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KRK Rokit 10-3 G3... Anyone?

Me Tarzan

Me Tarzan

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Seriously considering picking up a pair of KRK Rokit 10-3 G3's without auditioning based on reviews alone. They will be replacing a Frankensystem that sounds pretty damn good to me but too big for the room (12x14) and not good for mixing. All sources will be digital (computer usb, mixer usb, optical) fed into Emotiva XDA-1 DAC balanced out to KRK's. Currently the XDA balanced runs to Soundcraftsman 2502 feeding Infinity RS6000's stacked upside down on top of a pair of Toby speakers powered by a Cambridge integrated from the XDA unbalanced out. Definitely a wall of sound for the small room, and I would like to keep it loud but clean up the sound and free up some floor space. These speakers would end up being used as daily listening speakers at least 75% of the time with 25% going to mixing/recording duty. Just about every review for these speakers agree that you can do no better for the price, about $885 delivered is best I can find. Extremely loud, extremely clean and accurate, so they say, but can't find a place to audition. Anyone had a chance to use the KRK 10-3's for a while or even have a listen? Would be nice to hear the 35hz in person but close to just chancing it.


Tweeter: 1" Neodymium Soft Dome Tweeter
Mid Frequency Driver: 4" Glass Aramid Composite Midrange
Low Frequency Driver: 10" Glass Aramid Composite Woofer
Frequency Response: 35 Hz - 25 kHz +/- 2dB
SPL: 113dB max
Dimensions (H x W x D): 21.2" x 12.7" x 14.3" / 54 cm x 32.5 cm x 36.5 cm
Weight: 46 lb. / 20.8 kg

Amplifier
Power rating: 140W RMS
Signal to noise: 98dB
T.H.D: .08%
Input impedance: 10kohm
Balanced: 10kohm
Unbalanced: TBD

Crossover
LF-MF: 400 Hz
MF-HF: 3.75 kHz

Input:
XLR (3-pin)
RCA & 1/4" TRS
Power In: IEC mains connector
System volume control: -30db to +6db
Power indicator: illuminated front logo
LF adjust: - 2dB / -1dB / 0 / +2dB
HF adjust: -2dB / -1dB / 0 / +1dB
 
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Last ditch bump on the off chance someone has experience with these 10's... Special order only at Guitar Center. Seems no one stocks these big mid-fields that can be used as near-fields and supposedly shake the ground all while delivering clean, pure sound ha.
 
I get they sound quite good, but I too have not heard them. Can you return them if you don't like them? Looks like Amazon may have some.
 
Yah Amazon has free returns but price is $115 higher than zZounds. I really don't need reviews from folks here I guess, would just be good to hear from someone other than DJ's and rappers ha. Will go with all of the other studio reviews out there who seem to gush about them from top to bottom. Worst review I can find is from a high-end recording company who gave them 4/5. Biggest warning I read over and over is they might be too big for my room but I think I could control that with a few panels. I WANT BIG!
 
Me Tarzan said:
Seriously considering picking up a pair of KRK Rokit 10-3 G3's without auditioning based on reviews alone. They will be replacing a Frankensystem that sounds pretty damn good to me but too big for the room (12x14) and not good for mixing. All sources will be digital (computer usb, mixer usb, optical) fed into Emotiva XDA-1 DAC balanced out to KRK's. Currently the XDA balanced runs to Soundcraftsman 2502 feeding Infinity RS6000's stacked upside down on top of a pair of Toby speakers powered by a Cambridge integrated from the XDA unbalanced out. Definitely a wall of sound for the small room, and I would like to keep it loud but clean up the sound and free up some floor space. These speakers would end up being used as daily listening speakers at least 75% of the time with 25% going to mixing/recording duty. Just about every review for these speakers agree that you can do no better for the price, about $885 delivered is best I can find. Extremely loud, extremely clean and accurate, so they say, but can't find a place to audition. Anyone had a chance to use the KRK 10-3's for a while or even have a listen? Would be nice to hear the 35hz in person but close to just chancing it.


Tweeter: 1" Neodymium Soft Dome Tweeter
Mid Frequency Driver: 4" Glass Aramid Composite Midrange
Low Frequency Driver: 10" Glass Aramid Composite Woofer
Frequency Response: 35 Hz - 25 kHz +/- 2dB
SPL: 113dB max
Dimensions (H x W x D): 21.2" x 12.7" x 14.3" / 54 cm x 32.5 cm x 36.5 cm
Weight: 46 lb. / 20.8 kg

Amplifier
Power rating: 140W RMS
Signal to noise: 98dB
T.H.D: .08%
Input impedance: 10kohm
Balanced: 10kohm
Unbalanced: TBD

Crossover
LF-MF: 400 Hz
MF-HF: 3.75 kHz

Input:
XLR (3-pin)
RCA & 1/4" TRS
Power In: IEC mains connector
System volume control: -30db to +6db
Power indicator: illuminated front logo
LF adjust: - 2dB / -1dB / 0 / +2dB
HF adjust: -2dB / -1dB / 0 / +1dB
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What type of material would you be monitoring with them?
 
