Went to Guitar Center a week ago to audition the JBL 308 versus the Yamaha HS8. Was surprised I actually found the HS8 having clearer treble (but hollow midrange) than the JBLs and wasn't sure if the 308 was actually better than the 305 except for the bottom end, kinda different. Have to say, compared to those, the comparable Tannoys, Genelecs, Mackies, KRKs, etc., the Adams A7x crushed all of them in almost every way using their setup. Of course their price ended up being crushing too relatively speaking. I didn't really bother with the 5" stuff there other than cursory confirmation I didn't want any of it. The only real drawback was their hard L/R imaging but they were also setup up the furthest apart on the demo shelf as well. I didn't even think the other speakers were remotely up to par with my HD800 rig tbh. The Adams were and then some. Definitely worth the money to me.Caveat-I'd need to hear them at home to make sure no weird retailer/demo funny stuff is going on. I really though the JBLs should have sounded better than they did. Definitely not M2s.
Any stand recommendations from people here? I'm considering Isoacoustics stands at the moment.
I highly recommend getting even a cheap set of studio monitor stands, they make a world of difference. Table reflections usually create a nasty mid suckout. Some studio monitors are actually tuned to compensate for mixing desk reflections, too bad they never advertise which ones.
.I've been using Isoacoustics with my LS50s and a speaker set before. They probably don't work anywhere near as well as speaker stands ... .
.I highly recommend getting even a cheap set of studio monitor stands, they make a world of difference. Table reflections usually create a nasty mid suckout. Some studio monitors are actually tuned to compensate for mixing desk reflections, too bad they never advertise which ones..
