LeonidKogan
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Hello,
I'd like to sidegrade my passive setup (LS50 Meta + Hegel H200 + REL T/Zero MKIII + REW) to active monitors for financial reasons and convenience. They will be used in the same scenario on my desk, 1.1m apart (from center of the tweeter), 1.5m away, 11m2 room.
I narrowed my choice to Genelec 8030 and Neumann KH120a, the first version. I don't need DSP monitors as I will keep my REL sub and use REW instead of integrated correction which costs extra. I think I read almost all threads on this subject and looks like most people buy them for music production, I will use them only for listening so I guess my requirements are quite different.
I listen to classical music mostly so wide and deep soundstage is very important to me, as well as precise imaging and instrument separation. This is something measurements won't tell so I'm asking precisely for your subjective experience. I like those factors a lot about LS50M, however I feel like they are a bit boxy and constrained due to bad HF extension, I'd like them more airy, but I'm afraid the Genelecs might be shockingly fatiguing (unless it can be fixed with EQ), as LS50M are super smooth and warm sounding. I think I would like to stay as close to LS50 tonality as possible, just with a bit more extended treble. In this department KH120 looks like a safer choice, but on the other hand I heard their soundstage/imaging is somewhat worse than of 8030.
I don't care about SPL or bass since sub will take care of that. I'm also a bit worried about Genelec's hiss, if it's inaudible from 1.5m then I'm fine with it, but just wanted to notice that classical music often goes down to extreme pianissimo and there hiss might dominate the music.
I was also considering APS Klasik 2020, but I don't want to be bound to just one perfect sweetspot, even though I don't move around much.
I'm curious what you guys think.
I'd like to sidegrade my passive setup (LS50 Meta + Hegel H200 + REL T/Zero MKIII + REW) to active monitors for financial reasons and convenience. They will be used in the same scenario on my desk, 1.1m apart (from center of the tweeter), 1.5m away, 11m2 room.
I narrowed my choice to Genelec 8030 and Neumann KH120a, the first version. I don't need DSP monitors as I will keep my REL sub and use REW instead of integrated correction which costs extra. I think I read almost all threads on this subject and looks like most people buy them for music production, I will use them only for listening so I guess my requirements are quite different.
I listen to classical music mostly so wide and deep soundstage is very important to me, as well as precise imaging and instrument separation. This is something measurements won't tell so I'm asking precisely for your subjective experience. I like those factors a lot about LS50M, however I feel like they are a bit boxy and constrained due to bad HF extension, I'd like them more airy, but I'm afraid the Genelecs might be shockingly fatiguing (unless it can be fixed with EQ), as LS50M are super smooth and warm sounding. I think I would like to stay as close to LS50 tonality as possible, just with a bit more extended treble. In this department KH120 looks like a safer choice, but on the other hand I heard their soundstage/imaging is somewhat worse than of 8030.
I don't care about SPL or bass since sub will take care of that. I'm also a bit worried about Genelec's hiss, if it's inaudible from 1.5m then I'm fine with it, but just wanted to notice that classical music often goes down to extreme pianissimo and there hiss might dominate the music.
I was also considering APS Klasik 2020, but I don't want to be bound to just one perfect sweetspot, even though I don't move around much.
I'm curious what you guys think.