possible shortlist with a budget of £2k which “could” be slightly raised if the increase in performance justified the cost. I like the idea of ditching the sub and getting a good 3 way but also happy to keep the sub and buy a two way as I figure I may get a better two way for the same price but I then have the potential issue of correctly matching the sub regarding crossover/phase/volume.
I mainly listen to electronic music, anything from Richie Hawtin to Jon Hopkins to Nils Frahm to Kiasmos and a fair amount of movie soundtracks also alternative/ folktronica so a decent spectrum.
Shortlist is,
HEDD Type 07 MK2 - under budget @ £1450 - two way so keep sub, but would I really need it with these?, they're HEDDs - what more can you say?
Barefoot/Output Frontier - under budget @ £1400 - two way so keep sub, I think I may need it, not many reviews of these yet but I really like the look of them
Barefoot Footprint 02 - way over budget @ £2600 but if they are as good as they say they are...................?..........could save up for wee while longer
Dynaudio LYD 48 - under budget @ £1800 - seem to get excellent reviews and 3 way which I like, and I like the design - a bargain at this price?
Or as another couple of choices just for confusion,
Focal Shape 65 - cheaper than the above @ £1200
or
Focal Shape Twin - Quite like these @ £1400
Obviously I'd love the Hedd Type 20 MK2 but can't afford them so not going to torture myself with creative personal accounting.
And the elephant in the room - Genelecs....Despite being the sensible choice for sound quality i just don't like how they look.
They’d be sitting on my desk in the usual triangle setup on suitable isoacoustic stands (as are my krk’s and sub) and my daily listening position is usually at the desk - not so much "critical listening" as im doing other stuff so just need sound, from 6pm I roll my big chair to the sweet spot in the middle of the room approx 2m from speakers and cue up library/tidal/roon through my Cambridge Audio streamer and just chill. Desk could be moved out, could be moved back +/- 30cm, at moment it is 40cm from front wall.
I spend most of my life stuck at home these days due to secondary progressive multiple sclerosis, no more lost weekends out clubbing for me so as my ears are the only part of body that is not failing I thought I may as well attempt to treat myself to the club sound at home which is what I thought I had till I heard the HEDD type 20, according to my roon statistics I listen to music for an average of 7 hrs a day at anywhere from 60 db to 90db+ depending on how I'm feeling so I guess I want something that is more “musical” in nature than strictly “reference” for long listening periods. I can always tailor the eq with roon parametrics if I feel the need or use the individual speakers eq/dsp to correct for room issues/room modes.
Current setup/room below to get an idea of space to be filled and where they will sit on the desk shelf (30cm deep)
Any advice would be appreciated and apologies for such a long winded post to ask a simple question,
Cheers,
I mainly listen to electronic music, anything from Richie Hawtin to Jon Hopkins to Nils Frahm to Kiasmos and a fair amount of movie soundtracks also alternative/ folktronica so a decent spectrum.
Shortlist is,
HEDD Type 07 MK2 - under budget @ £1450 - two way so keep sub, but would I really need it with these?, they're HEDDs - what more can you say?
Barefoot/Output Frontier - under budget @ £1400 - two way so keep sub, I think I may need it, not many reviews of these yet but I really like the look of them
Barefoot Footprint 02 - way over budget @ £2600 but if they are as good as they say they are...................?..........could save up for wee while longer
Dynaudio LYD 48 - under budget @ £1800 - seem to get excellent reviews and 3 way which I like, and I like the design - a bargain at this price?
Or as another couple of choices just for confusion,
Focal Shape 65 - cheaper than the above @ £1200
or
Focal Shape Twin - Quite like these @ £1400
Obviously I'd love the Hedd Type 20 MK2 but can't afford them so not going to torture myself with creative personal accounting.
And the elephant in the room - Genelecs....Despite being the sensible choice for sound quality i just don't like how they look.
They’d be sitting on my desk in the usual triangle setup on suitable isoacoustic stands (as are my krk’s and sub) and my daily listening position is usually at the desk - not so much "critical listening" as im doing other stuff so just need sound, from 6pm I roll my big chair to the sweet spot in the middle of the room approx 2m from speakers and cue up library/tidal/roon through my Cambridge Audio streamer and just chill. Desk could be moved out, could be moved back +/- 30cm, at moment it is 40cm from front wall.
I spend most of my life stuck at home these days due to secondary progressive multiple sclerosis, no more lost weekends out clubbing for me so as my ears are the only part of body that is not failing I thought I may as well attempt to treat myself to the club sound at home which is what I thought I had till I heard the HEDD type 20, according to my roon statistics I listen to music for an average of 7 hrs a day at anywhere from 60 db to 90db+ depending on how I'm feeling so I guess I want something that is more “musical” in nature than strictly “reference” for long listening periods. I can always tailor the eq with roon parametrics if I feel the need or use the individual speakers eq/dsp to correct for room issues/room modes.
Current setup/room below to get an idea of space to be filled and where they will sit on the desk shelf (30cm deep)
Any advice would be appreciated and apologies for such a long winded post to ask a simple question,
Cheers,
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