Cat andbeats not monitoring as loud in my new room as I don’t need to...loudness before was to try and get the bass in speakers / room working. Loved the 802’s but I think these are more together and detailed in the subs

@@Streaky_com nice, that says a lot for the room and speakers. Thanks!

Production Rescue elears probably...but obviously different beasts

Could you try to get your hands on the apogee symphony mkII with the se card to review? The se card was created for mastering engineers

Federico Lopez ok will try

Yes, please! I'm really interested in Amphion's full range!

Or even better, review Neat Acoustics IOTA Xplorer. I spoke to Neat and they recommended them over Momentum range as they are more analytical. I'd really love to see what you think of them.

Matt Eden yeah really like them...I’ll ask to listen see how they compare to the big boys

i'm waiting since forever for a solo 6 be 2 :) not sure why they dont release an updated pair..

Artificial Island when I went to my local HIFI store, they had 2 Krell mono block amps powering the Sopra’s.

Mauricio Reyes you have a different approach/mindset/way of listening for mastering compared to mixing.

lex Tr3 you can buy them but you’ll have to walk to work 😭😭😭

do you need a kidney :p

i say this but i find it awesome that you review higher end monitors with the ears of a mastering engineer.. you are well placed to find us the best monitoring pair in reasonable range... :) or comparing the midrange and high of these focal with a pair of very good e-stats. with good 1ohm-2ohm capable mono amp.. even a old perfectly working quad esl 57 could compete with these focal in the midrange and high in the nearfield with the right amp.. you would nead to absorb the back wave but in the end ... low driver mass and open back should be more effortless and quick.. in headphones it's evidant.. tho beryllium tweeter that cover all over 1khz can be as fast and cover a great range..but it's no wall of sound like e-stats maybe two benchmark AHB2 amp in mono block or NC500 based amps.. for the quad.. you should maybe try paradigm all beryllium bookshelf.. that could beat these focal.. also monitor audio came out with a cheap 2k studio HD speakers.. and you have to check unity audio boulder MK3 and legacy audio new monitors.. etc.. :) i guess lots of interesting offering everywhere hehe..

I find things affordable on the used market. I have a saving account dedicated to my hobby haha.

lex Tr3 Ever try saving up...?

Mark Donen true I really liked the kii’s

@@Streaky_comAnd they're relative bargains vs the focals: no amps, cables or dac needed.

Mark Donen yeah true but there is something special about a passive setup and the low end isn’t as strong on the kii’s 😢 but they are a space saver!

@@Streaky_com they've got a bass unit that you place the kii threes on coming out shortly. I think that'll take care of any shortfalls. However I think you may be mistaking room boom (the focals are right in the corners of your room) for accurate bass. The Kiis take the room out of the equation with their cardiod controlled dispersion. Their bass is super clean. unless you have a vast space and get normal non cardiod speakers way away from the walls you going to get doubling and nulling. Unless you go soffit mounts.

I wouldn't agree that the Kiis' lows are so clean. The phase response is absolutely ultra-impressive, but the lows generate too much harmonic distortion (not necessarily surprising given that the drivers are only 6"- it's physics) tapeop.com/reviews/gear/120/kii-three-active-monitors/. Coupling to the back wall to increase efficiency by about 6dB (so probably lowering distortion by something similar since the speakers don't need to work as hard) helps, but I think they clearly /need/ the help of the bass units.

corner liston ok the interconnect they bought over was £3.5k ! Not messing around!!! I always find it hard to compare unless you can a/b correctly

Oh my. True that, difficult to a/b interconnects. But maybe a blind test, even if it's not a/b. An interconnect worth say £200 (as the Amphion cable) should sound quite a bit lesser good than that Naim brought. I can only guess the amps were around 10-15k each?

Joey Fernandez yep last 6 months

Walter hi Walter...well believe as I have no reason to lie!... the room is 5m wide, so yes no cathedral but good size/shape for a mastering room, there is a lot of bass trapping in the front hence why they look like they are close to the corners, the front Wall has traps to calm down the bass / side reflections tailored to my palette, all sounds pretty good to my ears. Yes the speakers are around £16k ($20k) then Naim amps and cables add another £10k ($13)... I don’t know much about trailers, sounds like you do! 🤭✌🏻

Tom Verswyvel SOZ

j it’s not the eq curve it’s the flavour you need to like at that level

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