bcampbe3 Posted September 17, 2009 Share Posted September 17, 2009 Is the difference between these two monitors that noticeable? I'm mainly working with orchestral sounds, if that helps with you answer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ski Posted September 17, 2009 Share Posted September 17, 2009 I remember checking them both out a while ago and they each have their own vibe. Suggest that you go to a Guitar Center or other music store with a CD or iPod with a couple of tracks. Get them to plug that into their system, and do an A/B. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qtruck Posted September 17, 2009 Share Posted September 17, 2009 Yes, the speakers are noticeably bigger on the 8's. (Sorry, couldn't resist) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamie8286 Posted September 17, 2009 Share Posted September 17, 2009 a friend of mine just bought a pair of the 8's the problem with them is the bass is very strange if they are near you say on a desk you carnt here the bass at all but if you stand at the very back of the room you can here the bass there. Some bass traps might fix it but im thinking more like you will want to run them with a sub Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JumpingInFire Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 I have the VXT6's and I experience the same bass problem. I'm sure a lot of it is my room but I would really like to have a sub. Other than that I am very happy with them. I just have to use headphones and the car to check my bass levels for now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nahmani Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 a friend of mine just bought a pair of the 8's the problem with them is the bass is very strange if they are near you say on a desk you carnt here the bass at all but if you stand at the very back of the room you can here the bass there. Some bass traps might fix it but im thinking more like you will want to run them with a sub Sounds like a problem with the room, not the speakers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamie8286 Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 Sounds like a problem with the room, not the speakers. They've been tested in a few rooms maybe something to do with them being front ported? also his older speakers where fine no bass problems at all in fact they where a bit bass heavy in the same rooms he had a pair of M-Audio BX8A Deluxe but these failed on him twice before the factory finally admitted there was a bad batch of these made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SculliD Posted September 19, 2009 Share Posted September 19, 2009 I've got the rokit8s no bass problems here. Peace, Kevin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nahmani Posted September 19, 2009 Share Posted September 19, 2009 They've been tested in a few rooms maybe something to do with them being front ported? also his older speakers where fine no bass problems at all in fact they where a bit bass heavy in the same rooms he had a pair of M-Audio BX8A Deluxe but these failed on him twice before the factory finally admitted there was a bad batch of these made. Bass is not directive, so a speaker cannot create more bass at one point in the room than at another point in the room. The problem is with the room, or with the placement of the speaker in the room. Maybe you have them too close to the wall? Speakers should generally be about 2 feet from the wall behind them, which is an issue for many smaller home studios. But it's normal, for any speaker in any room, to hear more bass when you're against a wall, or even more when you're in a corner or at a point where the floor meets the wall, or the wall meets the ceiling. Those positions in any room will reinforce the bass waveforms. I doubt it has anything to do with the speaker though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Mayfield Posted September 20, 2009 Share Posted September 20, 2009 They've been tested in a few rooms maybe something to do with them being front ported? also his older speakers where fine no bass problems at all in fact they where a bit bass heavy in the same rooms he had a pair of M-Audio BX8A Deluxe but these failed on him twice before the factory finally admitted there was a bad batch of these made. Bass is not directive, so a speaker cannot create more bass at one point in the room than at another point in the room. The problem is with the room, or with the placement of the speaker in the room. Maybe you have them too close to the wall? Speakers should generally be about 2 feet from the wall behind them, which is an issue for many smaller home studios. But it's normal, for any speaker in any room, to hear more bass when you're against a wall, or even more when you're in a corner or at a point where the floor meets the wall, or the wall meets the ceiling. Those positions in any room will reinforce the bass waveforms. I doubt it has anything to do with the speaker though. David is right; the acoustics of enclosed spaces are not simple. There's a lot more than meets the eye & ear. It's no coincidence that the acoustics textbook I use in the class I teach is over 500 pages long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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