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DamienRH « What You Get Is What You Ear »
Published on 10/06/14 at 03:55What motivated the purchase of D8 is mainly the fact that it is of coaxial speakers and their frequency response is extended. Some people talk on the net (gearslutz, SOS, ...) and what emerges most often is their neutrality extreme price: € 766 pair !!! and the frequency response of 2 to extensive voice: 44Hz - 20KHz
Working in several locations for projects home studio, non-optimized acoustically speaking (treated but not optimized) I was looking for speakers that can easily adapt to any type of place (the coaxial side allows to have a free listening area large enough phase)
A little retissant early because I had Adam A7 (650 € the speaker when I bought it) with everything we say good about this brand and ribbon tweeter .... blah ... and I thought a pair of speakers to 760 € could not play in the same course .... so, I bought the pair of equator on thomann to be able to return in the event of dissatisfaction.
Upon first listen I knew I was going to keep them.
SOUNDS
Everything is there, sound, stereo, a consistent spectral response across the spectrum, and hell ... it descends down to the "small" speakers !!!! (Still bigger than my old A7).
Having never been convinced of my rendering A7 (which sounds really not into it sounds everywhere), have never been totally happy and confident speakers of this size (often tiring in the treble, disgusting between 100 and 200Hz null and false below 90Hz), with the D8, I was amazed.
It is precise, linear and listening comfort awaits you. So yes it's not necessarily as accurate as high as with the A7, but it's also why I wanted to change because the ribbon tweeter that goes up to 35KHz it's cute on paper but in reality it not that good in the mix (well that's my personal opinion, there is no consistency between the HP and the tape on small Adam).
With Equator, the work is not tiring, no need to listen hard to be able to hear what is happening at the bottom, the dynamic is respected at both low and high level.
OVERALL OPINION
I have them for 6 months and I have not had any surprises in listening to the latest mix on other plays. Against by listening to some old mix, I think it would have been wise to buy these speakers earlier.
Before I had Bluesky pro desk 2.1, then worked with Genelec 1030, then loaned Klein & Humel 0300 (fatal) then I moved to Adam A7 which I've never used.
It was a moment that I was looking for speakers equivalent in terms of size, but listening to different models always y'avais something was wrong (the price, too coloring is an inconsistency listening at different levels, the size).
Tested two voices, 3 voices, the cheap, the expensive ... then yes buy focal or Neumann or Barefoot or other expensive stuff that would have been cool but it is off-budget and inappropriate to my projects.
The problem with tapping entry level is that it often is colored to style it sounds a little ground, and need to add a sub to see what's going down ... and it often creates more problems than anything else.
The Equator D8 are pregnant that I found most meet my expectations of monitoring that I could listen to the band from 500 to 1600 € the pair (I have not tested everything but I listened to what sells the most).
It is those closest to my experience with KH 0300.
I'm not trying to compare them, it's not comparable, and thank goodness, but in terms of "no surprise" on the mix, working comfort, low spectral coherence and high level it's perfect .
What I like the most, the frequency response. As against this has a drawback is that in order to sound a bit much, it is necessary that the speaker is a little big though. D8 are bigger than what I thought but it is not abused.
The quality / price is simply unbeatable. I wondered if the Focal Alpha were not in the same product line but not in fact, not at all. The focal sound great but they are anything but neutral.
I repeat that choice closed eyes (by the way I've done it since I bought it without even hearing).
I'm not saying these are the best speakers I have just spent a year trying to change listening, I squinted on Solo 6 or CMS65 telling me that it would solve many things ... today ' hui I do not feel at all the need to change.
If you want to have reliable listens for a budget of less than 1000 € I recommend that more strongly and it will save you hours of research to find the right audiofanzine Cygnus (having spent these hours and this fact Listens that sells OCCAZ up to 1000 € I do not regret my choice
)
Working in several locations for projects home studio, non-optimized acoustically speaking (treated but not optimized) I was looking for speakers that can easily adapt to any type of place (the coaxial side allows to have a free listening area large enough phase)
A little retissant early because I had Adam A7 (650 € the speaker when I bought it) with everything we say good about this brand and ribbon tweeter .... blah ... and I thought a pair of speakers to 760 € could not play in the same course .... so, I bought the pair of equator on thomann to be able to return in the event of dissatisfaction.
Upon first listen I knew I was going to keep them.
SOUNDS
Everything is there, sound, stereo, a consistent spectral response across the spectrum, and hell ... it descends down to the "small" speakers !!!! (Still bigger than my old A7).
Having never been convinced of my rendering A7 (which sounds really not into it sounds everywhere), have never been totally happy and confident speakers of this size (often tiring in the treble, disgusting between 100 and 200Hz null and false below 90Hz), with the D8, I was amazed.
It is precise, linear and listening comfort awaits you. So yes it's not necessarily as accurate as high as with the A7, but it's also why I wanted to change because the ribbon tweeter that goes up to 35KHz it's cute on paper but in reality it not that good in the mix (well that's my personal opinion, there is no consistency between the HP and the tape on small Adam).
With Equator, the work is not tiring, no need to listen hard to be able to hear what is happening at the bottom, the dynamic is respected at both low and high level.
OVERALL OPINION
I have them for 6 months and I have not had any surprises in listening to the latest mix on other plays. Against by listening to some old mix, I think it would have been wise to buy these speakers earlier.
Before I had Bluesky pro desk 2.1, then worked with Genelec 1030, then loaned Klein & Humel 0300 (fatal) then I moved to Adam A7 which I've never used.
It was a moment that I was looking for speakers equivalent in terms of size, but listening to different models always y'avais something was wrong (the price, too coloring is an inconsistency listening at different levels, the size).
Tested two voices, 3 voices, the cheap, the expensive ... then yes buy focal or Neumann or Barefoot or other expensive stuff that would have been cool but it is off-budget and inappropriate to my projects.
The problem with tapping entry level is that it often is colored to style it sounds a little ground, and need to add a sub to see what's going down ... and it often creates more problems than anything else.
The Equator D8 are pregnant that I found most meet my expectations of monitoring that I could listen to the band from 500 to 1600 € the pair (I have not tested everything but I listened to what sells the most).
It is those closest to my experience with KH 0300.
I'm not trying to compare them, it's not comparable, and thank goodness, but in terms of "no surprise" on the mix, working comfort, low spectral coherence and high level it's perfect .
What I like the most, the frequency response. As against this has a drawback is that in order to sound a bit much, it is necessary that the speaker is a little big though. D8 are bigger than what I thought but it is not abused.
The quality / price is simply unbeatable. I wondered if the Focal Alpha were not in the same product line but not in fact, not at all. The focal sound great but they are anything but neutral.
I repeat that choice closed eyes (by the way I've done it since I bought it without even hearing).
I'm not saying these are the best speakers I have just spent a year trying to change listening, I squinted on Solo 6 or CMS65 telling me that it would solve many things ... today ' hui I do not feel at all the need to change.
If you want to have reliable listens for a budget of less than 1000 € I recommend that more strongly and it will save you hours of research to find the right audiofanzine Cygnus (having spent these hours and this fact Listens that sells OCCAZ up to 1000 € I do not regret my choice
)