Tannoy Reveal Actives

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Tukkis

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Hey
Just got my pair of Tannoy Reveal Actives yesterday and set them up and played some of my recordings and some professional recordings on them and I noticed that they have a bit too much top end. It's only on the high-hats and cymbals. They seem a bit tinny and too crisp.

Is this normal?
Is there any positioning tips that could fix this?
Or are they normal and it just takes a bit of time to adjust?

Thanks
Tukkis
 
Tukkis,

If these are your first nearfields, I suggest you get used to them as they are...............I know when I first set up my passive Reveals I was hearing subtlities (and some not so subtle things)in recordings that I had never heard before.

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Yeh I agree
I after listen to them for a while I'm sure I'll get used to them

Thanks
Tukkis
 
I don't know if the freq. range of the actives is any lower than the passives, but one thing that does take some getting used to is mixing the "bottom end". It is very easy to over-compensate for the Reveals seeming lack of "bottom end", then find when you listen to a mix-down on a "consumer" stereo that you have shitloads more bass frequencies than you need.

Good luck:)

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Yeh I agree with the lack of bass
The passives go to 65Hz and the actives go to 62Hz, so not much difference

Thanks
Tukkis
 
Listen to stuff your familiar with, through the actives and get used to the way they sound before you try to use them. Resist the urge to Eq them. Once you get used to them, you'll love them.
 
I've heard similar comments about too much top end before. Personally I like them and think they were a good buy, but then anything that was supposed to be in the same vicinity qualitywise cost twice as much in Sweden, so it wasn't exactly a decision based on subtle differences in sound. :)
 
Just keep listening to music and you'll get used to them. I did.
 
Yeah, you'll get used to them, but what do your mixes sound like in the real world? If they don't translate well, then they're really nothing more than a great sounding stereo. I think it's good to have genelecs, tannoys or KRKs in your studio, but you really need NS-10s, and the like. I have a a pair of Yorkville YSM2s that do this job very well.
 
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