rfvijn
New Head-Fier
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After numerous hours reading and Googling not only this site, but also a few other big name ones, I've decided to just come forth and ask. Besides, it was the wonderful community here who helped me fall in love with my HD598s.
I'm looking for a pair of active monitors to complement my HD598s for when I don't want to wear my headphones. I mostly use my computer for 50:50 of gaming (Battlefield and DOTA) and music+schoolwork. My playlist varies from Daft Punk to Creedence Clearwater to Bach....pretty eclectic, just nothing black or super heavy in bass (which is why I didn't get Grados).
Yesterday I wandered into a grand opening of a new Guitar Center in my town and decided to play with the monitors they had on demo: KRK5, HS50, BX5, and MR5mk2. I used Billy Squier and Billy Joel to decide. I thought the KRK5s sounded muddy/muffled and the HS50s were way too quiet and flat (good for mixing I know). I thought that both the Mackies and the M-Audio sounded excellent. However, I ended up impulsively buying the BX5 as they were $200 for a new pair and I had 30 days to return them.
So I turn to you HF, did I make a good decision or were my ears deceiving me? I'm definitely going to go back to listen to them again (especially since they just got JBLs in stock). My only concern is that I've never been able to hear anything by Alesis, Swan, or Equator.
Thoughts?
I'm looking for a pair of active monitors to complement my HD598s for when I don't want to wear my headphones. I mostly use my computer for 50:50 of gaming (Battlefield and DOTA) and music+schoolwork. My playlist varies from Daft Punk to Creedence Clearwater to Bach....pretty eclectic, just nothing black or super heavy in bass (which is why I didn't get Grados).
Yesterday I wandered into a grand opening of a new Guitar Center in my town and decided to play with the monitors they had on demo: KRK5, HS50, BX5, and MR5mk2. I used Billy Squier and Billy Joel to decide. I thought the KRK5s sounded muddy/muffled and the HS50s were way too quiet and flat (good for mixing I know). I thought that both the Mackies and the M-Audio sounded excellent. However, I ended up impulsively buying the BX5 as they were $200 for a new pair and I had 30 days to return them.
So I turn to you HF, did I make a good decision or were my ears deceiving me? I'm definitely going to go back to listen to them again (especially since they just got JBLs in stock). My only concern is that I've never been able to hear anything by Alesis, Swan, or Equator.
Thoughts?