[ooheadsoo]

That sounds like a great choice if I had money to blow - would love an audition.

 

[ssportclay]

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Originally Posted by HiGHFLYiN9 It looked like one of the 824s side panels was buckling too, I doubt it effected the air seal but you never know. Rick recommended the RC2A kit to me, which looks a lot like the Tanzanite minus the Morel 2" midrange driver. It features a shielded Seas Excel magnesium cone woofer and a Fountek ribbon tweeter. I'm checking to see if he has anything slightly less pricey, but it sounds like a good option.

How would the RC2A kit compair with the active Event ASP8 which seems to be the modern benchmark for any monitor less than $2500 which outperforms Mackie,Genelac,and Dynaudio?

 

[saint.panda]

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Originally Posted by ssportclay How would the RC2A kit compair with the active Event ASP8 which seems to be the modern benchmark for any monitor less than $2500 which outperforms Mackie,Genelac,and Dynaudio?

Better than Mackie probably but from what I've read and heard a lot of studio people place the Dynaudio BM5/BM6 on the same level as the ASP8 (some above, some below). Same for the new 80x0 line of Genelecs. And I think $2500 is a very big budget where you can already get a pair of ADAM S2.5 and other nice monitors. But the ASP8 certainly is the best looking monitor!

 

[HiGHFLYiN9]

Rick said he could also design a 7" 2-way with the Dayton RS180 woofer and the same Fountek CD3 ribbon tweeter and offer it in a kit form in the $300 range. For the uninspired, throw them in a PartsExpress box and your talking $460-470, which certainly isn't bad. I have to figure out how much coin I have to see which direction I'm going.