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I'm like 3 days away from just pulling the trigger on a pair of Adam A7V's or Focal Shape 65's. Talk me out of one or the other.

Kniferide wrote: Sun Mar 24, 2024 9:27 pm I'm like 3 days away from just pulling the trigger on a pair of Adam A7V's or Focal Shape 65's. Talk me out of one or the other.

I can't talk you out of getting A7V's

Are A7V’s the room correction buggers though?

llllllllllllllllllll wrote: Tue Mar 26, 2024 7:20 pm Are A7V’s the room correction buggers though?

Yes but that doesn't mean you would have to use it. I wouldn't.

Mickey242 wrote: Tue Mar 26, 2024 7:25 pm

llllllllllllllllllll wrote: Tue Mar 26, 2024 7:20 pm Are A7V’s the room correction buggers though?

Yes but that doesn't mean you would have to use it. I wouldn't.

I get it, I just wonder how much that stuff factors into the price.

TMOOI on those monitors. All I got really is the price. IDK if I could ever justify spending that kind of money on monitors. I'm not an audiophile, I don't have the best ears. But I have gone back and listened to albums I mixed on the crappy Alesis Monitor Ones I used 25 years ago when I didn't know any better and they still sound totally fine to me.

You probably haven't ruined your hearing like I have and can maybe hear differences and subtleties I miss.

llllllllllllllllllll wrote: Tue Mar 26, 2024 7:29 pm

Mickey242 wrote: Tue Mar 26, 2024 7:25 pm

llllllllllllllllllll wrote: Tue Mar 26, 2024 7:20 pm Are A7V’s the room correction buggers though?

Yes but that doesn't mean you would have to use it. I wouldn't.

I get it, I just wonder how much that stuff factors into the price.

I wont be using the built in room correction I wish they made a zero DSP version that was a little cheaper, but they don't. It's been a race between these, the Focal Shape 65, and the Neumann KH120 and I'm upgrading from Adam T7V's (left side keeps turning off for no reason) so I figured I'd just go with the Adams. I know they are silly expensive, but its sort of a Treat Myself moment that I've saved up for over the last year, and since I've been completely done buying guitars and amps, probably forever, its a thing to spend fliff on. I've been fighting with monitors for the last few years (one speaker or the other dying, sound weird in my tiny space, just cheap bad monitors) so I'm just going for it.

Happy Shape 65 owner here. Never tried the Adams FWIW.

losthighway wrote: Wed Mar 27, 2024 6:03 pm Happy Shape 65 owner here. Never tried the Adams FWIW.

Man I just cannot decide between the two. Low end is an issue in my room cause its like 9X8" so the passive radiators might be helpful. On the other hand, I've always really liked the Adam mid/highs and have read a few things about unreliable auto On of the Focals. The Focals do look a hell of a lot better though. Adams look like a Gi Joe ninja suit.

Kniferide wrote: Wed Mar 27, 2024 6:15 pm

losthighway wrote: Wed Mar 27, 2024 6:03 pm Happy Shape 65 owner here. Never tried the Adams FWIW.

Man I just cannot decide between the two. Low end is an issue in my room cause its like 9X8" so the passive radiators might be helpful. On the other hand, I've always really liked the Adam mid/highs and have read a few things about unreliable auto On of the Focals. The Focals do look a hell of a lot better though. Adams look like a Gi Joe ninja suit.

The auto on is no problem with the Focals. Maybe there are lemons out there, but I think their qc is pretty good. Not a ton of lows on them. I can hear what the kick and bass guitar are doing but real sub, synth type stuff is a little more guess work/ counting on mastering to cover my ass.