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Originally Posted by rvwainscott  Until I come up with a better solution, yes. It isn't as bad as it looks. They are about 8 feet apart so, of course, I need to be slightly further back than with the other nearfields.
It was suggested to me that I shouldn't put them any closer than 6 feet from each other so I'm guessing that 8 feet is not way out there.
Also, these things are loud. I do not know of any other nearfield that throws out nearly 800 watts per side. The ADAMS only have 450 watts per monitor (3 x 150). While the low driver on the ADAMS get 150 watts the 10" drivers in the Barefoots get 500 watts. The mid driver on the Adams get 150 and the mid drivers on the Barefoots get 250. The adams win out with power to their ribbon tweeter sending it 150 watts compared to the 60 watts given to the dome tweeter in the Barefoots.
The high end on the adams can be a bit brutal and 150 watts pushed into a folded ribbon can at times feel like an ice pick but, if you are in search of sibilance, the Adams can be your best friend. You'll notice that I have not said a word about getting rid of them as I intend to continue using them a near field monitors.
Barefoot advertises these monitors as "micro mains" and, for the time being, I'm treating them that way. My control room is approx. 20' X 25' so I need my monitors to be a bit fuller.  |
Yeah the MM's are cool like that.
you can have the volume,power and fullness to track with guys rocking in the control room or have em at super low volumes for quiet mixing and they don't flinch.
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