Adams T8V vs Focal 65evo

Started by Del, Aug 23, 2022, 06:58 AM

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Del

First off thank you John (ugawoga) for your help it is much appreciated.

Hopefully this weekend I will be auditioning the Adams T8V and The Focal 6EVO Studio Monitors, I will be buying one or the other, the Adams are around £378 - £412 pair the Focal are £530 pair with stands
There is a comparison on youtube between adams T7V & the Focal and there was not much difference.
I have ruled out Yamaha HS8 and as I do not go gigging I have ruled out the Yamaha stagepas 400BT although that seems a nice addition if I was to go gigging in small venues.

Hopefully I will come back here and let you know what monitors I have bought.
The next purchase will be the new Genos when it comes out  :-\

mikf

Del
Not sure where you are in your final decision, but since you are looking at quite high end, thought I would throw in that the best studio monitors I have heard are my brother's Genelec. They are best described as being in the 'wow, what a sound' range,  especially on vocals. Not sure about the price though so maybe they are outside your budget.
Mike
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Del

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Hi Mike thanks for your Genelec mention yes they are a nice sounding speaker (8030) would be the one to go for but they are £995 paired with stands. I was a bit hard pushed to go to £530 for the focals but they both are quality monitors and at the moment the focals are winning in budget for the sound. This is a mine field and I guess I have to listen to them all and choose what pleases my ears, where I will be going to audition them  the company seem to have genelec, focal and adams to try out on a Genos so will find out on Sunday

mikf

Looking at the specs his are quite a lot bigger than the 8030, and I think they may be the the 8050 or maybe whatever preceded them because I know they are at least 7 years old. I didn't realize how expensive these speakers  were although he did tell me his two Neumann mics cost thousands.
His whole studio is a top level work of art, and unfortunately he passed away last year. His wife is reluctant to change anything, so it just all sits there, unused.
Mike
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Del

Sorry to hear of your loss Mike, that's a shame that the studio will be left as it is but people grieve in many ways.
The Genelec's can be crazy money the Genelec 8361 AP is over £4K that is just for one, there are other makes like ATC a pair of ATC SCM100A Pro cost around £15K which makes my purchase ridiculously cheap. I currently am using the TRS-MS05 speakers that came with the Tyros 5, and it's time for an upgrade, so as I am nearing to getting a second keyboard I want to remove the satellite speakers from the Tyros so the second keyboard can sit closer above it.