Quested S8 vs ProAc Studio 100

[AlexGold]

I use Quested S7 and Yamaha NS10+Quad 405 now. Should i change Quested S7 to ProAc Studio 100 with good quality amp, or to Quested S8?Are drivers used in Proac Studio 100 the same as in Quested S8? What do you think about quality of Quested S7 and S8?

[AlexGold]

help!!!!

[brendondp]

Originally Posted by AlexGold

I use Quested S7 and Yamaha NS10+Quad 405 now. Should i change Quested S7 to ProAc Studio 100 with good quality amp, or to Quested S8?Are drivers used in Proac Studio 100 the same as in Quested S8? What do you think about quality of Quested S7 and S8?

Alex,

I can't really answer your question directly, but can give you some anecdotal advice if that helps.

I owned Studio 100's for a couple of years and there a couple of things based on my experience that I'd say that are essential for would-be Studio 100 buyers.

1) Don't skimp on amplification. You need good, clean current delivery to get hold of the mid-bass driver that can otherwise sound wooly and soft if under-fed.

2) Don't skimp on stands. Big, fat, mass-loaded stands work best. A pile of old chemistry books won't cut it and exacerbate the tendency to wooly, soft mid-bass response.

3) Don't use them up against a wall. Everything that's great about them will be compromised, including their imaging and midrange (true for many speakers, though).

4) I really miss them, still. I think their strength is not so much that they do any one thing particularly well, but rather that their strengths and weaknesses are so well balanced that once you get to grips with them they enable you to monitor and mix in an incredibly un-fussy and intuitive way. Which is to say, they translate really well across a hugely diverse range of applications without needing to "work around" their flaws and second guess what you're doing.

Having said that, I did go to ATC SCM10A's which were different again, and though they saved the issue of not being able to afford the amplification for the ProAc's (the ATC's were active), the ATC's never had the effortless charm the ProAc's possessed.

I certainly think you could do worse. But then, I've never heard the Quested's.

Good luck.

[themaidsroom]

i have had pro ac studio 100's for about three years.
i sold the genelecs
i sold the ns10's

so many other engineers would bring them here, and it was less work to
just have them set up

they sound great
they are very true to what gets heard outside
they are easy on the ears for long days.

i have a hafler amp that is fine
i have two monoblock tube amps being built at this time to
replace the hafler.
what sounded best to me were mcintosh tube amps. - i don't have the
cash for these right now.


be well


- jack

[Tranxformer]

Originally Posted by themaidsroom

i have had pro ac studio 100's for about three years.
i sold the genelecs
i sold the ns10's

so many other engineers would bring them here, and it was less work to
just have them set up

they sound great
they are very true to what gets heard outside
they are easy on the ears for long days.

i have a hafler amp that is fine
i have two monoblock tube amps being built at this time to
replace the hafler.
what sounded best to me were mcintosh tube amps. - i don't have the
cash for these right now.


be well


- jack

What a lovely poem!

[StudioLogic]

The drivers in the Quested S7 and S8 are not the same as the Proacs.

[analogjeff]

To Alex, the OP...

what did you decide to do, and why did you want to switch from the S7's? I'm considering the S7's... good idea or not?

do you know the Quested H108's... better or not as good as the S7's?

thanks!