When you sold your HR824s, what did you buy?

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Understanding that a) monitor choice is very subjective and personal, and b) there's no substitute for trying out as many as possible, I sit here at work where all I can do is read countless reviews and articles on various monitor options...:rolleyes:

I read a lot like, "the minute I sold my radio-shack 2" driver speakers and upgraded to the XXX, I could really hear a difference." That is to say I read a lot of posts about major steps up in the quality/$$$ and can't help but think, "of course those $600 speakers will sound better than the $100 speakers."

But what about a guy like me who's fairly convinced a lateral move is on the horizon? I've spent a lot of time learning my Mackies and a lot of time getting my room treated and still my mixes are just "OK" most of the time and on occassion, just suck.

I'm not ruling out the possibility that I'm just not very good at mixing, but I'd much prefer to think that with a different set of monitors I could at least be a bit better.

So I got to wondering, I see a fair number of HR824's for sale on the used market, so folks must be replacing them with something right? So I wonder what they're going to and why? Are they trading one set of $1k+ monitors for another or are they sacking up and moving into the $2k+ range?

Anybody care to share some thoughts on the reason why you moved away from your Mackies and what you ended up with?

Thanks all.
 
I've never owned those Mackies, but a friend of mine did a few years back. He along with many other people that have them have explained that the bass is very hard to judge with these monitors, and that the 6" Mackie's do alot better in that department. I've heard of people actually getting rid of those, and "downgrading" pricewise to a cheaper set of monitors and having better results.
 
89gtsleeper said:
I've heard of people actually getting rid of those, and "downgrading" pricewise to a cheaper set of monitors and having better results.
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Funny you mention this. On a whim last night I hooked up my old pair of Yorkville YSM1s. I may get a chance to do some mixing on them this week... wouldn't that be a hoot if they translated better:confused:
 
i never bought the 824's. i never liked the way they sounded. scooped in the mids, the bass was overinflated and the highs always sounded strident to me. i know some folks who mix on them with great results.....but i can't.

i opted for a pair of Event ASP8's instead. these replaced my m-audio sp5b's which I used quite successfully for several years. but there's really no comparison between the two--the events are superb tools for my workflow.


cheers,
wade
 
Never owned 824s either... didn't like them at all when shopping for the reasons most folks state. I honestly thought the pair I demoed was wired out of phase as the mids sounded so screwy to me. Ended up with a pair of Event 20/20bas (precursor to the ASP8s which DO sound fantastic too) in the end and haven't looked back. Then I actually took the time to treat my mixing space and actually got something out of those fine speakers.
 
Thanks guys for the input. I've read pros and cons on the ASP8s, but since the local Sam Ash carries them and will let me take them home to try them out, they'll be on my list for sure.
 
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