Originally Posted by idylldon

Just hope you don't need service.

https://www.gearslutz.com/board/moan-...vice-ever.html

Cheers,
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Don

Originally Posted by Ermz

I bought a second hand set of ASP8s directly from Rode. After telling them the speakers were mismatched they offered to freight the monitors interstate and service them for me, for free.

Originally Posted by Prod_Room

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Same HF when A/B'd against Genelec/PMC

Originally Posted by MatsonMusicBox

They are self-noisy a bit - my only complaint. .

Originally Posted by jamesblond

The lack of clarity and presence of the midrange, could very well be the responsibility of the Presonus Central Station and the lack of distortion of the Opals. Presonus isn't exactly hi-end gear...

Originally Posted by Marogru

Hi.

I just got opals in my studio today.
So far I have worked on events sp8 combined with jbl lsr 6312.
Not thinking much I connected them to my sub, cutted 80Hz and turned them on.
This is my system that is working for me so I decided to throw them on the exact position that my next monitors will go.
At first I was stunned with the details and the space but then I felt them a little fatiguing.
So, I turned down the highshelf a bit and noticed that I didn't switch the tweeters horizontaly.
After those 2 tweeks I was satysfied with the sound.
I decided to tweek 2 mixes with them I was working on the other day and then I WAS STUNNED.
I did corrections to the mix in 30% of the time I would normally spend with no effort and the mixes ware locked.
Now the main test:
My car, highway home, set of ears and 80% of what the speakers can handle (These ware heavy bass mixes, club music)
The mixes are done, I going to sleep well, I think it over a week further but as far as I know right now, I'm not giving them back.

So far I tried Dynaudio air 15
and Adams s3xh
both sent back to the distributors.
These are +- half the price and worked much better in my CR.

Originally Posted by jayman

Here's a different opinion about the midrange in a mix review:

Event Opal Studio Monitors Review in Mix magazine product review of the Event Opal Studio Monitors

"Traditionally the Achilles’ heel in most two-way designs, Opals’ excellent midrange definition and detail made a huge difference when working with vocals, letting me clearly hear nuances in mic/preamp selections when tracking or making subtle signal processing decisions in the mix. And piano/flute/violin session playbacks showcased the invisibility of the crossover point, which was totally seamless. The balance between lows, mids and upper-end was spot-on—at any level—so mixing on Opals was an absolute pleasure. Thanks to the low-distortion performance, there was almost no hearing fatigue, even over long listening periods. You can mix on these for days on end."

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I have Opals here and I'm loving them. Not having any problem with the midrange. It's hard for me to believe that anyone would complain about the midrange on these. In fact, a producer/engineer friend was here yesterday and he couldn't get over the midrange detail. Same for me. My ugly mixes definitely sound ugly on the opals.

To each, his own. I suppose someone who is used to mixing on NS10s or maybe even Mackies wouldn't like the Opals. I don't particularly like forward mid-range... to me, it's not as musical. But, I'm producing a lot more than I'm mixing. I suppose if you're mixing a lot, forward midrange might be preferable. I wouldn't go by one guys opinion on the Opals though, and I def. wouldn't let it keep you from doing your own audition.

My only beef with the Opals is the self noise. I had Barefoot MM27s here before the Opals and of course they're dead quiet. The Opals aren't. I'm getting a white noise kind of thing and it's annoying when I'm used to zero noise.

Originally Posted by houseofhits

I found out shortly afterwards from a former employee that the product development involved primarily measurement, precious little listening.