Nope - not that it matters, really.thanks for test.
result's for Step responce - speakers is not phase-linear ?
I see Genelecs all over post houses, and basically nowhere else. Neumanns get a lot more use in music-priority spaces.Which is more common in studios in general Genelec or Neumann?
I wonder if this has to do with Genelec's group delay characteristics, because I've noticed this with other Genelecs as well. The KH420 has super low GD for a ported design (going by Neumann's data, which we know to be accurate) - under 1 cycle all the way down to 20hz.There are three use cases in the pro world - tracking, mixing, mastering - and any DSP that introduces latency (i.e. delays to fix phase between drivers or to integrate subwoofers) isn't great for tracking, because the tiny sound-in sound-out delay can produce a kind of seasick feeling in the operator, which gets unpleasant and fatiguing very fast. So the desire not to buy separate set-ups for separate use cases introduces a slight initial bias against DSP-dependent units or combos.
But that doesn't matter for mixing and mastering, where perceived see-through clarity is king, and the very slight tentative consensus against the Genelec Ones comes from a perceived cloudy vagueness in the bass and mid-bass. Most people's intuitive reasoning blames the bass drivers exciting the back of the large waveguide plate and introducing re-radiation.
Which leaves the KH420 as a big, capable, straightforward proposition, with excellent clarity and no perceived deficiencies.
Certainly money is irrelevant - after deductibility as business expenses, depreciation, write-downs, etc, all speakers end up costing very little.
All that said, I acknowledge that pro opinions can be just as nuts as anyone else's. Personally I hate all loudspeakers - all are hideously incapable of reproducing live sound. We fool ourselves if we think otherwise.
Compare that to the 8361... Still excellent, but considerably higher.
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