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jovanja
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would be cool to have more opinions from owners of the JBL LSR305 and the EQUATOR D5 or the people who heard them both,
how they compare each other in terms of flat, accuracy and translation.
I have listened to Equator D5, Adam F7, Adam A7X and JBL LSR305 - though not all in the same room.
- The Equators are very nice, great imaging and phase coherence, but they had a distinctive peak in 7 kHz range. I found that colors the sound especially in electronic music, where you have much things like synthetic hi-hats happening in that area. Also they don't go very loud without introducing port noise or rattle.
- Both Adams are solid, though I think even they are not very neutral but have a specific voicing in them. Their sound is well suited to electronic music in my opinion. They have the best build and amplifier quality of those mentioned. They have lots of power for testing out your mixes a bit louder too. We have currently F7 in our shared studio, had A7X previously.
- JBL LSR305 - I have had these in my small home studio for a few months, and I've been very happy with them. Their sound is very neutral, only a bit hyped in the very high end over 10 kHz. At first that can be a bit fatiguing, but your ears will "break in" to their sound. In my opinion the stereo imaging is as good as Equators thanks to the waveguide. The amps or crossovers are not the best quality, as their self-noise level is a bit higher than any other monitor I have heard.
Hope this helps- for you I would recommend the LSR305, or the F7 if you can afford them.