Post by Tbone81 on Mar 12, 2023 16:26:09 GMT -6
I'm looking for some new monitors. I currently use a pair of 1st gen Adam A7's, with a tannoy sub. I also use a pair of NHT Super Ones with an Adcom 545 amp. I do 85% of my mixing on the NHT's. They really make me work for it, but when things sound good on them they translate well. The Adams sound really "cool" but there's all kinds of upper mid and high end issues (balancing vocals, reverb/delay trails etc). Honestly, the Adams are the weak link in my setup.
My plan is to replace the Adam's with another powered monitor. I'm planning on auditioning the Neumann kh120 and new Adam A7v's. Still considering a few others as well (Hedd, Dynaudio etc). My question is this:
Some monitors, like the Adam A7v, Hedd 07 etc, have built in DSP correction that can be loaded onto the speakers themselves. While that's pretty cool, and solves some issues for me, does the added latency cause problems? Especially if I have a 2.1 system where the monitors are being slaved to the sub woofer? There's no way to time correct the subwoofer (to match the mains latency) if the monitors are coming off the sub woofer crossover, right? Am I missing something?
If that makes dsp correction unusable for me, then I'm going to look at a whole other setup, like some passives speaker setups.
Thoughts?
My plan is to replace the Adam's with another powered monitor. I'm planning on auditioning the Neumann kh120 and new Adam A7v's. Still considering a few others as well (Hedd, Dynaudio etc). My question is this:
Some monitors, like the Adam A7v, Hedd 07 etc, have built in DSP correction that can be loaded onto the speakers themselves. While that's pretty cool, and solves some issues for me, does the added latency cause problems? Especially if I have a 2.1 system where the monitors are being slaved to the sub woofer? There's no way to time correct the subwoofer (to match the mains latency) if the monitors are coming off the sub woofer crossover, right? Am I missing something?
If that makes dsp correction unusable for me, then I'm going to look at a whole other setup, like some passives speaker setups.
Thoughts?
