
#31
Remember guys, buying monitors is about your ears and listening environment.
Also worth note is manufacturer and build quality / reliability. Nothing worse than finding un matched character tones or one speaker being louder than the other, etc, etc. (i have noticed this with quite a few brands).
Genelec 8000 series monitors are nicely built, resonant free, and have good electronics on the back. They are well matched from speaker to speaker. I cannot say the same for the Mackie 824's.
Whilst demoing the 824's last year, one speaker (left) kept cutting out. The left speaker was replaced for a brand new boxed unit (to continue the demo) and it didnt even work. A very similar thing happened with the 624's, when one of the speakers power supply was dodgy and had to be held in place or else it switches off. Not very impressed.
Also worth note is manufacturer and build quality / reliability. Nothing worse than finding un matched character tones or one speaker being louder than the other, etc, etc. (i have noticed this with quite a few brands).
Genelec 8000 series monitors are nicely built, resonant free, and have good electronics on the back. They are well matched from speaker to speaker. I cannot say the same for the Mackie 824's.
Whilst demoing the 824's last year, one speaker (left) kept cutting out. The left speaker was replaced for a brand new boxed unit (to continue the demo) and it didnt even work. A very similar thing happened with the 624's, when one of the speakers power supply was dodgy and had to be held in place or else it switches off. Not very impressed.