8030C

Genelec

8030C

112 positive 0 neutral 9 negative

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What monitors are you rocking and do you rate them?

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

arcticrobot in r/synthesizers

April 21, 2026 10:48 AM

25

best studio monitors

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

dr_spam in r/synthesizers

November 3, 2025 1:10 PM

14

Do you prefer active or passive speakers in your setup?

I have both passives (Revel F206) and actives (Genelec 8030c) and both are good. Don't know how to vote on this. Good speakers are good speakers. You can find an active speaker that sounds better than a certain passive speaker and you could find the inverse as well.

TurtlePaul in r/audiophile

February 22, 2026 12:41 AM

6

8 years old 8030a vs new 8010

I own both and can tell you that the improvement is substantial. 8030’s offer much better bass extension and even if you would run them with a subwoofer I would still recommend the 8030’s over 8010. For reference I use the 8010’s in my work-from-home setup, so mainly Teams calls and some low volume

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Rikzaah in r/genelec

August 18, 2025 11:30 AM

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[Help pls] Audio setup is not being very nice to me, desktop setup

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.

Icchan_ in r/audio

May 1, 2026 11:53 PM

4

My basement studio

Those 8030 Genelecs are probably 10 years old believe it or not, hard to see but I have the 7050 sub behind the minimoog. I mainly use them when I am designing sounds on the modular system but sometimes I reference on them. Even a 10 year old speaker still handles business

matnetik in r/MusicBattlestations

January 14, 2026 1:35 PM

4

iLoud MTM MK2 vs Genelec 8010 — which for a small untreated room?

Genelec 100%, 1000% Genelec The 8010s are shockingly good for the cost and size, just keep in mind that woofers of that size simply cannot reproduce low end with the accuracy of a larger driver, those speakers only go down to 67hz which means you’re going to notice the lack of low end. Get a good pa

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Mellotom in r/genelec

February 26, 2026 2:07 AM

4

Klipsch x Euphonia

Hifi speakers are generally voiced or designed for distance listening. Get yourself some decent near field monitors especially since you have a high end digital mixer with those excellent Neve transformers to really appreciate this mixer. I have owned a lot of high end rotary mixers including ARS. T

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Superb-Traffic-6286 in r/rotarymixers

November 22, 2025 12:48 PM

4

iLoud MTM MK2 vs Genelec 8010 — which for a small untreated room?

Genelec is a whole other League. Since both kinda need a subwoofer for a decent bottom end ( the 8010 will love the 7050, my 8030c does!) the choice is even simpler. Dont get me wrong, iLoud is a nice way of monitoring, it has some low even it has a very small footprint.

the_nus77 in r/studiomonitors

February 26, 2026 2:07 AM

4

best studio monitors

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

arcticrobot in r/synthesizers

November 3, 2025 2:08 PM

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