my old event 20/20bas vs s/h Genelec 1030a ?

SUPADUPA · 19th March 2005

should i do it .... upgrade my event 20/20bas for a second hand pair of
Genelec 1030a until i can afford adam's ? .........................................

Andreas G · 20th March 2005

hi supadupa,

the best way is to try out! ....beside the never ending monitor discussion, you should keep in mind that the most important factor is your roomacoustic. you may get a great mix with a cheaper monitorsystem in a good (linear) sounding room...but it´s much more harder to get an o.k.mix in a bad sounding room with even the best sounding monitors...because they´re simply not designed to compensate lacking roomacoustics...I can´t comment the adams...I never worked with them...but I know the genelecs: you can make a great mixes with them...it´s posible, but be careful, you should know how they act: they have a very strong monomid!!!! this "expensive" "right into your face" sound is very impressiv when you ´ll hear them for the first time. the problem is that you´ll here that only on genies...on most other systems you´ll here that the monomid is weak and reverbs/delays on vox is to loud (compared to your well balanced geniemix)...second thing is: to get such a strong monomid a designer has to "hype" the highfreqs...this may cause in dull mixes and even when you´ll have learned this mechanism, you always have to fight against an ears-tiredness....

o.k. ...I hope it helps a bit and didn´t confuse you to much

andreas

DivineMusic · 20th March 2005

i mix with 20/20's at the current time.. acoustic wise my room sucks but i work with it. its taken me quite some time to actually get use to the 20/20's but i have my ears trained to them now.
the gen1030's.. i've never been a fan of gens but in a room with good acoustics they will give you a good mix..
adams,event asp8's and dynaudio monitors i love... though dynaudio's are my #1
i say stick with what you have. if you switch right now you may need to get use to the gens... as Andreas said, they have a very strong monomid

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19th March 2005	#1
SUPADUPA Gear addict Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 350 Thread Starter	my old event 20/20bas vs s/h Genelec 1030a ? should i do it .... upgrade my event 20/20bas for a second hand pair of Genelec 1030a until i can afford adam's ? .........................................

20th March 2005	#2
Andreas G Lives for gear Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Germany Posts: 1,086	hi supadupa, the best way is to try out! ....beside the never ending monitor discussion, you should keep in mind that the most important factor is your roomacoustic. you may get a great mix with a cheaper monitorsystem in a good (linear) sounding room...but it´s much more harder to get an o.k.mix in a bad sounding room with even the best sounding monitors...because they´re simply not designed to compensate lacking roomacoustics...I can´t comment the adams...I never worked with them...but I know the genelecs: you can make a great mixes with them...it´s posible, but be careful, you should know how they act: they have a very strong monomid!!!! this "expensive" "right into your face" sound is very impressiv when you ´ll hear them for the first time. the problem is that you´ll here that only on genies...on most other systems you´ll here that the monomid is weak and reverbs/delays on vox is to loud (compared to your well balanced geniemix)...second thing is: to get such a strong monomid a designer has to "hype" the highfreqs...this may cause in dull mixes and even when you´ll have learned this mechanism, you always have to fight against an ears-tiredness.... o.k. ...I hope it helps a bit and didn´t confuse you to much andreas

20th March 2005	#3
DivineMusic Lives for gear Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Hotlanta Posts: 2,120	i mix with 20/20's at the current time.. acoustic wise my room sucks but i work with it. its taken me quite some time to actually get use to the 20/20's but i have my ears trained to them now. the gen1030's.. i've never been a fan of gens but in a room with good acoustics they will give you a good mix.. adams,event asp8's and dynaudio monitors i love... though dynaudio's are my #1 i say stick with what you have. if you switch right now you may need to get use to the gens... as Andreas said, they have a very strong monomid