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 Wed 25 May 2005, 13:22
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In the £500 price range they would appear to be the choice, but is it the 8030a by Genelec or the HR623 by Mackie.
Informed opinions most welcome ta J -------------------- Macbook Pro 2 ghz/15"/10.3.4/1 g RAM/x2 monitors/Logic Pro 7.2/Ableton Live 5.0/Reason 3/Fireface 800/PSP Vintage Warmer/Roland JD800/Roland SH101/Arturia Moog Modular/Epiphone Firebird 7/Guitar Rig/Dynaudio BM5a monitors.
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Wed 25 May 2005, 14:08
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Dynaudio
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Wed 25 May 2005, 16:47
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Ha Ha OK, why and which model?
J -------------------- Macbook Pro 2 ghz/15"/10.3.4/1 g RAM/x2 monitors/Logic Pro 7.2/Ableton Live 5.0/Reason 3/Fireface 800/PSP Vintage Warmer/Roland JD800/Roland SH101/Arturia Moog Modular/Epiphone Firebird 7/Guitar Rig/Dynaudio BM5a monitors.
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Wed 25 May 2005, 17:37
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Moderator Group: Team Posts: 336 Joined: 17-Feb 05 From: La Laguna - ES Member No.: 60,731 |
BM6A are fantastic. BM15A are for me, the best near-field monitor that you can buy. Evidently BM15A are outside your budget of 500 pounds but BM6A in its size also they are the best ones. You have to consider that the sound is something very personal. It is not possible to be measured.
Dynaudio sounds great, clean, with great diffusion of the image in stereo, bass deep, sweet and frightening. The middle are clear and do not tire. I recommend to you that listen the three monitors with a disc that you like and that approaches the sound which you want to do. Your ears will say to you as you prefer. |
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Wed 25 May 2005, 18:23
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Thanks a lot for that,
Actually the BM15A are £629 and the BM6A £550 and I can get a discount so they would both be within my range. If it's so personal an issue I think I should get a favourite CD and play it on all of these makes. (isn't that the best way of testing them?) cheers, very interesting J -------------------- Macbook Pro 2 ghz/15"/10.3.4/1 g RAM/x2 monitors/Logic Pro 7.2/Ableton Live 5.0/Reason 3/Fireface 800/PSP Vintage Warmer/Roland JD800/Roland SH101/Arturia Moog Modular/Epiphone Firebird 7/Guitar Rig/Dynaudio BM5a monitors.
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Wed 25 May 2005, 22:59
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If you have budget for the BM15A i not would doubt it. You have a good equipment. The fireface 800 is fantastic. Its clean and his full of shades sound combines very well with Dynaudio. I have the three monitors. Also Fireface 800. Genelec is less trustworthy, the middle are something compressed. This according to whereupon things can be dangerous. Mackie and Dynaudio are very trustworthy, but the sound of BM15A is really beautiful.
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 Thu 26 May 2005, 03:02
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The 8030 really need a sub to get some depth, 8040 can do without. Some people trust a lot the Genelec, I find them "muddy" on A/B listening, but it's personal.
Dynaudio are awesome, BM6A are one of my favs (being on HR824 and dreaming of ADAM monitors). Now, as Jimmynitcher and Jsegura said, it's a very personal choice. Open your ears, bring your CDs and have a good listening test. 
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Thu 26 May 2005, 10:12
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Doh! I got all the prices wrong - they were for single speakers!
Start again... thanks anyway folks, I can but dream. J -------------------- Macbook Pro 2 ghz/15"/10.3.4/1 g RAM/x2 monitors/Logic Pro 7.2/Ableton Live 5.0/Reason 3/Fireface 800/PSP Vintage Warmer/Roland JD800/Roland SH101/Arturia Moog Modular/Epiphone Firebird 7/Guitar Rig/Dynaudio BM5a monitors.
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Thu 26 May 2005, 12:52
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I would go for the Mackie monitors. They have gotten very good reviews in all the mags I've seen.
They have been commended especilally for their transparency and detail in the mid and high registers. Good transient-handling stable stereo-image and pretty wide sweet-spot. The Mackie HR-624 can be complemented later with their subwofer HR-120 or HR-150. First i will uppgrade my current iMac to a dual G5 - 2.3 Then I will buy a pair of Mackie HR-624. Cheers: Dixiechicken -------------------- ==================
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Thu 26 May 2005, 13:00
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OK, the Mackie HR-624 is more trustworthy than Genelec 8030a. Its sound is cleaner.
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