I'm always skeptical when buying "entry level" studio equipment, but I must confess these are a cut above most other budget speakers.

On first listen I thought they may be paying to much favour to the source audio. Celine Dion's 'The Power of Love' really came alive. However, repeated listens to more appropriate material convinced me that these speakers were the real deal. Avril Lavigne's "Girlfriend" sounded as unimpressive as one could possibly imagine. These speakers managed to reduce an outstanding technical achievement to a bland, lifeless, wash of grey sonic imagery.

Even pieces that couldn't conceivably sound any worse (such as "A day in the life" by cult pop quartet The Beatles) were kept in a state of pure audiological bleakness.

As we all know, the purpose of Studio Monitors is to add as little colour to your music as possible.

Well rest assured, no other speakers will make your music sound as crap as these little beauties!

And I don't say that lightly.

Truly uninteresting, can't wait to buy another set for the kitchen!

My rating: 10/10

Buying a pair of these has transformed my studio/mixing and production experience. My mixes transfer MUCH better across all types of playback - on car stereos, crap stereos, hi-fi, headphones etc... This is what I was after - transferability.


If I dip out 2 db at 500HZ on a kik drum, I can actually HEAR it taking place. Wicked.


Superb detail - more btm end than you would credit them with, given the size - excellent. Detailed imaging. Plenty of volume for a medium room/near/near to mid-field situation. I sit just over one metre away ish - plenty loud enough for me.


I have not tested out loads of monitors in this price bracket, but I think it probably comes down more to personal taste rather than actual quality?


I bought these after reading reviews, hearing them briefly at a studio of a producer friend, and using the big brothers of these at work in a commercial studio I worked in freelance.

'Do you like the "Genelec" sound?'

This is probably more the question than 'are they any good?'

Kev

THE BEST RADIO MICHROPHONE I EVER USED , AND VERY GOOD VALUE FOR MONEY, ALSO CHEAP TO RUN ONLY NEEDING ONE AA BATTERY, TRIED MOST THIS IS THE BEST

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