As it turns out, I really like my M-AUDIO BX8a boxes. When I first brought them in, I was not at all sure about them. I was so used to my AMR 3 ways, and then I used old JBL,s for loud tracking/demo mixing when I first got to this room..
The BX8's image great [the sweet spot is huge for instance},, they don't change drastically when I move my chair in and out, side to side and so on.. At first, I thought the bottom end was to loud.. NO! It turns out that I finally have monitors that allow me to nail the bottom right off the bat. I also though there was a bit of a hole in them around 1-k.. Again, I have a different idea about them now. Other monitors seem to rip my head of in the mid range now.
I mixed on the AMR's for many many years so I was bummed when they were ruined in an attempted robbery. {I still might fix them, but can I mix on them now?}
I like these M-AUDIO boxes way better than the Mack's a lot of guys have.. The fact that I didn't like them at first but now find my mixes translate better and I can hear things I couldn't before {at least not as well} tell me I made a wise choice here.. Oh, you can play rockin' piano through them all day and not hurt them. I do this a lot ;-}.. Check them out. I dig them..
Ivan..........