Hey so i have been producing electonic music (not professionally, for fun) for the last 10 years.. I had m-audio bx5 for 8 years and now HS5 for the last 2 years.

I wanted to give myself a preset and i bought the genelec 8040B. (when i tested them at the shop they sounded absolutely awesome)

I dont like to produce with a lot of bass, but HS5 still lack way too much. it makes my appartment shakes lol. (i will use my studio headphones to help with the low end)

but now i think 2200 $ for a pair was a poor purchase. when the hs7 where 800$ a pair (canada).

I cant drive the genelecs loud enough in my small room. so i doubt my mix will improve that much from the hs5. at first i just thought the genelecs were expensive, but if i use them for 10-15 years then its not so bad !

And if eventually i move from my appartment and buy my own place. i will be happy to have those genelecs when i have my own music basement and drive them at their full power.

But for now.. i think the hs7 (Even if they are considered inferior from genelec's) would have been way enough for my situation right now.. should i return the genelec and buy HS7 ?

This is a personal choice. We can't help you much with that.

It does take a little time to get used to new monitors in your space. That's the only advice I have.

If you’re in an apartment in a room with perpendicular walls with no sound treatment then your monitors are the least of your worries. In fact the gennies probably are highlighting the acoustic issues more than your yamahas did.

Why do you want to monitor loud? That’s not wise, at least not for sustained periods of time, for multiple reasons. It’s ok to crank em once in a while, but in general you want to be monitoring at a level where you could have a conversation with somebody else in the room without having to raise your voice. If you constantly monitor loud you will fatigue your ears, which will lead you to make poor mix choices like overcooking your top-end because fatigue will make it sound dull to your ears. You should also read up on the fletcher Munson curve. Anything cranked up loud can sound impressive, but if you can make a mix rock at a soft volume then you’re on to something.