Hey all,
I'm currently in the market for a pair of monitors to replace the IK micromonitors I bought. The micromonitors are very impressive for their size, but they're very forward with the mids and they're not able to reproduce the bass tones in a lot of the music I listen to/make. I bought them primarily because I have an extremely space limited setup and I thought it would be easier to lay them down on my desk instead of buying stands and speakers. Unfortunately, they're not really what I'm looking for. So this means that I'll have to buy stands and tilt a larger speaker down towards me from above my computer monitors.
I'd like for the new speakers to be as balanced as possible. I'm not really looking for a boomy bassy speaker, I just want better extension. I'm also open to the idea of buying the monitors now and adding a sub down the road if what I'm asking for isn't possible out of a bookshelf speaker(or if isn't possible in my price range). After browsing the forum, I'm kind of leaning towards the Adam T5V.
Do you guys have any better options based on what I need out of the speaker?
As for usecase... I listen to a little bit of everything and play games, but the vast majority of what I listen to and make is electronic music. I also play bass so the speakers would be used for that as well. An example of what I'm looking to be able to play would be Into The Sun by Bassnectar. He repeatedly uses a really low D#1(39Hz) sub-bass in that song(most prominently at 1:48) that the Ik's aren't able to hit.
I'm currently in the market for a pair of monitors to replace the IK micromonitors I bought. The micromonitors are very impressive for their size, but they're very forward with the mids and they're not able to reproduce the bass tones in a lot of the music I listen to/make. I bought them primarily because I have an extremely space limited setup and I thought it would be easier to lay them down on my desk instead of buying stands and speakers. Unfortunately, they're not really what I'm looking for. So this means that I'll have to buy stands and tilt a larger speaker down towards me from above my computer monitors.
I'd like for the new speakers to be as balanced as possible. I'm not really looking for a boomy bassy speaker, I just want better extension. I'm also open to the idea of buying the monitors now and adding a sub down the road if what I'm asking for isn't possible out of a bookshelf speaker(or if isn't possible in my price range). After browsing the forum, I'm kind of leaning towards the Adam T5V.
Do you guys have any better options based on what I need out of the speaker?
As for usecase... I listen to a little bit of everything and play games, but the vast majority of what I listen to and make is electronic music. I also play bass so the speakers would be used for that as well. An example of what I'm looking to be able to play would be Into The Sun by Bassnectar. He repeatedly uses a really low D#1(39Hz) sub-bass in that song(most prominently at 1:48) that the Ik's aren't able to hit.
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