Passive Dynaudio BM5 vs. Active KRK RP6

Mitch Lowen · 31st January 2006

Yes yes y'all,

Aight. I use Dynaudio BM5's w/ a Samson Server 100 pre-amp.
I'm thinking of investing in new monitors.

My dillema:

The acoustics in my room suck. See picture.

I'm going to work on 'fixing' the problems with the acoustics tho. Curtain in front of the wall with the window. Speakersstands. Moving the mixer to exactly the middle of the wall. Couch opposite of speakers.

Now.. someone told me: the Dynaudio BM5's have more detail than the RP6's. My whole PROBLEM with the BM5's is the lack of detail. But.. it could be acoustic-related.

I do hear people saying 'active is better than passive'. Is this fact.

What do u guys think??

Wally · 10th September 2008

the rp6's are good and the mixes on them translate very well to other systems get some kind of frequency response test of ur room to see where u have tostart working and i see the walls have nothing on it at all so it mean u have lots of reverb ?
when u scream in ur room can u hear some kind of echo or it sounds dry

31st January 2006	#1
Mitch Lowen Gear nut Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 138 Thread Starter	Passive Dynaudio BM5 vs. Active KRK RP6 Yes yes y'all, Aight. I use Dynaudio BM5's w/ a Samson Server 100 pre-amp. I'm thinking of investing in new monitors. My dillema: The acoustics in my room suck. See picture. I'm going to work on 'fixing' the problems with the acoustics tho. Curtain in front of the wall with the window. Speakersstands. Moving the mixer to exactly the middle of the wall. Couch opposite of speakers. Now.. someone told me: the Dynaudio BM5's have more detail than the RP6's. My whole PROBLEM with the BM5's is the lack of detail. But.. it could be acoustic-related. I do hear people saying 'active is better than passive'. Is this fact. What do u guys think?? __________________ Mitch Lowen DAVEYG.NL

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Wally Gear maniac Joined: Aug 2008 Posts: 235	the rp6's are good and the mixes on them translate very well to other systems get some kind of frequency response test of ur room to see where u have tostart working and i see the walls have nothing on it at all so it mean u have lots of reverb ? when u scream in ur room can u hear some kind of echo or it sounds dry