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[soundtrane]

Genelec (8030 - $$$) ? 

Tannoy (cant figure out which ones, seem less than Genelec) ? 

Yamaha (MSP7 - less than Genelec $$) ? 

Any others?

Would prefer flat response... 100W would do, I guess, i wont be more than three feet away from them...

[RadoStefanov]

I have been using Adam A7 for music recording.

Best High and mids.

about $1000

[shug]

Hey vin,

I will second the Adam thumbs up. i'm listening to Adam P33 right now and i love their sound. i also have a pair of p11a smaller but with the same family sound (think they retail at about 570 euro each).

hugh.

[Philip Perkins]

I "remonitored" my studio late last year.  I did some shoot outs at a local audio dealership--the winner: PMC.  Expensive and slightly esoteric, but brutally honest and with wonderful imaging.  I have DB1SAs, with a sub.  The screenings for films I've mixed in here lately have all been at Dolby Labs' screening room in SF (speaking of brutal honesty) and the mixes translated very well.  Another speaker I liked--not as well as the PMCs but for great bang for buck, were the JBL LSR 2328s.  BUT....as you know...you HAVE to do the comparisons YOURSELF with audio material you know, in a place where you can really concentrate.

Philip Perkins

[Tom Visser]

I will only say that I've never liked any Genelec's that I've listened too.  I also tend to not really utilize nearfields too much, though, I prefer my speakers a little bit further out, I go to headphones for absolute isolation.  I love PMCs, ProAc (not active though, if that is important), and currently use Lipinski L-707 with a sub, but admittedly very expensive.

[greg sextro]

I "remonitored" my studio late last year.  I did some shoot outs at a local audio dealership--the winner: PMC.  Expensive and slightly esoteric, but brutally honest and with wonderful imaging.  I have DB1SAs, with a sub.  The screenings for films I've mixed in here lately have all been at Dolby Labs' screening room in SF (speaking of brutal honesty) and the mixes translated very well.  Another speaker I liked--not as well as the PMCs but for great bang for buck, were the JBL LSR 2328s.  BUT....as you know...you HAVE to do the comparisons YOURSELF with audio material you know, in a place where you can really concentrate.

Philip Perkins

did away with the blue skys?

[Philip Perkins]

did away with the blue skys?

No I still have the BS system too--I'm too poor to have 5 PMC speakers and a sub!  The BS system is a great bargain, but the PMCs have incredible detail and imaging.

Philip Perkins

[greg sextro]

Phil, ever listen to Meyer Sound speakers?  Seems like a lot of Bay Area posties use them (possibly because of the local manufacturer connection too).  I can't say I've ever heard spent any time listening on them and have always been curious.

Vin - I don't like Genelecs - though know of a few who swear by them.  In my opinion - with Genelecs, you have to put them in a really really well tuned room for them to "sound right."  I spend a good amount of time listening thru a pair of dynaudio's - a good contender in my opinion.

-Greg-

[studiomprd]

it is a subjective, individual choice.

I believe there are no wrong answers..

I like JBL LSR 2328s.

[Mick]

I have a pair of Eastern Acoustic Works MS-50s at home which I've had since 1983. They still sound great. They are powered by a BGW 1500 amp, also from the '80s which also still sounds great.

Mick

[RadoStefanov]

I have listened to their monitor speakers in the LMG warehouse back in the days.

For an open space they sounded a little muddy in the low mids.

Very heavy as well.

Phil, ever listen to Meyer Sound speakers?  Seems like a lot of Bay Area posties use them (possibly because of the local manufacturer connection too).  I can't say I've ever heard spent any time listening on them and have always been curious.

-Greg-

[Sam Kashefi]

Im Loving my JBL LSR 6328P

250 Watt TT / 120 Watt HT, 50Hz-20 kHz.

True Reference sound.

Around € 1,120.00 but its worth it.

[imagist]

I'm very happy with my Genelec 8030's. I think they sound great for their size, are very well made, and just portable enough for me. Have never regretted buying them.

[old school]

Very subjective subject;=)  I like JBL's for their flat even sound at all volumes. For 10 years I've used their LSR 25P's as my nearfield powered speakers in my home studio. I am very used to them and how they translate to say CD sound when you bounce down from 24 bit to 16 bit, or god forbid, mp3 mixes. I bet I end up w JBL's when I get updated some day.

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