ProRec's Nearfield Shootout

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Ok, so most of the monitors reveiewed are out of the Homerec price range....

Maybe they'll follow up with a "baby brother" article. Then again, maybe not, after all it is ProRec. ;)

ProRec's Nearfield Shootout

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Thanks for the link, that was an interesting read (I find everything Rip Rowan has written on ProRec as interesting, though)!
 
I totally disagree with his assessment of the KRK V8s -- I can't believe RR was listening to the same speakers I was listening to.

Goes to show how subjective monitor selection is!

Bruce
 
Great link. But as you said...hopefully they will give another "shootout" with less expensive monitors.
 
Wasnt I posting in a forum where alot of you were saying that Mackie 824's cannot be used to mix down with. Ive always wished I could have a pair and they were being dumped on. Because of a charictaristic they had in common with Monitor ones. An award winning pair of monitors that the experts like and that are in most of the local studios here.:confused:
 
sjoko2 uses the JBL lsr monitors in his Pro studio, for mixing as well as mastering. He also touts them as being the best.

I wonder what he has to say about the subjective C that the lsr's were given in the shootout
 
I read the review of all the ones tested. Interesting, and very much a personal opinion.

Of cause opinions differ. I simply cannot used Genelec, I tried, I find them designed to "make things sound nice". So, if you are a commercial studio owner, perhaps they should be your speaker of choice, and perhaps that's why they are in so many studios? Think about it...
Genelec to me - as soon as a mix comes in referenced on them - I grab for the right toolbox.

The Mackies, not bad. I have mixed 3 albums on them, without a problem (apart from the one power supply that blew and spit out flames, almost burning the place down). HOWEVER (note the capital letters) - the Mackies are VERY sensitive to environment and placement. They have the right adjustments on the rear - up to the user to test the environment and use them correctly.

Now, of cause, the JBLs. When the LSRs were first launched there was one uniform opinion in all pro reviews, which was how UN-typical JBL they were., that they did not sound like anything JBL had ever produced. This was correct. As a matter of policy JBL hired new designers and instructed them to create new components for the monitors, from scratch, regardles... which is what they did. One thing though - they are not nearfields by any means, to put them on a meterbridge is downright silly. They are 16 x 13 x 12.75 and weigh 50 pounds each!
Naturally, if you sit close-in to speakers that size, you will not get the best out of them.

In my opinion there are just 2 midfields really worth looking at seriously, the LSR's and the Quested. You can keep the rest ;)
oh - and just in case, I always have some wharfedales :)
 
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