r.mallow
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Hi all,
Long-time lurker who basically never posts.
I am hoping to solicit opinions related to the value proposition of the Genelec 82X0 series relative to 80X0 now that the 82X0 series are getting on in years. User experiences would also be very valuable to me.
Reading reviews at the time 82X0 were released and in the following few years, consensus was that they were superior to the 80X0 series. Ostensibly, DSP offered the advantage. However, now some 15-20 years later, other non-GLM DSP solutions are likely more capable than what is possible using even the most modern iterations of GLM. As I understand it, the 82X0 series can basically only use the tech from GLM of its same era. That is, later versions of GLM are still compatible, but functionally bottleneck and can’t use all the features released later.
So, my questions are as follows:
—Is there something about the 82X0 series that would also pose barriers to getting the full functionality of modern, non-Genelec DSP?
—If there are no barriers to using other DSP options (e.g., Dirac, REW), does a DSP crossover offer significant advantages over the 80X0 series such that the 82X0 series are still the better value?
—I cannot find any serious concerns about long-term reliability with the 82X0 series. Has anyone heard of issues? Google searches have not revealed any concerns, but obviously if something breaks down, it’s a pretty nasty scenario.
For the sake of this hypothetical, let’s assume that both the 82X0 and 80X0 of the same driver sizes are identically priced. Also assume there’s about $500 budgeted for room treatment in a living room (hifi use case), but my partner’s taste in decor and apartment living will only allow so much to be done. Side note: I can’t afford the 83X0 series much less “the ones,” unfortunately. I am a PhD student with a very much fixed budget and as I’d like to have monitors before I graduate, saving up the difference is probably not going to happen (alas haha).
Thank you all for any perspective you can offer.
—Mallow
PS: Please forgive me if this is posted in the wrong forum, or if the topic has been covered. I tried without success to search for anything that might help clarify.
Long-time lurker who basically never posts.
I am hoping to solicit opinions related to the value proposition of the Genelec 82X0 series relative to 80X0 now that the 82X0 series are getting on in years. User experiences would also be very valuable to me.
Reading reviews at the time 82X0 were released and in the following few years, consensus was that they were superior to the 80X0 series. Ostensibly, DSP offered the advantage. However, now some 15-20 years later, other non-GLM DSP solutions are likely more capable than what is possible using even the most modern iterations of GLM. As I understand it, the 82X0 series can basically only use the tech from GLM of its same era. That is, later versions of GLM are still compatible, but functionally bottleneck and can’t use all the features released later.
So, my questions are as follows:
—Is there something about the 82X0 series that would also pose barriers to getting the full functionality of modern, non-Genelec DSP?
—If there are no barriers to using other DSP options (e.g., Dirac, REW), does a DSP crossover offer significant advantages over the 80X0 series such that the 82X0 series are still the better value?
—I cannot find any serious concerns about long-term reliability with the 82X0 series. Has anyone heard of issues? Google searches have not revealed any concerns, but obviously if something breaks down, it’s a pretty nasty scenario.
For the sake of this hypothetical, let’s assume that both the 82X0 and 80X0 of the same driver sizes are identically priced. Also assume there’s about $500 budgeted for room treatment in a living room (hifi use case), but my partner’s taste in decor and apartment living will only allow so much to be done. Side note: I can’t afford the 83X0 series much less “the ones,” unfortunately. I am a PhD student with a very much fixed budget and as I’d like to have monitors before I graduate, saving up the difference is probably not going to happen (alas haha).
Thank you all for any perspective you can offer.
—Mallow
PS: Please forgive me if this is posted in the wrong forum, or if the topic has been covered. I tried without success to search for anything that might help clarify.
