KH 120 II

Neumann KH 120 II, aligned with MA 1, are hard to beat at that price point.

totally get it - atcs in an apartment is overkill even if they sound incredible. since you're used to that level of detail, you'll want something that still translates well. i'd check the Neumann KH 120 II monitors, they're right in your range and give you that surgical precision without the price t

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Based on cursory glance in Spinorama, 1500 euro budget might allow reaching spinorama score better than 6.5 after equalization, which is already very good. Something like Neumann KH-120-II should do the trick, especially if you want near field listening unit. Passives exist for similar tonal accurac

It depends on your innate talent (I don't have a lot) and the time you can put into it (I've got a lot of that). I do think having good reference monitors is really really important, and while I don't have it in me to write the dissertation it would take to convince the reddit folks who disagree I h

100% go all in for the Neumann KH120 II its the best measured active loudspeaker in its price range, nothing beats raw performance

Op specifically said they don't want passives. BTW Kef brings value to the table. They are the best speakers at their respective price point, but if they are more expensive in the ops country, he should look at another brand. Paradigm and Wharfedale are brands that I prefer to Kef. I own all three.

Neumann KH-120 II's were my best monitor investment to date.

So true! Yes, The Ones are the latest kind with Room Correction system. Also if OP is in a small room (which needs nearfields) I heard sooo many praises about the Neumann KH120 II + MA1 (Correction system). They’re even more “neutral and unforgiving” for mixing than the Genelec, and are quite afford

i auditioned a bunch of these, and some much higher up, recently. all of them are good-to-great. I also heard a $100k Genelec installation around the same time so I think I have an OK frame of reference. Gen 8020 was a bit bass-light. Gen 8030 sounded amazing but the bass was a bit tubby and indisti