NotTheDroid
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I’m looking for advice on which speakers to pair with my Rhythmik L12 in my DJ practice setup. Budget is around $1k, likely used as my location is great for CL/FB Marketplace. So far I’m considering the usual ASR all-stars: Genelec 8030c/G Three, Ascend Sierra 2/LX, Neumann KH 120A, and maybe Revel M105 or Kali IN-8 v2. Should I just get a pair of Genelecs and call it a day, or is one of the other options (or something not on the list!) a better fit for my needs?
Setup: Speakers only a few inches off the wall on a standing desk with a Rhythmic L12 underneath. The room is 20’ x 12’ with 15’ vaulted ceilings and untreated but pretty acoustically dead. Desk is against one of the long walls and 7’ from the closer sidewall. Source is Pioneer CDJ-3000s and a DJM-900NXS2, which has XLR, RCA, and digital coax outputs. Passives would be driven by Fosi V3 monoblocks or a Audiophonics Hyper NC122MP (I already have both). I’ll probably get a Minidsp for crossover/eq.
Use: Primarily nearfield DJ practice, standing at a ~2’ distance with bass-heavy electronic music, hip hop, and dancehall. I usually listen at around 80dBA, but hit 90 occasionally to get a feel for how a track will sound on a big system. I also listen on the couch 9’ away at lower volume with a wide variety of genres (bluegrass, folk, etc), and I can lower the standing desk so the speakers remain at ear level. They’re used for background music in the rest of the space too, but not for critical listening.
General Preferences: I don’t need a perfectly flat FR—I don’t produce or master, and most of my DJ gigs are on sound systems with smile EQs and a 10+ dB haystack on the subs—but they have to able to go from dubstep to Gillian Welch. I know active speakers have a lot of advantages, but repair cost is not one of them. I’ve watched enough amps fail to want solid track record of reliability with any active options. I care more about the nearfield experience than the midfield, but I don’t want something it’s going to fall apart at 9’ away or sound awful off-axis. Contrary to DJ stereotypes, I'd much rather have lean-but-clean bass than thick, warm, junk-in-the-trunk thump—all but one of my current sets of speakers and subs are sealed acoustic suspension designs.
Setup: Speakers only a few inches off the wall on a standing desk with a Rhythmic L12 underneath. The room is 20’ x 12’ with 15’ vaulted ceilings and untreated but pretty acoustically dead. Desk is against one of the long walls and 7’ from the closer sidewall. Source is Pioneer CDJ-3000s and a DJM-900NXS2, which has XLR, RCA, and digital coax outputs. Passives would be driven by Fosi V3 monoblocks or a Audiophonics Hyper NC122MP (I already have both). I’ll probably get a Minidsp for crossover/eq.
Use: Primarily nearfield DJ practice, standing at a ~2’ distance with bass-heavy electronic music, hip hop, and dancehall. I usually listen at around 80dBA, but hit 90 occasionally to get a feel for how a track will sound on a big system. I also listen on the couch 9’ away at lower volume with a wide variety of genres (bluegrass, folk, etc), and I can lower the standing desk so the speakers remain at ear level. They’re used for background music in the rest of the space too, but not for critical listening.
General Preferences: I don’t need a perfectly flat FR—I don’t produce or master, and most of my DJ gigs are on sound systems with smile EQs and a 10+ dB haystack on the subs—but they have to able to go from dubstep to Gillian Welch. I know active speakers have a lot of advantages, but repair cost is not one of them. I’ve watched enough amps fail to want solid track record of reliability with any active options. I care more about the nearfield experience than the midfield, but I don’t want something it’s going to fall apart at 9’ away or sound awful off-axis. Contrary to DJ stereotypes, I'd much rather have lean-but-clean bass than thick, warm, junk-in-the-trunk thump—all but one of my current sets of speakers and subs are sealed acoustic suspension designs.
