KH80

KH80s are amazing speakers at their size but are by no means enough on their own or without a sub for professional mixing and mastering. As a secondary alternate pair to a larger speaker there’s few choices better than kh80’s. But on their own, sorry they are not going to expose details in a mix lik

Of the speakers you mentioned, I would probably advise against any rear-ported speakers like the T5V or HS5 - though I am a total Adam fan. I would suggest to check out the Adam D3V or IK Multimedia iLoud micromonitor. I believe they are in your budget and come with built in DSP for room correction.

We can talk anecdotes and opinions all day. If you look at the EBU Tech paper section 2.2, they specify to 40 Hz. The KH80 is -4 dB at 55 Hz. So granted, they don’t quite get there, but I’ll say that even 60 Hz plus some headphones is sufficient. https://tech.ebu.ch/docs/tech/tech3276.pdf https://ww

Neumann is great and I actually just purchased the kh-80 but their subwoofers are very expensive and I think you can get similar performance for Less from rhythmik

Neumann KH 80 + KH 750 or Genelec 8030 + 7050, both with DSP room correction. The bass won't be excessive with properly placed and tuned sub, actually it will be excellent. I personally recommend purchasing a measurement mic, it will help with positioning and equalization - the results will pleasant

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

I think it's a question of what compromise you want to make. Unless you are considering the use of a subwoofer in the near future, you will not be happy with the 60Hz(@-3dB) low end of the FOCALs in the sacred spheres of electronica. The ADAMs at least reach down to 48Hz(@-3dB), but here too you wou

If you really like a Punchy speaker I just purchased the Neumann kh80 and they are amazing in that regard

Good question - i was going to add this but didnt have much time yesterday. The MA-1 calibration with Neumann helps by EQ correction, as well as phase and delay - which can be very helpful for subs. But you're right, you want to get the placement as flat as possible so it doesnt have to do so much c

Can confirm. Subwoofer is a must with the Neumanns. Went with the larger kh-120s for the better bass and ended up buying a subwoofer anyway. If I was doing it again I would go sub + kh80.