All user reviews of 4/5 for the ADAM Audio A5X

I was seduced by the idea of ​​the ribbon tweeter, and the vents in the front, because I already knew that I might find myself working in a very small room.
I use it in monitoring, for models and even for discs intended for marketing.
They are active and do not require amp output cable on the sound card, and presto! In my case it is a Reverend Fireface.

SOUNDS

There are so many speakers monitorings and more human ears to appreciate ...
I leave you with curves and other graphics, and speak in subjective terms, mine.
They are only worth what they are worth, but are sincere.
The sound is clear, highlights mixes and offers a good stereo image if indeed, that they have properly. Vents are practical in the case of cramped rooms, to prevent low back and forth to do the wall at the rear thereof.
Refunds dynamic seem to me rather not too bad, I listened to acoustic jazz, a guitar / vocal folk / rock (Johnny Cash), hip-hop (Q-Tip), and a piece of NERD and my mixes characters to find my way.

OVERALL OPINION

I've had a year and a half, soon, and before I had entry-level models: Tapco, M-Audio. It goes without saying that they sound much better, more accurate and broader in the spectrum. Store, I tried models in the same price range, with Adam, Focal, Mackie, or Yamaha. I had some hesitation with MSP5, fairly widespread, and on which I had quite the opportunity to work. I was looking for speakers offering not sound HIFI, which would be an error monitoring, but I wanted to work in good conditions, sometimes long hours, day and night without straining my ears, sometimes low and with a sound with relief!
I love the ribbon tweeter, which does not tire despite long hours of listening, and offer made quite natural on vocals and strings, in my opinion.
Are serious enough back, but hey, on such small speakers, it was obvious.
I did not have the budget for A7X, maybe I will opt for a low box later.
The value for money, not seem too bad to me.
I think I do it again this choice, they suit me well, they are reliable, and if we ignore some low light, you can work and time!
Otherwise, we love and sacrifices his ELP for the model above.

I needed a pair of monitoring speakers relatively inexpensive to finish mixing my last album.
After taking notice of nbreux departure and others, I chose this model for their righteousness, their size, price.

I use it mainly for mixing and monitoring when I'm recording. They are in a room non-smoking area, directly on my work plan.

The sound comes out of a RME FF400 connected to a table Samson.

SOUNDS

Overall, they are fairly neutral, but a little tired in the low, it must be taken into account in the mix (the bass do not show much, we can fix this by adding up to 2dB for part of the spectrum but I am not using this).

However in the middle of the spectrum (well, in medieum and high-medium) and everything is sharp.

Dynamic I find it both great compared to what I used before, and a little disappointing. You lose a lot of precision in the most intense passages. However, to use force, I adapt ...

Very good stereo image, notwithstanding that they are close together (my home-stud is not a cathedral, unfortunately).

OVERALL OPINION

Purchased in March 2012 and used daily since.

I tested KRK, the Yamaha HS80 and MS10, M audio BX5, and Mackie (I forget which) and ICON. And then I let myself be guided by more experienced users than I ultimately trust the ADAM.

+ The size, neutrality, perfect size for my space, beautiful little face, nice accuracy above 200Hz.

The -: means anything below 75Hz, fragile membranes (and that's a BIG BIG MINUS).

Price / quality ratio pretty good, but I will not repeat that choice, I would take qqchose of beefier with better coverage of the spectrum. In reality, they are very good speakers to learn a shallow monitoring.

The possible settings for the room acoustics are:
- The tweeter level: + / -4 dB
- Adaptation to the acoustics of the place EQ> 5 kHz: + / -6 dB
- Adaptation to the acoustics of the place EQ <300 Hz: + / -6 dB

SOUNDS

Curve fairly neutral in my case. I have a subwoofer KRK coming down pretty low, so I reduced the max the bass on my satellites Adam and adjust the treble and the tweeter. My room is treated and I feel a real difference with my old speakers. However, I think that without treatment, or measures, it is not wise to invest in good speakers, because the difference would be less with other models much cheaper.

The dynamics are quite impressive, low volume, the sound is very clear, however, I have not tested at high volume.

The stereo image is not what really surprised me in this price range, I have yet to hear the speaker that stands out, even the entry-level model has a stereo image almost identical to condition of the place like so as to obtain an equilateral triangle.

Overall, the sound is clear and precise highs are definitely not boring, it lacks some medium, but nothing nasty.

OVERALL OPINION

I have in my possession for a week now.

KRK RP5 G2 I had before, which sounded much more in the low and were a little aggressive in the upper spectrum.

The possibilities of sound settings and the accuracy in the high end but I was pleasantly surprised, however, the lack of medium as on many walls of monitoring is what I like least.

Price / quality ratio a bit expensive I think, even if they change my old KRK clearly.