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Review: Focal Twin 6 Studio Monitors (pg. 3)
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| Eric J |
| quote: | Originally posted by sot
jeezus
for 3grand for a pair, they better be nothing short of amazing.
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Trust me, they are. Totally different league. |
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| palm |
| knowing focal jmlab hifi from before im surpriced they doesnt cost more. |
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| alanzo |
| Just bought me a lightly used pair @ $2,200. Should get here in about a week.... going to pair them with an Apogee Mini-DAC. Upgrading from HR824s as well. |
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| Eric J |
| quote: | Originally posted by alanzo
Just bought me a lightly used pair @ $2,200. Should get here in about a week.... going to pair them with an Apogee Mini-DAC. Upgrading from HR824s as well. |
Hopefully you'll love them as much as I do. Let us know how you like them once you get them. |
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| palm |
| quote: | Originally posted by alanzo
Just bought me a lightly used pair @ $2,200. Should get here in about a week.... going to pair them with an Apogee Mini-DAC. Upgrading from HR824s as well. |
didnt u just recently get the mackies? ur upgrading pretty fast man |
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| Magnus |
| quote: | Originally posted by palm
didnt u just recently get the mackies? ur upgrading pretty fast man |
I don't blame him. I just sold my HR824s on Craigslist and was only able to get $550 for the pair but they just never worked right for me personally. I'm excited to be moving on to something better. |
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| Eric J |
| quote: | Originally posted by palm
didnt u just recently get the mackies? ur upgrading pretty fast man |
Personally, I don't blame him one bit. I bought into the hype and saw the Mackies in a lot of producers studios, but as soon as I got them, I was looking for something better. They might work for some people, but they just did not work for me. I see two camps with the Mackies, those who love them, and those who can;t understand why people like them. I guess some of us fell into the latter camp. |
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| alanzo |
I got the HR824s a year ago and did about 3 tracks on them. Overall, I can understand why people like them. The imaging is pretty damn good and they sound very "musical" and "commercial". Like a good pair of audiophile speakers. But I simply had a hard time picking out detail in the mids with them. Transfers to other systems went well. But I sold them today for $200 less than I paid (including all selling / shipping fees).
After seeing the deal for the Focals ($1,000 off retail) I figured, why the hell not just skip a step and get monitors of this quality earlier than I was planning. I highly doubt I'll ever get anything that is higher quality and HOPE I never feel the need to get a different pair of monitors of equal or lower quality as a 2nd reference.
Within my reasonable financial and physical space limitations, I'm never going to get a pair of monitors that are higher quality. And that's a good feeling and I'm very confident it will lead to some very good music. |
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| Magnus |
| 3 of us right in a row getting rid of the HR824s. Makes me a feel a lot better actually because I felt maybe something was wrong with me because they are hyped up so much. |
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| DJ RANN |
It seems like the focals, although in a different price bracket, are becoming the new industry standard.....
Alanzo - I thought I saw another forum that you had already bought a miniDAC and were really not happy with the lack of improvement over your existing interface and sent it straight back? :conf: |
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| alanzo |
| quote: | Originally posted by DJ RANN
Alanzo - I thought I saw another forum that you had already bought a miniDAC and were really not happy with the lack of improvement over your existing interface and sent it straight back? :conf: |
Right. On AudioPioneers and Anjunabeats. I did return the Mini-DAC, but I'm getting another one. Three reasons:
1. On $3,200 monitors, it's definitely a good idea to use a high-quality DAC.
2. I would have to put an unbalanced signal into the Focals from my Audiophile.
3. There definitely is a difference, I heard it even on the HR824s. I'm sure it's even more audible on the Twin6s. |
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| DJ RANN |
| quote: | Originally posted by alanzo
Right. On AudioPioneers and Anjunabeats. I did return the Mini-DAC, but I'm getting another one. Three reasons:
1. On $3,200 monitors, it's definitely a good idea to use a high-quality DAC.
2. I would have to put an unbalanced signal into the Focals from my Audiophile.
3. There definitely is a difference, I heard it even on the HR824s. I'm sure it's even more audible on the Twin6s. |
Oh.....that's it - I didn't realize you had a 2496 as your soundcard, and yes the will be world of difference on the focals between the miniDAC and the 2496.
Congrats by the way.....now where do I get a couple of grand from...:whip: |
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