FriedChicken
Active Member
Ever since I regrettably sold my old paradigms (monitor 9's) I've been in a sad state chasing down that glorious audio that I had.
I got the monitor 11's of the same generation, but they just lacked bass. Higher clarity, less room-filling capability. Then I got Polk Audio RTi A9's that had the bass that I sought, but everything else about them was a step down. In between I had some other newer pardigm's (I don't even know the model). Tiny little things that lacked that room-filling bass crescendo punch.
I just sold those, a few days ago, and now I have what might be the answer: a pair of Studio Monitor's.
I measured with the LCR meter, and the impedance across the different frequencies matches very well.
A visual inspection shows the tweeters needed new ferrofluid.... a decade ago:
Listening shows... incredible imaging. Just incredible. I placed them somewhat haphazardly in the room, but the imaging just fell right into place. Voice separation is also really good. The cabinets feel solid. The surrounds for the woofers are supple. There is no crackling....
The midbass seems... kind of unclear? The Monitor 9's I had felt "tight", solid, and confident. I suspect these need serious cranking, and I cannot do that immediately tonight.
Beyond the tweeters, I'm debating upgrading the now 30-year-old capacitors in the crossovers.
We'll see, I hope these can match the monitor's that I regrettably sold
I got the monitor 11's of the same generation, but they just lacked bass. Higher clarity, less room-filling capability. Then I got Polk Audio RTi A9's that had the bass that I sought, but everything else about them was a step down. In between I had some other newer pardigm's (I don't even know the model). Tiny little things that lacked that room-filling bass crescendo punch.
I just sold those, a few days ago, and now I have what might be the answer: a pair of Studio Monitor's.
I measured with the LCR meter, and the impedance across the different frequencies matches very well.
A visual inspection shows the tweeters needed new ferrofluid.... a decade ago:
Listening shows... incredible imaging. Just incredible. I placed them somewhat haphazardly in the room, but the imaging just fell right into place. Voice separation is also really good. The cabinets feel solid. The surrounds for the woofers are supple. There is no crackling....
The midbass seems... kind of unclear? The Monitor 9's I had felt "tight", solid, and confident. I suspect these need serious cranking, and I cannot do that immediately tonight.
Beyond the tweeters, I'm debating upgrading the now 30-year-old capacitors in the crossovers.
We'll see, I hope these can match the monitor's that I regrettably sold
