Because I enjoy the shit out of them.
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Could I get by with a little budget amp? No, probably not, because I think they suck. I wouldn't be happy using some little practice amp. I know this because I've done it.
Yeah...same here. I went through my budget amp phase...and then got rid of everything and broke out the $$$ and bought a bunch of quality-serious amps. No regrets...not for a single red cent...and I may yet buy another amp or two...not because I need them...but because I enjoy them, and they're just more fun to record with.
On a different note....I use to use a 1/2" 16-track tape deck that I thought was DA SHIT when I got it. Loved it, recorded with it, etc. Then I took it up a couple of notches with a bigger/better format machine, and I instantly realized upon first use, that if it ever died on me, I would NOT go back to the other deck. I would repair or get another of the same that I now have...of course, it always comes back to budgets, and we do what we can when we can.
I got the DBM50s.
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....there's not a great deal on offer in a geographically acceptable location in Sydney - a single decent recording shop in the CBD where I work, and even that's now gone west, so I stuck with what they had in stock.
Yeah...with monitors, I like to at least go into a store and hear them against each other, then bring a pair home.
When I git the Mackies from a local music store...they said if I didn't like them, I could bring back for something else.
I listened to maybe 6 different sets, and I also had at least 3 sets that I tried in the studio.
The Mackies just sound the best at the time...and they ended up staying.
I was looking at the Dynaudio BM5 mkIII or maybe even more so, the BM12 mkIII.
The thing with Dynaudio that I'm curious about, is that I know they recently changed hands/manufacturing location..etc...and I've not yet seen any comments if their overall build quality has remained in tact.
Dynaudio always had a great rep for sound quality.