Hello, I just had a thought and this seems like the thread to ask. As a KH-310 owner, what do you think the outcome difference would be between:
A pair of KH310's paired with two KH750 subwoofers in stereo mode
vs
A pair of KH420's in stereo
The more I thought about it the more I wondered. Considering the KH750 has a 10" subwoofer in it that is the same size as the KH420 woofer, would these not end up being quite sonically similar when setup ? I heard they sound very similar to begin with anyways. Say you mounted the KH310's directly on top of the subwoofer, essentially simulating the setup and form factor of the KH420's. I know its technically still a 4 way driver set up vs 3 way driver setup with just the KH420's.
But what would the pros and cons be of these two setups ? how much different would it end up being ? Sidenote: very high SPL is not my goal here either, while its nice to have power on tap, the goal is very accurate monitoring at reasonable levels.
Edit: Sorry it seems this question has been asked a few times already with varied responses in different threads, reading those threads now.
Hi, I bought the KH420's for use at home, also at moderate listening levels, in the living room.
Of axis frequency response is much better, compared to the KH310, as can be seen in Amir's reviews,
which is good I guess for casual use with multiple listening positions.
Not sure what your room acoustics are, but a setup that goes as low as the KH420 or the dual KH750 can cause a lot of issues.
As someone said on Reddit: 'you can live in blissful ignorance of what your rooms low end response is like, with monitors that don't dig deep'.
At first the KH420 did not sound good at all in my living room caused by reflections, room modes and what not.
I've put in a lot of time getting it right; Sonarworks was of no use at all in this setup,
REW was a big help in finding out what the acoustics are and the moving microphone measurement resulted in pretty good frequency response.
Dirac Live eventually was the solution for me, and was able to tame the KH420's. They now sound superb, at multiple listening positions.
They fill the living room with sound, for me, it's almost a different experience listening to music in general.
Great thing about Dirac Live is that it is made for audio enthousiast at home, not just studio use. It's let's you choose three different listening positions (focussed - wide - ultra wide), so it's quite flexible in use. I bought the dspMini Flex digital with Dirac Live, and connected it to a Topping E50 DAC which has balanced outs to the KH420's.
Great thing about the dspMini Flex, is that it lets you store different listening positions, which you can choose from using just the remote (each listening postion has Dirac's frequency and delay correction)
I've not tried the MA-1 correction that comes with the KH750's, but from what I understand it's very good, but not as flexible for any setup. For instance, the distance between your speakers should be the same as to the listening position (a=b=c), something to consider.
I guess that a choice between the 310's + subs or the KH420's also depends on distance of your listening position, a small or wide listening position and your room acoustics; if they suck, you probably need DSP correction going that low. Maybe the Neumann MA-1 is best for you, or a third party solution like Dirac.
. That's why I'm hoping that a single KH 750 sub on a different spot + MA-1 room calibration might do the trick. Wondering though if I'm selling the KH 420 short with a single sub (at moderate listening levels)