Poinzy said:
What type of material would you be monitoring with them?
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I have a small home bedroom studio, Zoom 16 to Sonar to DAC to maybe these monitors... Acoustic/Electric/Bass/Keys/Vocals whatever.
Hoping some new monitors will get me inspired to do more recording. Other than that I will be "monitoring" my daily listening (All digital signals through DAC) from classical to metal and all points in between. Growing tired of my big setup and would like to use less space but still have potential to shake the walls if the mood calls for it. From what I read these speakers fit the bill.

nfafan said:
Not that it matters, but pretty sure my local "Guitar Center" carries these.
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My local Guitar Center, and any in the area (they checked) only sells up to the 8" 2-way version. The 3-way is supposed to be a beast but one mans beast is another mans burden ha.
 
they are fine monitors. spent a couple hours a while back listening to a friends mixes of jazz trio in his home studio on those. of course there are better monitors and the midbass is a little warm for my taste

sounds like a good deal on those. probably go for it.
 
Well I went ahead and ordered them suckers. Should be in stock and delivered around mid April. Didn't hurt that the sales guy had recently demo'ed them and was planning on purchasing a pair soon. Yah yah they tell that to everyone, but sounded to me like he threw a lot of different music at them and they pulled their weight. Hope I am pleased. :)
 
The KRK 10-3's showed up yesterday so I tore down my Frankensystem and hooked them up to the Emotiva XDA-1 DAC fed Spotify by USB. Though I knew the measurements of the 10-3's I was not prepared for the actual physical size being so large. Fine by me and a couple padded bar stools put the tweets and mids and just the right height for my listening chair at near-range and fine for the couch further back at mid-range. The KRK's are definitely a different listening experience for me. I have been cycling through all kinds of music and testing the limits and range of them for the last 4 hours today. With the volume at max and low/high at 0db they have handled crazy bass at max volume and clean highs. Pretty easy to listen to but if anything got painful it was the midrange on a couple recordings, maybe it was the trumpet piecing through on some crazy Mike Patton collaboration. After 4 hours of abuse they got pretty warm on the back but not too hot to touch. As expected, some stuff sounded really great and some stuff was pretty bleak. I do think if you can get a good mix on these things it will translate well to most systems, will try that soon. So I guess I am glad I went with the 10-3's instead of a pair of 8-2's with a 10" sub.
 
listening to studio monitors loudly is not done in studios except to occasionally impress clients.:rolleyes:

your speakers were designed to bring up subtleties not peel paint!:D

try extended listening sessions at normal volumes.;)
 
How do they do with rock? I like to use "I Saw Her Standing There" off "Please Please Me"

Then there is the Thap Test track, "Vogue" by Madonna. That can punish many woofers at full volume. Bass drum versus the complex low bass line.

And of course, Metallica.
 
There was one old rock song that got the woofers fluttering, can't remember what it was, might have been Fleetwood Mac Green Manaleshi, but I think it was just a detail I had never experienced. Bassnectar's Basshead no problems at full volume. Listened to a lot of Beatles but will go try the songs you suggest, wife gonna have a WTF moment when Vogue starts blasting.
 
Both Beatles songs had me craving some mono ha. I consider myself overly sensitive to mids and usually shelf them down a tad in general, but that is one thing I like about the KRK's, the mids aren't blaring. Well I didn't think they were until "I Saw Her Standing There", not as flat as I remembered but the song became all about the solo, I guess because it was in both channels. "Please Please Me", same thing, a little too rich in the mids for my taste but I have never listened to either of those songs at loud levels. I didn't have them cranking, maybe a little louder than I would mix. I forgot how much they did with 4 tracks back then, it sounded really well mixed for as much as they had going on. And then there is my small, untreated room with hard angles in strange places... When I put on "Vogue" it was as if the speakers were designed for that song. I cranked it (lol) and felt like the bass was in front of me at my feet while the symphony of everything else swirled around. Cops haven't showed up yet. I wish I could remember the song that had the woofers stressing, now that I think about it, it might have been something on Dark Side of the Moon. Back to the Beatles, hats off to George Martin.
 
They are popular and do sound good, but also look into Alesis types and even Genelec's! I got some Beringers MS40's some time back, mirror imaged them and they have been working very well for about 5 years now. Sound great too.
DC
 
No I do not encounter the hiss problem you describe. In fact mine are dead silent before a source is introduced. It's almost like a built in noise-gate, could possibly be the DAC, but if I turn them on, hit play I can hear the gate fade off, usually right speaker then left, then music fades in quickly and smoothly and does not happen again until system is shut down and signal introduced. I will listen for hiss tomorrow more closely and I haven't tried them with no audio cables connected.
 
The thing I really notice on "I Saw Her Standing There" is they way you can really distinguish George's playing/picking during the versus. If you can't really hear every note clearly he plays, then there is likely a problem in the transition between woofer and midrange, or the woofer/mid isn't that good.
 
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