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Budget monitors for mid/far field listening?

New update and probably the last one of this thread:
I received everything Wednesday (and damn they were freaking heavy), I had a lot of work to do so I didn't have the time to do a proper test until this weekend.
So after having tried everything, I can say that I'm really happy indeed. What amazed me the most the very first time I played a track isn't the bass response, surprisingly it was the high frequencies and more generally the clarity of everything and the separation between the instruments.
I discovered things that I have never heard before on tracks that I have listened to multiple times. For example, in the very beginning of a song (I don't remember exactly which one) I could hear footsteps in the distance, I thought I had the wrong track but no it was just that I had never been able to ear them before. The most mind blowing thing ever was when I put songs with very clear and high vocals like Billie Eilish, Adele and other artists like that. I swear I had the impression of having the artist sing right in front of me, honestly it almost made me shed a tear from all the emotions brought by the song and the euphoria of discovering this world of new "audio perception" if I can call it that.
For movies and series it's amazing too, everything is very clear, it's very easy to understand the conversations. I feel like when there are high pitched kind of airy (or aery idk) ambiance sounds playing it's really filling up the room and it makes you feel more in the scene. Same thing for the bass, I don't know how to describe it but it's really "responsive" when there's a sudden low and loud sound effect, it doesn't just make a loud sound, you can really feel a sudden "hit" on your body but it doesn't overwhelm everything else and doesn't make other sounds blurry if that makes sense.

My previous speaker were quite large, they were 3 ways with a 7" woofer and the tone controls were set on the warmer side, so that's probably why the bass haven't suprised me as much as the high ends. The very lows are still way better, they can get down to 39Hz without noticing any bad sounds (like rattle) or any decrease in the volume, the low frequency are much better controlled and again very clear.

It's very difficult to describe what I experience even more so in a language that isn't my native one. However, I think the best and easiest way to summarise what I feel is this:
When listening with my previous speakers it was like I was listening through the door of a room where the band is playing, when I first listened to these speakers it felt like I had finally opened the door and stepped into the room with the band. Mind blowing difference.

That's pretty much everything, after getting used to them I think they might be a liiiiitle bright but it's such a small detail that it doesn't matter.

THANKS TO EVERYONE again for helping me and I wish you all the best!

The only drawback is that everything "sounds bad" or at least way worse when you listen to the same tracks on other speakers or in the car and elsewhere...
 
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