That and a great acoustic treated room paired with amazing monitors are the two most important things IMO

@@alejandromagana1554let’s not forget the digital to analog converters 😉

right? this guy has 50 grand in outboard gear and was running 500 dollar monitors lol

that's exactly what i thought looking at this guy gear

Actually it's room acoustics that are the most important. If u have a crappy room a million dollar speaker pair won't help you.

I recently switched to Adam A7Vs for my living room hifi setup and they blow any of the passive hifi speakers I've tried at a similar price point out of the water. I'm tempted to start saving for a set of the A8H as I'm sure they'll be even better.

So much great audio gear has come out of Germany. I have absolutely loved these speakers. Which ADAM speakers are you considering?

Any thing is a step up from Yamaha

@@ridinglow6732why do you say that? ive heard the yamaha hs8’s are great studio monitors for music production

What did you think of the A77h:s?

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I had my OG HS80s for years as well as a pair of HS5 monitors and once I switched I never looked back. I'm sitting in from of the A8Hs now prepping a mix and I am still stoked with them!

You definitely do not need a sub with these

Yes!!! I'm going to turn that into a real thing. Lol! Thanks for watching!

That is a good question. I have not had the chance to listen to the A77H yet. I will see if I can get an interview with someone from Adam Audio as I am a huge fan of their speakers.

I has HS8s for years and years. Going to the AH8 was a HUGE improvement. The mid detail alone was worth the cost. While I liked the brutal honesty of the high end of the Yamahas they were also very fatiguing. I find the A8H to be must easier to listen to for long periods and very detailed in the high end. You'll notice instantly that it's different but once you do some good listening tests and learn how the high end reacts it's great. Also moving the the 3-ways and having two subs really evened out the low end in the room. I had a single sub with my Yamahas and a single sub with my A7X that I had before the A8H and never found the best spot for it to be. I have also found the DSP integration with Sonarworks to be quite good. Sonorworks was never on my list because I did not want to have to run plugin and deal with latency. With the A series Adams monitors you can load the profile directly onto the speakers and it works great. I did a followup video to this one as well.

Well they actually come from the factory setup this way though they can be changed. Adam isn't the only company that does it this way either. Personally I prefer the mid/tweeter to be on the inside. At least for my setup here. And I honestly don't know why it would matter for how other people listen I work at other studios that have different setups and as long as the room sounds good it wold not matter how the speakers are orientated. Unless they are oriented in a way that the speaker is not designed to be placed.

@@Ultimatestudiosinc It's the stereo spread and end-user that make a case for lows to be inside and highs to be outside. For stereo imaging and song sound stage, we often set the highs out to the sides and the lows towards the center. Especially in rock and rap, the vocals sit towards the center, subs are centered, most instruments are at in the mid-sides, and the highs towards the outside.. this gives the separation and clarity in frequencies while enlarging the sound stage without losing the vocal strength and directness. Cars and home setups have the subs in the center with tweeters and mids out to the sides. Maybe they are meant to use a centered sub, so Adam Audio figured they can increase soundstage by having the mids pushed out to the sides? I can see that. But still not very true to what the end-user will have going on. I wonder how that translates. To me it seems like it would sound awesome and huge in the studio, but different to end-users.

That is what Adam recommends. They actually sell A8H-L and A8H-R.

How would you compare the evo twin to the a8h? Which do you prefer? I’m kind of torn. Also what kind of music are you mixing?

​@@calvinmvrk I mix most genres of music. I do a lot of pop, rock, metal, country, but I also do orchestral and jazz. The Evo Twins and the A8H are simply different, with both pairs being quite good. The Adams are extremely detailed in the top end exposing every little nuance, and they're fantastic at exposing distortion on the high end. Ribbon tweeters are famous for the high frequency detail. They're a quality monitor for sure. I personally have a slight issue with the tweeter's being so different from the woofer typology that the crossover points between the two speaker elements makes it hard for me to have an honest depiction of what the audio is doing. Many people don't have an issue with that, and they do great work with these monitors. The Adams have a weaker low end than Focal in my opinion. Maybe weak isn't the right word, but it's different than what works well for me. I think these deserve an extremely well treated room and a matched subwoofer that can nail the crossover frequency to really shine as a monitoring solution. If the room isn't in top shape bass frequencies will get phase canceled with these monitors. Focals are detailed on the top end, but in a different and smoother way than the Adams are. I think they're less sensitive to distortion on the extreme top end, but they are more natural to what most speakers are going to present to the audience, again in my opinion. The Focals really shine on the low end and in the midrange, which is where I think the music really happens. Low end takes up 80% of the space on the master bus and in the audio spectrum in general, so I want a speaker that allows for me to take control of that space in the mix. Almost all of the wattage on any speaker is dedicated to the woofer, the bass, and the sub frequencies. I want a monitor that excels in the bass department with accuracy and headroom while also giving me the midrange detail that the music will ultimately be sculpted around. I think the Focals are more forgiving on the room treatment side, although any mix room should be as treated as much as the owner's wallet can handle. Edit: I also want to add, The Adam's need physical space to really do their job.

​​​How big is your room?I m ready to pull the trigger for a77h but I don t trust that middle driver on that model it's not the best Adam makes..The round semisphere 4" inch one is better but I don t know how much better is than this on the a8h - a77h

I agree with you about them being great entry level monitors. They served me well for a looooong time. That's a good point about the low end issue. I tried fixing that for a while by adding a sub and low cutting the satellite speakers but was never happy with the results. Thanks for watching and commenting!

800$? 🤔

More like almost 3000$ budget

Over 3k

Why do you think she's in time out?

​@@Ultimatestudiosinc at :20 she looks like she's in timeout lol thought it was cute haha

Not really. While I do have an affiliate relationship with zZounds I requested the monitors. I already used Adam monitors and the A8H were on the top of my list for an upgrade. So I reached out to zZounds to make it happen. I have no affiliation with Adam other than I love their speakers.