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jontfu
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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.
hi jontfu
thank you for joining in,
about the equator,
well maybe that 7 kHz range can be problematic for the hi-hats like you mentioned,
i'm not worrying about them not being to go very loud,
i will mix on moderate levels,
i can crank up my 12" PA active speakers to check how it sounds there on the loud m
also i can crank up my HI-FI 2.1 setup to check the sound there as well,
the jbl lsr 305 worries me with their port at the back due to placement close to a back wall,
the Adam f7
also can you share what are your opinions in terms of translation of the adam f7,
as i wrote before heard them to a short time in a noisy room but i also noticed like your opinion that they are not neutral,
yes i know you can learn the flaws of a monitor,
but coming out of using krk which i found nice sounding but totally hyped i rather buy now as flat as possible monitor,
i can stretch to that price as i was also considering adding a sub with the 5ich monitor,
but i'm also thinking maybe better is to get a 7-8 inch speaker because i will use it for mixing so it's better to have a fuller sound and range,
and maybe maybe in the future get a sub that i will use occasionally for referencing and just music listening