did you calibrate the MTMs and used the EQs to fit for you?

I've had mine for at least 10 years. I've wanted to upgrade for years now, so I read good things about the iloud mtm so I bought them. Because I was wanting them to sound better than my Behringers I AB'd them with every thing I listen to and have recorded. It was not an upgrade. Not knocking the iloud's but I got lucky with my Behringer's!

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Hey there! It really depends. We carry tons of different DACs that all offer quite a bit of different functionality. Here are some questions you may want to consider when looking into different DACs... 1. Are you going to need ADC (analog to digital conversion) as well? If so, how many inputs are you going to need? 2. What kind of conversion quality are you going for? Is this going to be for hi-fi listening, are you going to be mixing, or are you going to be just producing with the monitors? 3. Are you going to be running a sub with this system, as well? If so, are you going to want to have a separate output for that sub? These are just a few questions that are worth considering before purchasing a new DAC. Feel free to give me a call if you want to dig a bit further into what might be the best fit for you! Nick Pasquino, Sweetwater Sales Engineer, (800) 222-4700 ext. 3230, nick_pasquino@sweetwater.com

They don't need to sound like the old Ns10, thats the point. Todays modern music requires different speakers for monitoring specially in the low end. Ns10 is great but for most home studios for modern music, ns10 is not ideal at all. U can use them but you have much better options. In Good condition Ns10 also not cheap...

@@wheelheart I've never said that they need to sound the same. They're selling the H' series like it's the "new" NS10. I had the H'series and have the NS10, I speak about facts, when I say they don't sound nearly the same. But it's like a marketing strategy, because it's cheaper and the NS10 aren't made anymore!

That's fine, but I'm here for Mitch. :)

Hey, Mos! You likely won't have any type of phasing issue if you purchase one now, and one down the road. But, for any type of mixing purposes, I would certainly advise to purchase 2 right away. Otherwise, you aren't going to be able to do any type of full stereo mixing. You'll have to either run everything in mono, or just receive one side of your mix (left or right). But, for any purpose beside mixing, no you won't have any issues with purchasing just one monitor now, and one later. I hope this helps! Nick Pasquino, Sweetwater Sales Engineer, (800) 222-4700 ext. 3230, nick_pasquino@sweetwater.com

It helped a lot. Thanks for the information, cheers

My rokit rp8g2's were my favourite for years. Unfortunately they've broken now but they're hard to replace

Did you have the dreaded"black goop" of death? If so you can fix them by scraping off the goop from the motherboard.

im interested in the e7 xt for desktop and occasional outdoor use, any thoughts. going by vs tests to my ears it sound a slightly more refined and detailed compared to the KRK RP7G4s, which is also good

@@hotdog9262 Good speakers the big difference is the tweeter. It's in a wave guide and also tuned a bit hotter at the very top. They measure pretty flat overall. If you like their sound then get them.

Yeah they do...if they do that they would have more sales

Or why not the T8V 🤔

@@GearLover T8V is slightly more than $500 for a pair. In my country it's $600 translated from Czech crowns. And I don't think the T8V is somewhere available for less than 500 bucks

@@misteryc Ah, good point. I didn't realize it was price per pair.

How was your room treatment? What size speakers and what were your room dimensions? I've had good AND bad experiences with many brands of monitors, KRK included, and in almost every case of poor performance, the room was the dominant factor

@@mgmg116 tbf it wasn't great treatment but a pair of HS5's in the same room sounded worlds better. While some of that boxiness in particular came from the room the KRK's didn't help. Out of interest a bit ago I did a Sonarworks measurement for them to see what they sound like in an optimal scenario and I was not impressed with the results. +12db at around 100-120hz while my mains get around +3-4 at worst. KRK does at least look like it's going in the right direction with the g4 line but I'd presonally wait a generation before I'd trust them.

