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Originally Posted by
daveybasso
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I returned mine a week after getting them because there was just no low end....nil......non exsistant. i ran tracks that i knew had ALOT of bass in them that sounded great on the radio, and the bass was so weak comming out of the hs80s that i thought they must be defective. so i swapped them out for another pair..same thing....no bass. and i cant mix on speakers that dont show me the actual picture of whats going on. the one song i did mix on them almost destroyed my car speakers because there was so much bass in the track because the hs80s didnt report the correct bass. my room is treated with bass traps, sound panels etc etc. as soon as i got rid of the HS80's and got a pair of Rokit 8 G2's, problem solved . mixes sound great again.
i will say that the mid and high detail was astounding and awesome...but without a low end..i cant mix....
just my exp with the HS80s, yours may of course differ
This is why there is an optional sub for the set
I have had my HS80m's for two years (no sub) and only have them sitting on some auralex because I have a flat, hard wood cherry desk. They are the flattest monitoring source I come across. I cross check my mixes with AKG K701's (Open Headphone) as well as some Shure 240's (Closed Headphone) and I've never had any problems getting things where I want them.