Hi All... new to this board.... Need recommendation on purchasing small powered near field monitors for home based DAW.... I know perfect truth is not available for under 500 bucks a pair, but.......
It's between Event TR5 or TR6 and Yamaha HS50M, ??mAudio BX5a??
I borrowed a pair of Event TR5s which sounded great in my space (10' x 12' x 8' boxy room with some blankets, carpet, no special acoustic treatment or bass traps, workstation in a corner, monitors about 2' out from corner. Music sounded good, a sweep surprisingly did not find any huge bass resonances. Far better sound than a pair of paradigm bookshelf speakers powered by a nakamichi 70's-80's vintage receiver.
I have listened to yamaha and mAudio in recording rooms at pro audio dealers, and they all just sound different... maybe some better, some worse, but mainly just different...
I figure the show room audition will bear little resemblance to how a monitor behaves in my own space and that therefore the Events win because I heard them in my space, and that I should stop searching for that perfect dealer who has all three to AB (C!) them all because the winner in their space may not be the winner in mine. Am I wrong??
The rest of my stuff is a Mackie Onyx 1620, Mac G5 using Traction, recording predominantly acoustic guitar and voice, piano, bass, other acoustic instruments, won't be doing any rock.
Any thoughts from those who have done this will be appreciated