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le_kornichon
Published on 04/04/09 at 11:48
No longer stand my KRK RP5 which offered a sound very nice but were not really tools for professional work, I was looking for speakers less flattering, rising higher in the acute and more accurate in the bass.
I was very attracted to the practical aspects of CMS65: many settings and grilles (for output when taken in its natural acoustics) removable (the studio). About the gates, they retire with a small label provided, but the operation is delicate, especially for the tweeter can be damaged very easily, even with great care.
The vent front and back panel with vertical connections allow for placement against the wall, and many of the serious correction settings are then welcome (and very effective). Pity that a precision screwdriver is needed to turn the tiny buttons, it's pro and it finds its meaning in a commercial studio, but the price are intended instead to home-studio sound professionals.
The entrance is on XLR or RCA, with a gain switch (-10dB, 0dB, +4 dB). Button on / off is at the back and difficult to access if the speaker is near a wall. The front has a sleep button (with the LED red / green) and a volume control (completely useless: it sounds much better by leaving it at the bottom).
Some details could be improved, but in this price range, and even three times, I see no competitor that competes in features. 10/10!
SOUNDS
First impression on unpacking their sound: it is very strange, dirty and aggressive, or very unpleasant. The break is very important in these pregnant after a good twenty hours of music loaded bass at a sustained level but not excessive, that changes everything!
The most successful is the media! I have never heard better, and I heard many things, and NS-10 Auratone to Boxer T4 and T5, to the Genelec 1030 and 1031, M-Audio, Edirol, and KRK, the TAD , and proactive, and Mackie, Divatec of Adam and ... From my point of view, these are absolutely perfect Focal 500 to 5000 hertz.
The grave is very successful for speakers this size: firm and precise, it descends down (up 55/60Hz or 50 Hz extreme limit taped to the wall) without masking the lower medium. Obviously, it is back and lack of energy, but we do not expect miracles with 2 x 16cm. At least, the climbs are extremely fast and dragging absolutely nonexistent.
The highs are less impressive. It does not seem to rise very high, it may lack a little brightness, flicker, so they are perfect. But as they are, listening is not tiring and perhaps more balanced (the rule of 400 000?), Certainly not flattering, and does not change with the noise level.
To return to the break, one of my speakers had a fault and was exchanged against a new one by the VAS (very slow, by the way). I was able to compare a new speaker and a lapped 3 months. Listening to them one after the other, the new seemed very small and without energy, noisy and not very defined. In stereo, the image was completely displaced to the oldest. After twenty hours, they have become identical.
Go to the price, especially for their size, they deserve a 10! But in the bass and treble, it is much better for much more, if it has a large listening room treated well ...
OVERALL OPINION
I have for over 4 months now, and they fully satisfy me. I add to them a good sub will come out when a Focal in this range.
I love the sleek design and professional settings, screens and sound ... not too pleasant and always very accurate. It's never a pleasure to listen to music on it, and it makes it a perfect working tool that exposes your ears to the sound as recorded, without erasing flaws (as do many monitoring low-end) or exaggerating them (such as NS10, for example).
With experience, I take some of the best for more expensive ... but I keep them!
I was very attracted to the practical aspects of CMS65: many settings and grilles (for output when taken in its natural acoustics) removable (the studio). About the gates, they retire with a small label provided, but the operation is delicate, especially for the tweeter can be damaged very easily, even with great care.
The vent front and back panel with vertical connections allow for placement against the wall, and many of the serious correction settings are then welcome (and very effective). Pity that a precision screwdriver is needed to turn the tiny buttons, it's pro and it finds its meaning in a commercial studio, but the price are intended instead to home-studio sound professionals.
The entrance is on XLR or RCA, with a gain switch (-10dB, 0dB, +4 dB). Button on / off is at the back and difficult to access if the speaker is near a wall. The front has a sleep button (with the LED red / green) and a volume control (completely useless: it sounds much better by leaving it at the bottom).
Some details could be improved, but in this price range, and even three times, I see no competitor that competes in features. 10/10!
SOUNDS
First impression on unpacking their sound: it is very strange, dirty and aggressive, or very unpleasant. The break is very important in these pregnant after a good twenty hours of music loaded bass at a sustained level but not excessive, that changes everything!
The most successful is the media! I have never heard better, and I heard many things, and NS-10 Auratone to Boxer T4 and T5, to the Genelec 1030 and 1031, M-Audio, Edirol, and KRK, the TAD , and proactive, and Mackie, Divatec of Adam and ... From my point of view, these are absolutely perfect Focal 500 to 5000 hertz.
The grave is very successful for speakers this size: firm and precise, it descends down (up 55/60Hz or 50 Hz extreme limit taped to the wall) without masking the lower medium. Obviously, it is back and lack of energy, but we do not expect miracles with 2 x 16cm. At least, the climbs are extremely fast and dragging absolutely nonexistent.
The highs are less impressive. It does not seem to rise very high, it may lack a little brightness, flicker, so they are perfect. But as they are, listening is not tiring and perhaps more balanced (the rule of 400 000?), Certainly not flattering, and does not change with the noise level.
To return to the break, one of my speakers had a fault and was exchanged against a new one by the VAS (very slow, by the way). I was able to compare a new speaker and a lapped 3 months. Listening to them one after the other, the new seemed very small and without energy, noisy and not very defined. In stereo, the image was completely displaced to the oldest. After twenty hours, they have become identical.
Go to the price, especially for their size, they deserve a 10! But in the bass and treble, it is much better for much more, if it has a large listening room treated well ...
OVERALL OPINION
I have for over 4 months now, and they fully satisfy me. I add to them a good sub will come out when a Focal in this range.
I love the sleek design and professional settings, screens and sound ... not too pleasant and always very accurate. It's never a pleasure to listen to music on it, and it makes it a perfect working tool that exposes your ears to the sound as recorded, without erasing flaws (as do many monitoring low-end) or exaggerating them (such as NS10, for example).
With experience, I take some of the best for more expensive ... but I keep them!