ADAM Audio D3V specs price ?

[teleblaze]

So you guys recommend these speakers for a desktop setup near in the corner of a 8x8 room? The space that im in is shared with the living room.. just opposite sides between one another.

I’m tempted to buy them though I still
Need to find some good speakers for the living room. They will be used for enjoying music and a little bit of gaming.

 

[kyuu]

I have no problems recommending these for that setup.

 

[DrSpan]

So you guys recommend these speakers for a desktop setup near in the corner of a 8x8 room? The space that im in is shared with the living room.. just opposite sides between one another.

I’m tempted to buy them though I still
Need to find some good speakers for the living room. They will be used for enjoying music and a little bit of gaming.

They are perfect as nearfield monitors. So as long as you are sitting near them they are fantastic.
If you want to use them as main speakers in a bigger room then i would look elsewhere as i would not recommend monitors for this usage

 

[teleblaze]

They are perfect as nearfield monitors. So as long as you are sitting near them they are fantastic.
If you want to use them as main speakers in a bigger room then i would look elsewhere as i would not recommend monitors for this usage

They will be used as nearfield speakers around the desk. Initially I thought about just using my headphone setup at the desk and invest in a hifi passive speaker setup. Something's changed in me and made me want to ditch the headphones at the desk and go towards monitors as I find headphones non engaging and not as enjoyable anymore. Now something pushes me towards a studio monitor setup for the living room as well... like go with Wiim Ultra, DSP and Kali IN-5 or IN-8 and forget about an AVR and passive speakers entirely. It might not be a good decision so I'm still thinking about it.

D3V appeals to me because of the form factor to sound quality ratio. I can even move it around the house to my bedroom if I want to and it doesn't take as much desk space other options like Kali IN-UNF.

 

[DrSpan]

They will be used as nearfield speakers around the desk. Initially I thought about just using my headphone setup at the desk and invest in a hifi passive speaker setup. Something's changed in me and made me want to ditch the headphones at the desk and go towards monitors as I find headphones non engaging and not as enjoyable anymore. Now something pushes me towards a studio monitor setup for the living room as well... like go with Wiim Ultra, DSP and Kali IN-5 or IN-8 and forget about an AVR and passive speakers entirely. It might not be a good decision so I'm still thinking about it.

D3V appeals to me because of the form factor to sound quality ratio. I can even move it around the house to my bedroom if I want to and it doesn't take as much desk space other options like Kali IN-UNF.

First of all, the Kali are a not mature product and a bad implementation. They don`t work as supposed to. I would love them to do so but they don`t.
The concept is nice but if you research and read and watch tests a lot of things don`t add up. This is why they are not really popular

"DSP and Kali IN-5 or IN-8“

This are completely different League size wise. Hard to compare them. The adam has a 3 inch woofer, the IN 5 5 inch. That is twice the surface area aprox.
Also 2-3 times the enclosure size.

Reason i don`t recomend monitors for the living room is that if you are planning to move around then monitors are made (usually) with a more narrow sweet spot
in mind. They are not trying to disperse too much out of axis cause you avoid wall reflections this way.
However this often makes them „boring“ sounding for many people. Basically most people will find a very linear speaker „no engaging enough“. Thats why the
Bass+Treble knobs where invented for. So people construct their own Smiley response.

That said, of course end of the day it is your choice and i am sure you will make the right one for you

 

[kyuu]

Something's changed in me and made me want to ditch the headphones at the desk and go towards monitors as I find headphones non engaging and not as enjoyable anymore.

Welcome to the club. Headphones are just never as satisfying as a good speaker setup to me.

 

[Pearljam5000]

How do they compare to T5V?

 

[teleblaze]

Welcome to the club. Headphones are just never as satisfying as a good speaker setup to me.

They don’t get that dopamine going… I realized that they don’t make me happy. I’m just sitting there being critical. I also have tinnitus which perhaps makes it even worse in that regard.

 

[teleblaze]

First of all, the Kali are a not mature product and a bad implementation. They don`t work as supposed to. I would love them to do so but they don`t.
The concept is nice but if you research and read and watch tests a lot of things don`t add up. This is why they are not really popular

"DSP and Kali IN-5 or IN-8“

This are completely different League size wise. Hard to compare them. The adam has a 3 inch woofer, the IN 5 5 inch. That is twice the surface area aprox.
Also 2-3 times the enclosure size.

