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Johnboy Walton
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824s and Fletcher-Munson
RSMITH123:
I would have totally agreed with you about the 824s tonality shifts had I not heard the JBL LSR28Ps. Granted, they're WAY scooped in the mids, but the bass response of those suckers never changes! They sound the same very quiet and very loud. JBL may have some compensating filters in there, like a loudness control, though, so who knows...
But you can also feel it in the floor. At a certain point, the 824s "knee over," and the bass gets really consistent. But up to that point it kinda lags. I'd like to think I've heard enough other speakers to tell the difference between Fletcher-Munson and the speaker, but I'm willing to admit I can be an idiot. It may just be that the 824s have such copious (and extended) low-end, that I have no real-world reference for how that kind of speaker sounds at varying levels. Either way, I just wanted to point out that, 824 or F-M, the Mackies like a fairly consistent volume level for mixing.
ruebarb:
I'll definitely second your comment about needing a reference CD!! The 824s high-end is SO much better than anything else I've owned that it's really easy to pull the highs back to compensate.
As for your comments about the room, that's something I wanted to say originally, but left out. No matter what speaker you get, your room is going to influence it. Some have gone so far as to recommend not even buying a speaker until you can try a bunch, blind, in the room in which you'll be mixing. It sounds like this won't be an option for jugalo180 (ICP fan?), but it's worth mentioning if you've got a room you'll be using for the forseeable future.
RSMITH123:
I would have totally agreed with you about the 824s tonality shifts had I not heard the JBL LSR28Ps. Granted, they're WAY scooped in the mids, but the bass response of those suckers never changes! They sound the same very quiet and very loud. JBL may have some compensating filters in there, like a loudness control, though, so who knows...
But you can also feel it in the floor. At a certain point, the 824s "knee over," and the bass gets really consistent. But up to that point it kinda lags. I'd like to think I've heard enough other speakers to tell the difference between Fletcher-Munson and the speaker, but I'm willing to admit I can be an idiot. It may just be that the 824s have such copious (and extended) low-end, that I have no real-world reference for how that kind of speaker sounds at varying levels. Either way, I just wanted to point out that, 824 or F-M, the Mackies like a fairly consistent volume level for mixing.
ruebarb:
I'll definitely second your comment about needing a reference CD!! The 824s high-end is SO much better than anything else I've owned that it's really easy to pull the highs back to compensate.
As for your comments about the room, that's something I wanted to say originally, but left out. No matter what speaker you get, your room is going to influence it. Some have gone so far as to recommend not even buying a speaker until you can try a bunch, blind, in the room in which you'll be mixing. It sounds like this won't be an option for jugalo180 (ICP fan?), but it's worth mentioning if you've got a room you'll be using for the forseeable future.