See how opinions work.
I have my 824's and Love the snot out of them been using them since 97. Great speakers for the price, very accurrate.
And I hate Events.
I am not a major fan of tannoys the top end always felt funny to me and this was before Mackie even designed a nearfield. But see once again that is subjective.
I always felt the tannoys to be a tad on the false side.
Love Westlakes though. But no westlake budget.
So yeah you have those who hate em, and those who love wm. Who is right????
Only your EARS can judge that.
Personally I'd buy another pair and I am gonna buy another pair for the next studio I build starting in January.
Oh yeah and on the detail thing.
When I bought my Mackies I A/b'd them in the same room with.....
Tannoys, Events, Genelecs.
They had the best iamging to me. I used MJ's Human Nature as my test CD and I heard MORE detail and a lot of the subtleties in the mix with the Mackies then I did with the others...Genelecs were harsher than the Mackies. and of course lighter in the bottom end
The mix was the smoothest with the Mackies than with the others...
Oh well, That is why I bought mine....
Oh Yeah, and I was in a REAL studio too.
I went out and ordered mine the next day.
Bryan Giles
THE ONLY SPEAKERS better than that to me under 5 grand is
the Klein and Hummel O300D. And those are 3-way cabinets.
IMO.
Mix On
Oh Yeah and those events you speak of, I heard them a/b about a month ago with the mackies, JBL LSR 28, and the Genelecs.
I HATED THEM. They are overly harsh and britle, False brightness to cover up a lame heritage. Nice shiney case, but false reference. IMO