Adams S2.5s users? Comments

AB3 · 26th February 2007, 12:20 AM

Do not seem to be many comments on the 2.5s.
Anyone using them? Any comments?

FatStudio · 26th February 2007, 06:44 AM

Hay

I tried them and went for the S3

They just have better balance (hi/mid/lo).

u b k · 26th February 2007, 07:37 AM

agreed, the 3a's are in another universe entirely, and it's a beautiful universe. top to bottom freq perfection, insane imaging, uncanny translation.

the 2.5's are a huge step down, and sound nothing like their big brothers. imho, in this price range there are much better performing/sounding options.

gregoire
del
ubk
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AB3 · 26th February 2007, 03:10 PM

Thanks. This was very helpful.

Jack Pettit · 26th February 2007, 04:27 PM

I listened to all of them.

I liked the S2.5's better
Rupert Neve picked a pair of S2.5's just after I did at AES San Francisco.

beats workin' · 26th February 2007, 04:53 PM

the 2.5 and 3 are just very different sounding speakers, with the 2.5 being more in the camp of the A7, sound-wise. i auditioned all three a little while ago and got the 3s because i felt, for ME, they would make a better mix tool. You really have to hear them for yourself and see how your ears judge them. i found the 2.5 to be a bit "hi-fi" sounding, with more bloom in the bass and with the tweeter point slid up a few k from the s3a. since i was coming off 10 years on 1031s i went for the s3a which are less flattering but much more revealing and unified in the full frequency spectrum than the 2.5. it can be helpful to think of speaker brands as a families of sound. you know, genelecs sound like this, adams sound like that, jbl has this sonic signature. that being said, i think adam speakers are all very good mix tools- you just have to learn them.

PS. after a month of working on the adams, i am stupified at how much better my mixes sound. it was immediate and dramatic. whoa.
david

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26th February 2007, 12:20 AM	#1
AB3 Lives for gear Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 1,999	Adams S2.5s users? Comments Do not seem to be many comments on the 2.5s. Anyone using them? Any comments?

26th February 2007, 06:44 AM	#2
FatStudio Gear nut Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Israel Posts: 129	Hay I tried them and went for the S3 They just have better balance (hi/mid/lo). __________________ *********** Fat Studio* *************

26th February 2007, 07:37 AM	#3
u b k Lives for gear Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: m a n h a t t a n Posts: 5,574	agreed, the 3a's are in another universe entirely, and it's a beautiful universe. top to bottom freq perfection, insane imaging, uncanny translation. the 2.5's are a huge step down, and sound nothing like their big brothers. imho, in this price range there are much better performing/sounding options. gregoire del ubk . __________________ . . m i x _ a r c h i t e c t . . __________________

26th February 2007, 04:27 PM	#5
Jack Pettit Gear addict Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Reno Nevada Posts: 313	I listened to all of them. I liked the S2.5's better Rupert Neve picked a pair of S2.5's just after I did at AES San Francisco. __________________ Jack P

26th February 2007, 03:10 PM	#4
AB3 Lives for gear Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 1,999	Thanks. This was very helpful.

26th February 2007, 04:53 PM	#6
beats workin' Gear addict Join Date: May 2004 Location: New York City Posts: 481	the 2.5 and 3 are just very different sounding speakers, with the 2.5 being more in the camp of the A7, sound-wise. i auditioned all three a little while ago and got the 3s because i felt, for ME, they would make a better mix tool. You really have to hear them for yourself and see how your ears judge them. i found the 2.5 to be a bit "hi-fi" sounding, with more bloom in the bass and with the tweeter point slid up a few k from the s3a. since i was coming off 10 years on 1031s i went for the s3a which are less flattering but much more revealing and unified in the full frequency spectrum than the 2.5. it can be helpful to think of speaker brands as a families of sound. you know, genelecs sound like this, adams sound like that, jbl has this sonic signature. that being said, i think adam speakers are all very good mix tools- you just have to learn them. PS. after a month of working on the adams, i am stupified at how much better my mixes sound. it was immediate and dramatic. whoa. david

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