Reason i don`t recomend monitors for the living room is that if you are planning to move around then monitors are made (usually) with a more narrow sweet spot
in mind. They are not trying to disperse too much out of axis cause you avoid wall reflections this way.
However this often makes them „boring“ sounding for many people. Basically most people will find a very linear speaker „no engaging enough“. Thats why the
Bass+Treble knobs where invented for. So people construct their own Smiley response.

That said, of course end of the day it is your choice and i am sure you will make the right one for you

I’ll go demo some speakers. I seriously have no idea which directions I’m gonna take. Even if I do go with a passive setup I have some issues with floorstanding speakers for some reason but they might be the best choice.

 

[kyuu]

How do they compare to T5V?

The T5V is much larger, more expensive, lacks digital inputs, and can certainly produce higher SPLs without limiting or compression.

 

[Pearljam5000]

It's only 30 euros more

 

[kyuu]

Interesting. Here in the States the T5V is $240/ea, so $480/pr compared to $350/pr for the D3V.

 

[teleblaze]

The T5V is significantly better? I can get it for the same orice too. And T7V for 100 more. But they are bigger for the desk and it does matter.

 

[kyuu]

The T5V is significantly better? I can get it for the same orice too. And T7V for 100 more. But they are bigger for the desk and it does matter.

Only in terms of getting louder, I'd say. For most people's desktop setups, the D3V does well enough on that department. But if you're planning to listen anywhere that's not the nearfield or really like to blast the volume, the T5V will definitely do you better.

 

[DrSpan]

The T5V is significantly better? I can get it for the same orice too. And T7V for 100 more. But they are bigger for the desk and it does matter.

No its not significantly better. It can do more spl so it will be able to play louder and sound less stressed at high levels.
I personally owned some adam monitors in the past and always sold them cause the amt tweeter in the long run in my ears
was bragging for attention. The d3v is the first time this tweeter sounds so balanced and laid back (always for my taste).
T5v will not have better resolution or anything like this though. If you are sitting in front of the speakers the d3v is one of the best solutions regardless of
price. However its a very uneven comparison to 5+6 inches. Plus you can upgrade later witha presonus eris 8 sub for 190 euros and be done with it.
You would have to go into the d3v via line cable in case you want to use the Eris X-Over 80hz highpass which is advisable to do in case you combine
them with a sub in order to cut them some slack in bass. In this combination the d3v will do whatever the t5v can do in better.
The t7v i get even less in this comparison. Its huge. It might be 6-7 times the enclosure volume of the d3v.
I am getting confused and might have missed something. Are we comparing speakers of a price range regardless of size or small nearfield monitors?
if you want to do a party or blast levels often then yes any much bigger speaker than the d3v will do better spl

 

[teleblaze]

No its not significantly better. It can do more spl so it will be able to play louder and sound less stressed at high levels.
I personally owned some adam monitors in the past and always sold them cause the amt tweeter in the long run in my ears
was bragging for attention. The d3v is the first time this tweeter sounds so balanced and laid back (always for my taste).
T5v will not have better resolution or anything like this though. If you are sitting in front of the speakers the d3v is one of the best solutions regardless of
price. However its a very uneven comparison to 5+6 inches. Plus you can upgrade later witha presonus eris 8 sub for 190 euros and be done with it.
You would have to go into the d3v via line cable in case you want to use the Eris X-Over 80hz highpass which is advisable to do in case you combine
them with a sub in order to cut them some slack in bass. In this combination the d3v will do whatever the t5v can do in better.
The t7v i get even less in this comparison. Its huge. It might be 6-7 times the enclosure volume of the d3v.
I am getting confused and might have missed something. Are we comparing speakers of a price range regardless of size or small nearfield monitors?
if you want to do a party or blast levels often then yes any much bigger speaker than the d3v will do better spl

I placed a speaker of similar size to a 5 or 7 inch Adam speaker and it just looks ridiculous on my desk as this desk is in a shared studio space. It just takes all the space and I do not want to put a stand in that space. I will soon upgrade to a bigger desk, but still. I just don't see how it's worth the hassle.