@@shoey6123 If a pair of 5" drivers sounded better, and a pair of 8" drivers were pushing that much low end buildup in the room, then that's your fault for using far too large a driver in a room that doesn't have the dimensions to justify the driver size. That 100-120Hz buildup you're describing is caused by standing waves, where the wavelength is so long that it doesn't have time to dissipate before it hits the far wall, and so the energy gets trapped in problem areas of the room and just builds up exponentially. There's not a single KRK model whose frequency response denotes a 12dB boost in the low end, so it is clear from what you're telling me that this was caused by two factors; 1. Your room is way too small, hence the buildup of standing waves 2. Your monitors weren't nearly far enough away from the closest wall - in a home studio in which you're using monitors with 8" drivers, you ideally want the monitors no closer to the nearest wall than a meter to a meter and a half. Any closer, and standing waves form between that wall and the monitors and you get even more buildup. Just a small room size shouldn't be enough to generate a full +12dB boost in the low end, possibly 6-8dB at best, but placing them too close to the nearest wall would certainly make up the other 4-6dB. Myself, I've been in properly-designed and treated studios that used KRK's before and while I wouldn't say their performance blew me away, I could definitely see them being used effectively and they certainly wouldn't have been a handicap to a skilled engineer.

@@mgmg116 I don't think this argument works given the price range the KRK's aim for. Almost nobody buying Rokit 5's is going to have proper acoustic treatment and so I more focused on the usability in a bad environment. also when I tested the KRK's at flat that was in a properly treated room and I still got a large 100hz spike and boxy low end. I think it's down to the porting but I could very well be wrong. Also thanks for assuming my conditions were bad so your ragument makes sense. I'm, just a name on a screen, it's not worth four paragraphs so respons to me.

@@shoey6123 I didn't make ANY assumptions about your conditions, you TOLD me in your first reply that your room was untreated. And KRK makes studio monitors, and everyone knows studio monitors don't perform as advertised unless they're in treated rooms. This is not only common knowledge, but common sense. The underlying assumption is that if an engineer considers themselves professional enough to upgrade from headphones to monitors, then they're also serious enough about audio quality to invest in treatment. It makes no sense to market a set of monitors that are intended to work without room treatment, because rooms can be so vastly different that there's no suitable average to target within design specitications - therefore, monitor manufacturers, even KRK, MUST assume the best-case scenario, and therefore assume the engineer who purchases their equipment is going to pursue room treatment, which is something the design CAN prepare for, to a degree. Also, if you know what you're doing, room treatment can be done very cheaply. I made a few absorption panels myself, and the total cost per panel was something like $30 after taxes. All you need is some mineral wool, a few sheets of fabric, and some 2x4s to act as a frame. Very easy, there's probably 100 KZfaq guides on how to build these at home. Also, I don't need to know every specification of your studio to know your acoustics are causing your issues. Regardless of the bass porting, you can very quickly obtain the frequency response curve of these monitors from a quick Google search, and there's absolutely nothing in these response graphs (from KRK themselves) nor in my experience, that would indicate a natural 12dB boost between 100Hz amd 120Hz - this would be ridiculous. Therefore, the low-end buildup is caused by external factors, standing waves being by far the most likely culprit. Or you're making it up and there isn't actually a 12dB boost? I've been mixing for 15 years, and I've been around many studios, and not a single one carrying KRK monitors has ever had such an issue, at least none of the properly-treated environments.

That's where you incorporate a decent pair of headphones to check the low end against references

I agree, that's where i considered to purchase eris e8xt

Shout out to Kent Sallaz my guy at Sweetwater! You guys are the very best and always blow my mind w your service...ty

Wow, this is the EDITED version of your comment?

@@JohannesLabusch just did a video explaining it, come check it out and sub

@@jmizzbeatsj-jigga7888 Thanks, I'm all set.

@@JohannesLabusch highly appreciated

@@jmizzbeatsj-jigga7888 What mods to the Yammy?? Really curious about the mods you speak of...