[Edwin Hurwitz]

In article ,
Carey Carlan wrote:

"Ben - TheStudioRI.com" wrote in
oups.com:

If I were to sell the Mackie's, which monitors should I replace them
with? I'm looking for real opinions, not hype. I've been engineering
long enough to know that high price does not necessarily mean "good
sound", but I'm also willing to spend money to get what I want, if
that's what I need to do. I'd love to have a subwoofer to go along
with the monitors as well.

Add the Event ASP-8 to your list. Similar price, size, and (self) power as
the Mackies, but have a smoother and cleaner high end and still support a
similar bass experience. I use mine for classical, organ, and choral
recordings--complex content that must be analyzed on many levels. These do
a good job in conjunction with my large monitors and boom box.

I'll have to agree here. I tried a lot of the monitors in the $1k range
and ended up with these (replacing Dynaudio BM5as). Luckily, GC was
having a sale where they were only $300 apiece, so price did play a
role, but I've been really happy with how well they translate. I also
have subwoofers available (Dick Sequerra handmade 12s powered by a
McIntosh 2105) that integrate very very well, but I rarely use them, as
the Events go low enough. DO NOT judge them by previous experience with
Event speakers. No one was more anti-Event than me before I tried them.

I know this has been covered ad nauseum everywhere, but please do not
overlook the importance of room treatment. Building bass traps and
getting some first reflection treatment from GIK Acoustics made far more
of a difference than changing monitors. I don't think YMMV applies here!
:-)


Good luck!
Edwin