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Re: Our monitors

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I've been using a set of Q10s for awhile now and still feel they're worth every penny. Especially considering I bought them before the shift in distribution and consequently paid more than double the current sale price.

They sound great and have performed very well. After 5+ years of daily production use, the only issue is that one channel has developed a slight buzz. I haven't had enough down time to take them down to San Diego to be fixed and it isn't annoying enough to force the issue... yet.


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I swapped my Mackie HR 824s for Q10s and while I haven't done a ton of mixing on them since I got them, I really like the amount of detail in them. They are BIG though. Placement was a bit of a challenge (and I'm not sure they've reached their final location yet either).
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SixStringGeek wrote:I swapped my Mackie HR 824s for Q10s and while I haven't done a ton of mixing on them since I got them, I really like the amount of detail in them. They are BIG though. Placement was a bit of a challenge (and I'm not sure they've reached their final location yet either).
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bayswater wrote:I still use Mackie 824s I bought a day or two after the first of them arrived here in town. They replaced some 20 year old 3-way BBC/KEF monitors I was using to that point. What a difference that was. The Mackie's were quite reasonably priced when they first arrived, then the price went up quite a bit.

I never think about these monitors. They always do exactly what I expect, and seem completely unremarkable in every respect. I don't know how they compare to more up to date models.
Ditto. No doubt there's something better, but I know these so well after so many years.
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philbrown wrote:Ditto. No doubt there's something better, but I know these so well after so many years.
Yup. Knowing your monitors is paramountric, Phil. If I'd had a working set in the first place, I'd certainly not have committed to the exorbitant upgrade I undertook.

Equally as paramountric is knowing your MonkeyGrammarInspector™. Yes, I'm talkin' to you now, Stoivo. You proved that you can do it:
bayswater wrote:I still use Mackie 824s...
Then you choked:
bayswater wrote:The Mackie's...
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monkey man wrote:Equally as paramountric is knowing your MonkeyGrammarInspector™. Yes, I'm talkin' to you now, Stoivo. You proved that you can do it:
bayswater wrote:I still use Mackie 824s...
Then you choked:
bayswater wrote:The Mackie's...
Naughty boy! Go sit in the corner for 10 minutes whilst listening to this Demis Roussos CD...
I know. Inexcusable. I'll pay more attention in future. The worst of it is that the offending word is now in my spell checker and is applied in the autocorrect function.
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Well, apply the MonkeyGrammarInspector™ philosophy to its ass, Stoivo!

Geez, a grammar inspector's work is never done...

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monkey man wrote:Well, apply the MonkeyGrammarInspector™ philosophy to its ass...
I apply the Sister Killeen test. It would be interesting to see which is tighter.

She was my eighth grade English teacher. Her gift to me was not instructing me in grammar. It was her teaching me why the rules existed that cemented them in my brain forever.
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Most of my teachers wanted us to use proper grammar and spelling to save them the effort of whacking us over the head with a ruler.
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mikehalloran wrote:
monkey man wrote:Well, apply the MonkeyGrammarInspector™ philosophy to its ass...
I apply the Sister Killeen test. It would be interesting to see which is tighter.

She was my eighth grade English teacher. Her gift to me was not instructing me in grammar. It was her teaching me why the rules existed that cemented them in my brain forever.
Awesome. Go Sister!

I think, Mike, that where which is tighter is concerned, one could conceivably apply the old audio adage, "if it gets the job done" to this question. Seems both our "technologies" "sound right".
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I'm using KRK Rokit 5 - I mix at around 75db and these things are clean and clear. I've used Yamaha, Tanoy, Machie along with a few others in my mixing career and found the Rokit 5's to be the most flat, clear and clean. I know that's a matter of opinion so to each their own. My thoughts. : )
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dpg4macman wrote:I'm using KRK Rokit 5 - I mix at around 75db and these things are clean and clear. I've used Yamaha, Tanoy, Machie along with a few others in my mixing career and found the Rokit 5's to be the most flat, clear and clean. I know that's a matter of opinion so to each their own. My thoughts. : )
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No sub
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I got the Adam A7s when they were considered the bee's knees along with the matching Adam Sub. I don't use the built in crossover. (I'm using one of my own design.) I've done a ton of mixing on these. Love 'em.

If I were shopping for monitors today, I might be looking at something else, but the Adams have served me well and I'll probably have them until I retire. :roll:

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