Myriad_Rocker
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Anyone know of any reviews of these or have an opinions of them?
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product?sku=600377
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product?sku=600377
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TheDewd
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I wouldn't want to rely on this digital crap.
JBL makes good monitors, like the 4408, 4410 and 4412, Those are great when paired with a premium amplifier.
Never trust digital sound processing that's outside your computer.
JBL makes good monitors, like the 4408, 4410 and 4412, Those are great when paired with a premium amplifier.
Never trust digital sound processing that's outside your computer.
nwsoundman
Vintage Gear Junkie
Actually they are pretty damn good. I am not a JBL fan and was blown away when I heard these. The night I heard them there was a well known engineer that didn't get out of the chair for a few hours because he was blown away as well and he also is not a fan of JBL.
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TheDewd
New member
Well, I don't doubt the drivers, the enclosure or the speaker design itself.nwsoundman said:
I just hate digital speakers.
RawDepth
New member
What are you guys talking about? They are not digital speakers. They are analog, the same as every other speaker on the planet. It's just that, besides the analog input, they can also accept a digital input which they run through a built-in D/A converter. So, what's wrong with that?TheDewd said:
The room correction feature seems like it would be very useful too.
RawDepth
CoolCat
Well-known member
I've never heard the JBL's, my brothers band used a room correction eq playing live and loved it. got good responses from the crowd and thats what its all about.
tech debates are fun for gearheads.... ok, maybe fun isn't the right word.
Its all digital a/d d/a...a/d...d/a.... Ideally you do this the least times possible is my understanding. I think thats where the phrase yada yada yada came from.
So doing the conversion in the speaker, or doing it in the ouput of a digital recorder/pc is the same thing, right? I think?
use which ever converter is better.
tech debates are fun for gearheads.... ok, maybe fun isn't the right word.
Its all digital a/d d/a...a/d...d/a.... Ideally you do this the least times possible is my understanding. I think thats where the phrase yada yada yada came from.
So doing the conversion in the speaker, or doing it in the ouput of a digital recorder/pc is the same thing, right? I think?
use which ever converter is better.
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Yareek
New member
therage!
Wicked Machine
Sound on Sound, MIX, Recording and others have done reviews.
The only negative I've heard is something about them powering themselves off it the voltage goes to low. If you have AC problems you might want to get a conditioner, not a surge supressor.
People seem to really like them.
The only negative I've heard is something about them powering themselves off it the voltage goes to low. If you have AC problems you might want to get a conditioner, not a surge supressor.
People seem to really like them.
petermiller
It is what it is
do they sound good , yes! About the dsp. Well any self eq-ing speaker or stand alone unit must be used as a tool and a first step. let your ears do the rest. The real forte of these speakers is in a surround setup where they self delay themselves. That is worth its weight in gold. for the money they are a pretty good speaker. I would say that with the dsp they can give an above average accuracy to most enviornments that would normally not be given the attention needed to correct the anomalies of the room.
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KamikazeKyle
Sound Junkie
They are really nice. When I went about purchasing my new moniters I seriously considered them but ended up opting for the Event Studio Precision 8s. They sounded amazing though and the ability to connect them with a cat 5 cable and have the volume changes and such be consistant between the two speakers is really awesome in my opinion. I looked into several moniters in that price range and was seriously impressed with them. Check out more technical reviews in magazines, they go pretty in debth.
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fire.is.real
New member
just got em, not sure how i feel
we got a pair of these at the studio last weekend and we're trying to decide if we like 'em. first impression: they really do sound great out of the box, and that's important, but i'm worried about all these extra features. the "room mode correction" was sold to me as analyzation and calibration. i was thinking it would really eq itself... i found out that it is only capable of programming a single notch filter in this mode. you can further eq it yourself, but the "RMC" just throws a notch on there. that was kinda disappointing.
i ran the RMC and it took out 8.5db at 67hz in my left channel and 0.1db at 19hz in the right one. needless to say i'm not sure i trust this. 0.1@19hz?? c'mon. thats just rediculous and impossible based on their own specs, not to mention common sense.
so this is a mixed review in search of feedback from other people who have these. yes, they sound great and i've done some sessions on 'em and have had no complaints, but i'm leary about all the digital stuff. i mean what if a microprocessor overheats in 3 years and they decide to stop turning on... i'll be S.O.L. for sure. i think i may be more at ease with monitors that are just amps and speakers.
its between these, the event SP8's or the mackie 824's.
any input?
we got a pair of these at the studio last weekend and we're trying to decide if we like 'em. first impression: they really do sound great out of the box, and that's important, but i'm worried about all these extra features. the "room mode correction" was sold to me as analyzation and calibration. i was thinking it would really eq itself... i found out that it is only capable of programming a single notch filter in this mode. you can further eq it yourself, but the "RMC" just throws a notch on there. that was kinda disappointing.
i ran the RMC and it took out 8.5db at 67hz in my left channel and 0.1db at 19hz in the right one. needless to say i'm not sure i trust this. 0.1@19hz?? c'mon. thats just rediculous and impossible based on their own specs, not to mention common sense.
so this is a mixed review in search of feedback from other people who have these. yes, they sound great and i've done some sessions on 'em and have had no complaints, but i'm leary about all the digital stuff. i mean what if a microprocessor overheats in 3 years and they decide to stop turning on... i'll be S.O.L. for sure. i think i may be more at ease with monitors that are just amps and speakers.
its between these, the event SP8's or the mackie 824's.
any input?
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