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Good evening,
having roughly 2500€ to spend, what (if any) solutions would you recommend for a near field monitoring setup in a 3.45m x 6.15m rectangular room (2.50m height) with 1m listening distance, sitting at ~1/4 of the room length under the following constrains, ordered by urgency:
1.) self noise inaudible at listening distance
2.) flat system frequency response to 30 Hz
3.) linear phase
4.) PEQ for room correction (may be done in software)
I'll note that I have Yamaha HS8s and HS7s which lack everything but 1.) and just returned an awesome pair of KS Digital C88 which hissed too much for my personal taste but otherwise ticked everything but 1.). On the subjective side, the C88 sounded way more powerful and precise in the low end and overall a lot clearer and more detailed without any other changes to equipment and room, so unfortunatly I do not like the Yamaha's anymore now.
Candidates:
To my knowledge there are no other studio monitors than the C88 in this price range that tick 2.) to 4.), so I will unfortunately probably need a 2.1 system. I thought of a KSD B88 subwoofer, since it looks like a bigger version of the C88 lows with a good price to wattage ratio compared to other studio subs, placed in the middle of a pair of two-ways. The B88 has fixed crossover at 80 Hz. I could for instance complement it with Neumann KH 120 (though I don't trust their own freq. response chart full heartedly until I see it somewhere else due to it being just so damn flat Check here) or Genelec 8040, though in both cases sacrificing 3.) and 4.). I do not like the Neumann subs as a main part of their functionality is tied to a proprietary control protocol iOS app.
Any hints or advice getting out of this predicament are greatly appreciated.
Best regards,
w
having roughly 2500€ to spend, what (if any) solutions would you recommend for a near field monitoring setup in a 3.45m x 6.15m rectangular room (2.50m height) with 1m listening distance, sitting at ~1/4 of the room length under the following constrains, ordered by urgency:
1.) self noise inaudible at listening distance
2.) flat system frequency response to 30 Hz
3.) linear phase
4.) PEQ for room correction (may be done in software)
I'll note that I have Yamaha HS8s and HS7s which lack everything but 1.) and just returned an awesome pair of KS Digital C88 which hissed too much for my personal taste but otherwise ticked everything but 1.). On the subjective side, the C88 sounded way more powerful and precise in the low end and overall a lot clearer and more detailed without any other changes to equipment and room, so unfortunatly I do not like the Yamaha's anymore now.
Candidates:
To my knowledge there are no other studio monitors than the C88 in this price range that tick 2.) to 4.), so I will unfortunately probably need a 2.1 system. I thought of a KSD B88 subwoofer, since it looks like a bigger version of the C88 lows with a good price to wattage ratio compared to other studio subs, placed in the middle of a pair of two-ways. The B88 has fixed crossover at 80 Hz. I could for instance complement it with Neumann KH 120 (
Any hints or advice getting out of this predicament are greatly appreciated.
Best regards,
w
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