8030C

Genelec 8020 and 8030. 7050 sub 10/10 sound 1/10 price

Genelec 8030C is probably the best deal for high-end. Really just depends on your budget. Edit: or KH 120 II

All that money wasted.... Just buy decent audio interface, few XLR cables and pair of Genelec 8020's or 8030's. If you find them used, even better. You're done. There's no need for all that EQ stuff etc. Decent professional gear and you're golden.

Genelecs are awesome. A pair of 8030 with 7050 sub will run you about $3000

Sure, active studio monitors like the Genelec 8030C (ASR review) are very nice. But you do need a preamplifier to control the volume and select sources (e.g. between your phono preamplifier and DAC for your TV). For example you would need thus preamplifier and one these DAC options: Fosi Audio P4 (A

Get the largest speaker you can afford. Get the 8030 or 8040 if possible. That being said the ilouds have digital room eq correction built in afaik. The genelecs you mentioned don't have that. You need to either spend significantly more on the genelecs to get room correction or buy something like so

The 8030s are incredibly accurate speakers. The Kefs are a smidge less accurate but still very accurate. Specifically, the 8030s have a little bit more energy in the treble - like +1db or something, and they don't have any real quirks - there's a small dip the kefs have that the Genelecs don't, but

I would guess you will notice a nice improvement although I can't find third party measurements of the Yamaha to confirm one way or the other. You don't say which model of the 8030. The C model is the latest. Things may sound wrong at first, because you are adjusted to the Yamaha 'sound', is it has

I have used Classic Genelec near field monitors for years. Currently use the Genelec 8030c in white as they blend into my white lounge walls on their official mic stands which are space saving and can adjusted to any height, which also means you don’t need a large desk to accommodate monitors. They

I find the best budget deals I have scored have been looking at USAudioMart, eBay, Craigslist, Guitar Center (used online) and open box retail stuff. But that means you don’t get to choose when and what you get and you need to be able to recognize a deal when you see it. For example, my home office