Eve sc205 vs adam a5x vs adam a7x

[Nathn]

Just contacted another shop and they said for my room size I shouldn't be looking at anything over 6inch..

Help would be much appreciated here.

Cheers.

[Kcatthedog]

Essentially the smaller bass speaker puts out less bass energy and in a small room that should sound clearer. If you don't need the low bass, you should be fine.

You can treat your room with sound absorbtion to absorb energy check out articles at real traps.

Listen again and see if the 7s don't sound more open. Were all the speaker control's set flat.

Eve's are made by an original partner of the adam company

Kcat

[Nathn]

I'm looking at doing dance/electronic music.

Noticed in the EVE and ADAM that the 5 inch were just more crisp sounding.

[Kcatthedog]

well maybe start with a set of speakers with a smaller driver like the a5x adn if you are not happy with the bass get a sub.

remember that if you get a sub it takes the lower bass out of the main speakers and that helps them reproduce the mid bass and midrange more clearly.

also, if you bought in stages this would give you a chance to let the new speakers burn in and give you a change to get to know them and then decide if you really need more bass or not

finally the new less expensive adam f series and new sub are available now too

you could get the speakers and the sub for a between about the price of the a5x's.

kcat

[EL_HERALDO]

what do you mean with clarity of vocals? more midforward?

[jonstatt]

I am not sure I agree with the concept that you "shouldn't" go with a larger speaker in a smaller room. The whole point of monitors is that they are fairly flat in response with no particular frequency accentuated. The aspect of room modes, resonances and other acoustic issues is not related to speaker size. It is ONLY related to reproduced frequencies and speaker positioning. Since the chances are that you would place the speakers the same distance from the wall or room boundaries regardless of size, that point is also mute. So the larger the speaker the deeper its frequency response is likely to be. When evaluating a mix etc, you want to be able to reproduce as much of the recorded frequencies as possible. So you want bass extension. A monitor should provide bass extension without the typical hi-fi speaker response of exaggerating the bass. Of course the more bass response you have the more room interactions you also entail, but once again this is not a factor of room size, but simply "the room". I directly audtioned the Adam A7X against the Eve 207 and prefererred the Eves because they had more presence and a better stereo image. I also compared with the Focal 65s and felt they had the most purity (uncoloured sound), but of course they are even more expensive. I particularly like the fact that all of the controls on the Eve are on the front. I always hated having to move my monitors to make adjustments at the back. I think comparing the Eve 205 against the A7X isn't quite right as the 205 driver size will limit the bass extension compared to the A7X.