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Studio: https://www.voltperoctave.com
Music: https://www.euclideancircuits.com
Me: https://www.jamesrichmond.com
Just reading through that, it sounds like you made the right choice.
Are you selling your BM6a’s or keeping hold of them?
You interested?
Studio: https://www.voltperoctave.com
Music: https://www.euclideancircuits.com
Me: https://www.jamesrichmond.com
Coincidentally, I've just tidied my desk and replaced my monitoring.
I was using a set of AE Aego M, predominantly just for computer audio and casual listening, but I've got some more serious mixing/mastering to do so I've replaced them with a pair of JBL LSR305.
Desk currently looks like this:
I thought the Aegos were pretty good but frankly I'm amazed how much better the LSR305s are.
R.
Eqd Speaker Cranker clone
Monte Allums TR-2 Plus mod kit
Trading feedback: http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/60602/
@octatonic - if this sort of expense on speakers makes sense, I can't imagine what you've spent on mics!
No, I'm at the lower end of the spectrum with my first pair of studio monitors being around £300 for the pair (Yamaha HS7). Maybe one day I could warrant it.
Would absolutely love to hear some Gregory Porter & Steely Dan through the Kii Three's...in fact just all the music that I love!
What differences have you noticed? Just general clarity? I saw a Youtube video earlier where the guy kept on mentioning the bass being very, very impressive compared to the speaker size.
I suspect it's a matter of what you get used to. I've been using a Trackpad for years. I recently got a Magic Mouse and found myself going back to the Trackpad.
If I find myself doing a lot of work with Logic, I'll probably get myself some sort of control surface.
R.
Eqd Speaker Cranker clone
Monte Allums TR-2 Plus mod kit
Trading feedback: http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/60602/
Studio: https://www.voltperoctave.com
Music: https://www.euclideancircuits.com
Me: https://www.jamesrichmond.com
They are just so well balanced and easy to listen to.
I hear details I've never heard.
The PMC's I was looking at were quite good too- and I came close to buying some ATC's recently but they didn't have the bottom end I was after.
The Kii's just make me... happy.
Studio: https://www.voltperoctave.com
Music: https://www.euclideancircuits.com
Me: https://www.jamesrichmond.com
The PMC's were pretty broadband and had all the features I wanted but I didn't love using them.
Also they are physically too big for a lot of the rooms I work in.
I suspect I'm just geared towards using smaller (and therefore faster) drivers.
I felt the PMC's were a tad slow to react.
The ATC's I loved but I'd be concerned about dragging 2x 35+kg boxes all over the place.
I work in a lot of different studios and take my monitors with me.
The ATC's are really heavy but I also know they aren't as hardy as some other models.
They were also a bit bass light so I'd need a sub which doesn't work.
The Kii's were on a completely different level though- it is all there, all the time.
It is a hard thing to put into words- they just sound incredible- wide, deep, accurate, fast.
I heard details in tracks that I know incredibly well that I never had before.
If you distill the difference between a near field (fast and translatable at the cost of scale and bandwidth) vs a mid/main monitor (scale and bandwidth but slower and not as translatable) with the Kii's I felt I was getting the best of both worlds.
The only issue with the Kii's is you cannot switch to 120v without returning them to the factory, which I will need to do in a couple of years time, but Kii have said they will do the conversion for free when me move to the US.
Studio: https://www.voltperoctave.com
Music: https://www.euclideancircuits.com
Me: https://www.jamesrichmond.com
Just heading out to meet some friends to watch the FA Cup Final.
Was an interesting watch, to see what differences Warren heard between them.
I know its completely different and probably something you didn't consider, but what models would have researched if it was for a permanent set-up. i.e. you not having to worry about transporting them around?
I'd have to have spent the same again on my room acoustics though, which I won't doing until we return to the UK in 2021-2022.
Studio: https://www.voltperoctave.com
Music: https://www.euclideancircuits.com
Me: https://www.jamesrichmond.com