living sounds
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So I'm going to buy a set of new monitors for my small-ish but well-treated room. Already got a Sub, so they don't need to be big. I've nailed it down to either the new Neumann KH 120 or the Acoustic Energy AE-22 01 + Hypex amp modules. The Neumans are active, sport a superbly flat frequency plot and offer room correction EQ. The AE have superior time domain response (they are designated as 'modern' NS-10), the frequency plot isn't so flat but designed to fit a meterbridge setup well (which is how I would use them anyway) and offer no means of room correction. The Hypex modules are supposedly far better amps than any small-ish AB type inbuild ones could reasonably expected to be, and the signal path would be significantly shorter (just a quality op amp, the digital amp and then a few passive components in the speaker). The Neumann is a proven and very well-designed package though...
I haven't heard and won't be able to try either configuration here in my studio first, so any input would be great! Thanks!
I haven't heard and won't be able to try either configuration here in my studio first, so any input would be great! Thanks!