| There does seem to be a tendancy to trash Genelec here, but I have been using 1031A's for about 10 years now and I find them to be solid, dependable, accurate and non-fatigueing (everything the detractors say they are not).
I do feel that they are very sensitive to how they are mounted and located in a room and have mine on pedestals just an inch off the back of my meter bridge on the console. I also use a sub just to fill in a little of the deep bottom.
As we all know, speakers are a very personal thing, so you better get somewhere you can hear them before deciding (although since you know the 1029's you already have a pretty good idea of what to expect). I drove from the central Cal coast to Phoenix to first hear them ( I was going to buy some other brand and my dealer said I should check out this new speaker that they just got in so after checking my mixes on them I brought a pair home). I found that they work well for me.
To address the 1029 vs 1031 comparison I have compared them side by side and did find the 1029 to sound somewhat constricted compared to the slightly deeper and more effortless reproduction of the 1031's. Good luck. |