My Blue Sky's (sys 1) work for me and all of my clients so far anyways. Very
smooth integration of the sub. Highly reccomended

Rick@ Record Time Productions
"Sean Conolly" wrote in message
. ..
"Stephanie" wrote in message
...
On Sun, 13 Mar 2005 23:46:51 -0500, Sean Conolly wrote:


I have an older set of the 20/20 BAS, and I love for listening and
home
theater, but there's been a lot posts pointing out that the mixes
don't
translate well to other speakers, and I have to agree with them. My
mixes
just don't sound right anywhere but my own room (which also needs
better
treatment, probably true for most rooms).

I'm looking at Blue Sky and Truth Audio for my next set. I was hoping
to
get
a set of Dynaudios, but the budget is slipping away for them.

Sean

Hello Sean!
I actually auditioned a set of 20/20 BAS's and I did not like them. The
low end is hyped and flutters about, very loose sounding. Playing a Ray
Brown CD on them drives the woofers wild! The Precision 8's (at least
the
active models which are the only ones I have heard) sound VERY different
from the 20/20;s. FWIW they sound a lot like the Mackies only they go
lower and the imaging seems a wee bit better, maybe at the expense of
smoothness though IMHO.
The SP8's sound much more controlled than the 20/20's to my ears.
I love the Mackies, but we are talking $500.00 difference (actives) in
price and quite frankly *I* don't hear $500.00 worth.

The oft-reported problem with the 20/20's seems to be a scooped midrange
and
hyped high end. And yes, the bottom gets loose, much more so than the
Mackies. To my not-so-experienced ears the Mackies don't sound as good in
the mids as my Events, but I couldn't tell you which one is closer to
reality.

None of which addresses the model you're looking at, which I haen't heard.
I
know that I'm not interested in using Events for my primary monitors
anymore.


But that's why I am asking for some professional opinions!!
FWIW Dynaudio has a couple of models in my price frame.
Any suggestions?

I was going to go all out for the BM15A's, which I think would be the last
monitors I would need for a long time, and at $2600 a pair they would need
to. I'm probably going to spend closer to $1500 on speakers and put $1000
into room treatment. The BM6A is closer to that budget, and I can add a
subwoofer later.

I do want to listen to the Truth Audios and the Blue Sky's Sytem One
first,
though. I heard the little Blue Sky MediaDesk system and I was surprised
how
good it sounded, espcially how well the sub integrated with the desk
speakers.

Sean