R/E/P => R/E/P Archives => Brad Blackwood => Topic started by: sui-city on May 04, 2004, 05:22:34 AM
Title: Brad, I know this is being discussed elsewhere, but..
Post by: sui-city on May 04, 2004, 05:22:34 AM
The Adam S3A's.
I read in the 802 thread that you had some issues with them, positioning in the room, etc.
Are you mastering some stuff through these? How are they sounding?
Title: Re: Brad, I know this is being discussed elsewhere, but..
Post by: bblackwood on May 04, 2004, 09:09:14 AM
No, I've never liked them. They sound 'dis-jointed' to me.
At some point someone will make a speaker I like better than the N802, but for now, it's the clear choice for me...
Title: Re: Brad, I know this is being discussed elsewhere, but..
Post by: lucey on May 07, 2004, 10:42:18 AM
bblackwood wrote on Tue, 04 May 2004 08:09
No, I've never liked them. They sound 'dis-jointed' to me.
Fair enough ... yet an ironic opinion, as the B+W line is known for it's forward midrange. (Last I heard, Abbey Road is not using the B+W's that are sent there regularly ... just to present to counterpoint.)
The S3A is a great mixing monitor, yet it's not a mastering monitor, by design. The S4Va would be a more fair comparison.
Title: Re: Brad, I know this is being discussed elsewhere, but..
Post by: Waylon on May 08, 2004, 10:50:31 PM
IIRC, Brad wa referring to the S4s in the origianll post... sorry If I am misquoting here....
Title: Re: Brad, I know this is being discussed elsewhere, but..
Post by: bblackwood on May 14, 2004, 01:00:19 PM
You're not misquoting. But to be honest, I've heard 3-4 of the smaller ADAMs and felt they all had the same rather disjointed tweeter/midrange relationship. As a good friend said, "it sounds like the tweeters are 4 feet in front of the midranges..."
Title: Re: Brad, I know this is being discussed elsewhere, but..
Post by: jfrigo on May 14, 2004, 06:10:11 PM
bblackwood wrote on Fri, 14 May 2004 10:00
AS a good friend said, "it sounds like the tweeters are 4 feet in front of the midranges..."
You mean they're not? Oh well; the limitations of blind testing...