I have this question for quite awhile and wanted to get the thoughts from others on their experience.
I recently setup a pair of Adam A7x monitors hooked up to an SPL monitor controller being fed by a Drsgonfly dac (better one on the way) and was truly blown away with the sound. It was different than most hi-fi speakers i listen to as there was some rawness to it that sounded great (i.e. it didn't seem to favor any music, just seemed to put through what was in the line). I will admit that the speaker wont convince you are at a show but the detail on the Adams in absolutely amazing.\ and you can clearly hear every note. Now with that said they do seem less involving but that doesn't seem to effect how enjoyable they are to listen to.
I'll contrast that with my hi-fi system that is a simaudio front end to PSB speakers Synchrony ones, REL G1 in an acoustically controlled room which does a much better job putting you in the room with the musicians but the funny thing is how good the pro monitors are and how detailed they are.
TBH I could really be happy listening to the pro monitors. Now I wont be selling the other system any time soon, but the real question is how does the pro world scale to mid to far field setups.
I.e., how do the larger pro PMCs, Adams and Genelecs scale. I've heard the consumer line in Adam's audio and was impressed but no where near what I found in the pro line. I've heard the consumer PMC IB2, but curious how these compare to the pro version.
So what is everyone thoughts on Pro gear, as my time with it has been positive. It seems like there is much more focus on accuracy, which in my opinion leads to a less one sided system. A lot of hi-fi speakers i find seem to excel at certain genres, where i haven't seen the same thing on the pro side.
(one side note, when I was looking at monitors I was shocked at how different they all sounded).
I have this question for quite awhile and wanted to get the thoughts from others on their experience.
I recently setup a pair of Adam A7x monitors hooked up to an SPL monitor controller being fed by a Drsgonfly dac (better one on the way) and was truly blown away with the sound. It was different than most hi-fi speakers i listen to as there was some rawness to it that sounded great (i.e. it didn't seem to favor any music, just seemed to put through what was in the line). I will admit that the speaker wont convince you are at a show but the detail on the Adams in absolutely amazing.\ and you can clearly hear every note. Now with that said they do seem less involving but that doesn't seem to effect how enjoyable they are to listen to.
I'll contrast that with my hi-fi system that is a simaudio front end to PSB speakers Synchrony ones, REL G1 in an acoustically controlled room which does a much better job putting you in the room with the musicians but the funny thing is how good the pro monitors are and how detailed they are.
TBH I could really be happy listening to the pro monitors. Now I wont be selling the other system any time soon, but the real question is how does the pro world scale to mid to far field setups.
I.e., how do the larger pro PMCs, Adams and Genelecs scale. I've heard the consumer line in Adam's audio and was impressed but no where near what I found in the pro line. I've heard the consumer PMC IB2, but curious how these compare to the pro version.
So what is everyone thoughts on Pro gear, as my time with it has been positive. It seems like there is much more focus on accuracy, which in my opinion leads to a less one sided system. A lot of hi-fi speakers i find seem to excel at certain genres, where i haven't seen the same thing on the pro side.
(one side note, when I was looking at monitors I was shocked at how different they all sounded).