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(More customer reviews)Let me just start by saying I love these monitors!
I am a student in college for music technology and over the past 6 months or so I have been researching to find the best studio monitors under $500 a pair. I compared specs with almost every other option in this price range and these easily beat out much of the competition. Unfortunately since my relatively small studio setup is forced to share a room with my drumset, a treadmill, and a considerable amount of storage, I currently don't have the flexibility of setting these up with the sonically ideal placement. Instead they are placed on a metal shelf rack unit roughly 5-6" lower than ear level. To make matters worst the left monitor is directly against a wall and the right is actually in a corner. Due to the cramped room my drumset stool doubles as my engineers chair so I am unable to sit back far enough from the monitors to easily hear proper stereo imaging. Despite these less than ideal conditions I wanted to purchase monitors that would still be as close to accurate as possible not only in that room but also would be great down the road with a better setup. One thing that was a big consideration for me was a front firing bass port because of the proximity to the wall/corner. Also I don't have money or room for a sub so I wanted a larger frequency range than most 5" drivers can provide. After reading reviews and painstakingly translating many from French. I decided to try to listen to them somewhere. Unfortunately, there is only 2 places in the USA that even distribute them and none are even in my state. Never the less I went to my local guitar center and a few other music stores to find out info. Not one person I talked to knew about them or was even very familiar with the brand. However after much debating and searching through forums I decided to go for it. I am incredibly pleased I did!
Granted even though I don't have much experience in the field and in some regards i am still a noob, I can confidently say these are the clearest sounding speakers I have ever heard. The sound is very crisp and they are an enormous improvement from my $100 Bose computer speakers I was using before. The high end is very focused but not harsh sounding and the front bass port and 8" kevlar cone provide plenty of bass frequency for my main styles of music (rock, alternative, metal, techno). I have done some listening tests and from what I can tell, when I move so I am in the sweet spot the stereo imaging is great! There are 1/4" and xlr connectors which is nice, a blue led to show if it is on, a volume adjustment knob, and a 4 position HF adjustment knob. They can get plenty loud without distorting (loud enough for me to hear downstairs) and nothing sounds hyped. The only downsides I can see is the power switches are on the rear but I have them run through a surge protector by my feet and just use the switch on it to power them on/off. Also they come with European power cables so you have to pick up 2 standard 3 prong US ones. Overall, I am very pleased with my purchase especially considering many similar 8" monitors are this much for only 1.
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