Adam Monitors

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I haven't heard much talk about these on this forum...or any forum for that matter. Only slight mention of them here and there. I wanted to start a discussion on them and see what people's overall opinion was on them and how they stack up to other monitors in the same price range. Personally, I'm looking at the P11A's, which are 100W bi-amped 7.25" monitors. They aren't much more than a set of Mackie HR824's...but I'm curious if the extra money spent would be worth it? I hear (actually, I read it ;)) people say so often that to get that much more quality wise requires spending quite a deal more.

Anyway, let's discuss Adam Monitors and how they stack up to others. :D
 
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Quit trying to entice BlueBear to come back. He's gone, man. Gone. :p :rolleyes:
 
I think ADAM and Genelec are the ones to beat in their price range. I'm a bit hyper-sensitive in the high end, so admittedly, the ADAMs seem a little strident to me. But they certainly tackle most others at or below that range.

Bruce isn't gone - He's just crazy-busy. I need to call him for an sppointment to call him to chat. :D It's nuts over here too - But I can type while I'm inputting... :p

But I'll tell him that he's missed.
 
Actually, the ADAM monitors seem to spark some real emotion form people. The general consensus out there though ssems to be that they really aren't anything special, and quite possibly VERY overpriced until you hit the S3a's. People either tend to really love the ADAm sound or really not like it much at all. Most monitor's don't inspire this kind of hardline opinion. I personally have heard the Artists, the ANF's, the p11 and p22's, the s2, s3, and s2.5's. Personally, I would agree with the others opinions. I thought that the S3A's sounded amazing. The other's? I enjoyed them, but did not find anything to special about them. I actually disliked the way the Artists and the ANF's sounded, I though the "P" series stuff sounded OK, as well as the S2a's and the S2.5A's. However, I would never buy either of the last two because I feel the are WAY overpriced for what you actually get. The S3A's may also be a little expensive, but at least you get something amazing for it. Even the P series seems a little steep for what you get, but I fell like it at least is back closer to the sound of what else is out there in it's price range.

I personally have kind of become a Dynaudio guy. I love my BM15's and when I can afford it am going to try to get into either larger AIR series Dynaudio or some M3's or something. I also have always liked Truth Audio a lot, but as a company they seem really sketchy to me. ANother often overlooked but solid company in my opinion is Quested. Some of their stuff is pretty affordable, but is very well built. There is always PMC as well. I have never cared too much for the Genelec stuff until you start getting into the larger Genelec stuff, but then the cost goes WAY up as well. Good luck:)
 
I had a pair of Adams for audition for about a month or so, along with Tannoy, Genelecs, ATC, and B+Ws. I had about 6,000 to spend. Adams are made here, so I got to play with them for a long time.

The B+Ws(802s) by far had the best sounding top end,tighter low end, and seemed to provide a better translation of my mixes to commercial playback equipment, and were overall easier to work on for long periods of time.

So I bought the B+Ws, supplementing them with a pair of Truth Audio TA-1Ps.

(which are also excellent speakers!)

FWIW, I see a LOT of Rock Engineers getting those. I record/mix/master classical music, and they just werent for me.

Teddy
 
While not saying so in so many words, xstatic brings up a vey good point; when referring to a brand of loudspeaker - regardless of the the brand - it is very difficult to generalize because the various models within brands can vary widely in sound and quality. One (like me) can like the Mackie 824 but dislike the 626. :)

As far as the Adams, the only one I have had any first-hand expereince with - and that was somewhat limited - was the P22. It had a good sound that I could easily work with, though the ribbon tweeter did kind of sound like a ribbon; it was crisp and clean, but somehow it felt a little "untrustworthy", as though I ws hearing the tweeter and not the signal. Though I'll admit that could be a bias on my part. Overall, I liked them, though, and could easily see making an excellent mix with them.

At twice the price of something like the 824, are they twice as good? I don't know that I could say that. Perhaps in a really good room and working with reallly great tracking they could show some real advantage. But in a typical project studio with tracking through average channel strips, I'd probably rather spend the extra money on mics or preamps.

Just one set of ears with just one subjective opinion.

G.
 
An excellent discussion so far. Very interesting. Thanks to all for their comments.

BTW, XStatic, nice MySpace! I love the console and the monitor setup!
 
Thanks:) Those are my Dynaudio BM-15's in that picture, and the monitors next top them are a set of older JBL 4311's. Personally, I hate the JBL's, but what better decorations in a studio than big cool looking white cone speakers? :D

I have been thinking about canibalizing those JBL's and replacing the mids and highs in them with Dynaudio, or VIFA or some other substitute drivers to see if I can build something I like better. I do not care at all if they are flat. What I really want them for is a set of speakers that I can crank up and rock out to:D
 
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Thanks:) Those are my Dynaudio BM-15's in that picture, and the monitors next top them are a set of older JBL 4311's. Personally, I hate the JBL's, but what better decorations in a studio than big cool looking white cone speakers? :D

I have been thinking about canibalizing those JBL's and replacing the mids and highs in them with Dynaudio, or VIFA or some other substitute drivers to see if I can build something I like better. I do not care at all if they are flat. What I really want them for is a set of speakers that I can crank up and rock out to:D
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That sounds like an awesome idea. Plus you can "wow" the clients. As if the Dynaudio's probably don't anyway.
 
So far the Dynaudio's do wow the clients. Of course over the years the clients have been impressed with just about anything, including my first set of monitors, Alesis Monitor Ones. I figure I have nothing to lose by modding those old JBL's since currently I don't really like them, and I only paid $40 for the pair of em:D

I will tell you what really wows the clients though.... Walking in and seeing 10 feet of solid console with thousands of knobs, and hundreds of lights and buttons. They are always surprised when they walk into what was once a large garage and see that kind of stuff. A rack of vintage compressors doesn't hurt either:D
 
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Walking in and seeing 10 feet of solid console with thousands of knobs, and hundreds of lights and buttons:D
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Ain't it the truth. Want to really wow them? A 40" or greater LCD HD monitor up on the wall between the nearfields displaying a stereo real time analyzer plug.

Totally useless, but a WOW Factor that's through the roof. :D

G.
 
Of course over the years the clients have been impressed with just about anything
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I kinda get the opposite reaction when people first walk into my home studio. "Whoa, where's all the gear? Is this all you used on (bandX)'s album? You use ProTūlz though, right? No?!" hahaha
Although, I am looking to get a big widescreen LCD monitor.....mmmm

OK, back to the Adam discussion
 
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