[Dream] Monitors (Again?!@$%#)

[Bryan Ladd]

I spend about a half a day in guitar center a/b-ing the Dynaudio BM5a's
and the Mackie hr 824's, my conclusion was that though the mackies
produce lower frequencies (they go down to something like 32 hz?), they
are inacurate down there, where as the Dynaudio, while not producing so
much of the low (they seem to roll off someware between 56 and 58hz)
the crispness and the clarity in the rest of the spectrum is super....
I chose the Dyn's for this and the fact that Dynaudio makes SUPER
espensive monitors, and I think that's just about all they make, where
as mackie makes many different products, and the hr824's are thier top
end....

but really I would guess it's a matter of preference, it seems that the
824's are used by a majority of the population

and another thing with the bass and the dyn's, they do make a powered
subwoffer to go with thier monitors, but it costs almost the same as
the pari of BM5a's

b
--- Adam Meltdown <meltdown at australiens.net> wrote:

> Hey All,
> 
> If there's one thing I hate, it's yet ANOTHER thread about monitors. 
> I
> don't like threads about monitors, ever... Except in the rare
> circumstance
> that it's ME getting new monitors... :)  In which case I really LOVE
> threads
> about monitors.  Which brings me to the topic of this email -
> monitors.
> 
> So I've finally had enough with the Alesis M1 Actives.  To say I
> dislike
> them a LOT would be an understatement.
> 
> So it was going to be a simple decision, I'd decided to get the
> Mackie
> HR824's, as they've come down dramatically in price (here in
> Australia
> anyway).  But there's been a few small spanners in the works.   The
> new
> 824's are now all made in China, while the older ones were made in
> USA.
> I've heard a number of mixed reports ranging from "the new ones
> aren't as
> good sound quality" through to "they're both exactly the same".  A
> friend
> who works in a store here in Sydney claims that the newer ones get
> taken
> back for repair a bit more often than the old ones, so I'm guessing
> that
> perhaps the physical reliability may be a little less, but the sound
> quality
> I would imagine must be close to the same, if they're all still made
> to
> specification?  Any techies know much about this?  If not
> specifically, even
> generally - is it likely the quality would be THAT different based on
> where
> they're manufactured (even if made to spec)?   Some have suggested I
> should
> look out for used second hand USA made ones instead of the brand new
> (non-USA) ones.  It would be more convenient to get brand new ones.
> 
> Then I found through a source that supposedly we here in AU can get
> Dynaudio
> BM6A's delivered from OS in a "special" way such that they're
> basically the
> same price as the mackies here (maybe a slight fraction dearer).  
> 
> So I guess my question is this - Has anyone had experience with any
> of these
> monitors and if so could you share your opinion?  If anyone has done
> A/B
> comparisons on Mackie HR824's USA made, Non-USA made, Dynaudio
> BM6A's, your
> opinion would be greatly appreciated.  And before someone tells me to
> have a
> listen and decide for myself what I like, I already have, I will do
> so
> again, but I don't entirely trust my ears so some feedback from
> fellow
> musicians would be greatly appreciated :)
> 
> Cheers,
> Adam
> 
> 
> 
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