I hope that the Adam speakers don't hurt my ears as they might be a bit bright? Just listening to unaccurate audio tests but it doesn't tell me too much. I listened to the Adam T8V against Yamah HS8 and the Adam just sounded worse by a considerable margin to my ears.

 

[DrSpan]

I placed a speaker of similar size to a 5 or 7 inch Adam speaker and it just looks ridiculous on my desk as this desk is in a shared studio space. It just takes all the space and I do not want to put a stand in that space. I will soon upgrade to a bigger desk, but still. I just don't see how it's worth the hassle.

I hope that the Adam speakers don't hurt my ears as they might be a bit bright? Just listening to unaccurate audio tests but it doesn't tell me too much. I listened to the Adam T8V against Yamah HS8 and the Adam just sounded worse by a considerable margin to my ears.

"I will soon upgrade to a bigger desk, but still. „ this is when you can (if you want more spl) upgrade with a sub.

Anyhow
"I hope that the Adam speakers don't hurt my ears as they might be a bit bright?“ this is what i mean by "bragging for attention. „ i mean „screaming for attention“
The d3v is the first adam that does not sound fatiguing. This is why in almost all videos it sounds almost boring and dull. Cause it is very linear.
The t5v and the older models have too much attention to the high end. The yamaha is more laid back.

If you order them new you can give them back after a few days of testing in case you don`t like them can`t you?
After 30 years of interest in speakers i can tell you that using theory you will never come to a conclusion. You can continue gathering opinions here for years.
There comes the time where you simply have to listen to them yourself, ideally in your space where you are planning to use them. Nobody has your ears and taste more than yourself.
Speakers are by far the most influential part of the audio chain so you simply need to hear them in real life with music you know in and out.

 

[teleblaze]

"I will soon upgrade to a bigger desk, but still. „ this is when you can (if you want more spl) upgrade with a sub.

Anyhow
"I hope that the Adam speakers don't hurt my ears as they might be a bit bright?“ this is what i mean by "bragging for attention. „ i mean „screaming for attention“
The d3v is the first adam that does not sound fatiguing. This is why in almost all videos it sounds almost boring and dull. Cause it is very linear.
The t5v and the older models have too much attention to the high end. The yamaha is more laid back.

If you order them new you can give them back after a few days of testing in case you don`t like them can`t you?
After 30 years of interest in speakers i can tell you that using theory you will never come to a conclusion. You can continue gathering opinions here for years.
There comes the time where you simply have to listen to them yourself, ideally in your space where you are planning to use them. Nobody has your ears and taste more than yourself.
Speakers are by far the most influential part of the audio chain so you simply need to hear them in real life with music you know in and out.

I will certainly add a sub later on to improve the low end. It's quite important to m to have a solid deep bass rather than punch and tight. I just don't see myself going with speakers like Kali on my desk area.

You say that they are linear and neutral.. are they enjoyable for casual music listening in your opinion?

I'm currently waiting for a call back from the local store to see if I can test them and return them if it proves to be a mismatch. I will most likely order them anyways if they dont have such policy just because they are so versatile and I will find a use for them regardless.

Thanks brother.

 

[DrSpan]

I will certainly add a sub later on to improve the low end. It's quite important to m to have a solid deep bass rather than punch and tight. I just don't see myself going with speakers like Kali on my desk area.

You say that they are linear and neutral.. are they enjoyable for casual music listening in your opinion?

I'm currently waiting for a call back from the local store to see if I can test them and return them if it proves to be a mismatch. I will most likely order them anyways if they dont have such policy just because they are so versatile and I will find a use for them regardless.

Thanks brother.

„ they enjoyable for casual music“ Yes. But as they are designed for nearfield use the „beaming“ is more concentrated than „hifi“ speakers.

Simply buy them. You cant go wrong with these.
Also if you want to watch a video on YT the only serious guy who backs up their claims with measurements and facts, in my opinion is Erin`s Audio Corner.

Good luck Brother!

 

[Pearljam5000]

If the bigger Adams had USB - C I'd buy them over the D3v without hesitation.