adam audio vs dynaudio

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What do You think...
Adam P22, Adam P33 or Dynaudio BM15A?
Which are best for postproduction studio?

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In article <crv111$ilv$1@news.onet.pl>, Franz <franzk@poczta.onet.pl> wrote:
>What do You think...
>Adam P22, Adam P33 or Dynaudio BM15A?
>Which are best for postproduction studio?

For tracks that will be used where?

The top end on the Adams is very detailed and very clean, almost exaggeratedly
so, without being spitty. That's nice for some things. The Dynaudio is very
different on top.

None of them will sound like a theatre system. On the other hand, a set of
Radians might.

So, how do you like to mix?
--scott
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"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

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Brendan Doyle wrote:

> I have "Googled" quite a bit on the subject, but have not found specific
> enough comments to be very helpful; mostly general comments scattered
> amid endless threads/arguments about monitoring systems.

While that is both real and also frustrating, it derives from the fact
that various systems work so differently in different environments.
Blend that with how differently many of us hear things, and it's a
recipe for confusion and war. <g>

If I had the money I'd buy the biggest Klein & Hummels I could afford.
(I did, in fact, just buy a TRA100 Portable PA of theirs, but that's a
different widget.) Even on the exhibit floor at Moscone I thought I
could sense the singer's lips moving over the O300D's.

--
ha

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Brendan Doyle <bd@nospam.net> wrote:
>
>Scott, I'd like to hear more about your perceptions of the more
>affordable Dynaudio monitors (both strengths and weaknesses), especially
>the BM6 and the BM15, if you've listened to them enough to form an
>opinion. And could you elaborate on your comment about the BM15A being
>"very different on top" than the Adam systems? I'd agree, based on what
>I've heard, but I'm thinking you might be more articulate about those
>differences with your (undoubtedly) more developed ear, which could help
>me understand what I'm listening for/hearing when I'm comparing
>speakers.

I have spent more time listening to the Adams and only a little bit of
time listening to the BM15. The top end on the BM15 just sounds like a
typical soft dome tweeter sound to me. The midrange is okay, but it sounds
a little bit boxy. It sounds like a good monkey box speaker, but it still
sounds like a monkey box, and I have a personal prejudice against that.

If you like that, the Hot House monitors also might be worth looking into.
They also have a similar upper midrange and treble characteristic.

The Adams don't sound like monkey boxes, but the upper midrange is a little
forward and they have this incredible sense of top end detail. I think that
top end detail is artificial but I could learn to like working on them after
a while. The low end on them differs a lot from speaker to speaker but none
of them really blew me away.

The Genelec S30 is probably about halfway between the two, with the smooth
ribbon upper midrange and treble, but the low end on it is kind of boxy.
I sort of like it, but Genelec doesn't seem to want to sell them.

>Also, do you have any comments about the passive vs. active
>Dynaudio versions (I'd be powering the passives with a Hafler P3000, if
>that's helpful)?

No, I have really only worked with the active ones, and not that long with
those.

>Thanks much in advance for any comments you might have! By the way, I
>enjoyed meeting you and Melissa at AES in SF (I'm the local old-time
>banjo player who told the Recording mag folks to feature more of your
>articles, if that rings a bell). Nice to connect faces to names.

I really enjoy the shows to meet folks! Sometimes you even get to hear
equipment now and then. Come to New York!
--scott
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"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."