The KRK you linked are 9" wide. They are 11.5" deep and you will need 2-3" more for power and signal cables.
True. But I also had two 24" monitors side by side and one just took a dive last week. I was going to replace it but decided to keep only one and make room for larger studio monitors...glad I did too! Music is soooo much more important than my laziness in minimizing windows lol!
Glad to hear you got the best speakers for you. As for the sub, can you handle this sized sub: the
Hsu STF1. It won't quite have the output of the others, but I would expect it to have a flatter frequency response and better distortion profile. Hsu is a highly regarded subwoofer manufacturer. There is also this
Outlaw M8.
Yes, I can handle the size of both of those. The M8 has only an 8" driver so I was actually curious of how a good 8" can perform vs say a lesser quality 10-12" driver. Please inform me if a solid 8" can deliver.
After listening to these Tannoy's for a few hours - they are so amazing - I wouldn't dream of pairing them with a lesser sub with crappy bass...so disrespectful to the music
. I'm not rich at all but I spend where it counts and I can tell the ONLY thing these 501a's need is a solid sub to go with them. They have bass on their own, but like someone said earlier, a 5" driver just can't deliver deep accurate bass...physics.
I think I will try and bring my budget for a subwoofer up to $400 max. I already spent almost $600 today with the Tannoy's, the Audiobox usb, tax, and $50 in Guitar Center's awesome 2-year warranty. So a $400 sub will take me $400/66% over my original budget lol...oh well. Sound is amazing and well worth every penny...I can only imagine the eargasms the rich can afford
So, after everyone's help, I feel I should try and give back what I can in my review of the Tannoy 501a.
First of they are LOUD!!! Now, when I say loud, I mean deafening levels of volume!! 20W to each tweeter and 40W to each driver doesn't sound like much but omg! I've already noticed my hearing is lessened by these things. I have each speaker's volume level set at 75% and on my mixer's interface the volume only has to hit 50% for me to NEED to cover my ears sitting in front of them, during certain piercing highs like in Benny Benassi's "Inside of me," on YouTube...I've never had to do that before in my life!!! When I turn the interface volume to 60-65% i need to step back and to the side of the speakers...seriously! [Btw, just so you have an idea of my tolerance to noise - I'm 33 y/o, in the military and am well accustomed to big bang's, gun shots, and airplane engines screaming in your ears as you jump out into the wind with a parachute on your back...I've already been documented with slight hearing loss...these Tannoy's aren't helping lol
The highs are super clear, mids are great...as expected of both. Bass is there to an extent - or as best as a 5" driver can produce I imagine - but would benefit from a sub like I've said before. One thing I've noticed with baritone voices at high volumes (75% volume on speakers/50% on interface,) combined with heavy bass output, is that the voice can flutter at times (if that is the appropriate word,) vibrating in and out with the bass. To me it's the physics of the mid and low-end coming from the same 5" driver; and when that driver is fluttering back and forth a million miles an hour it is understandable that the mids will get distorted. However, at those volumes, they are so loud that it is not a flaw in my eyes. Btw, it's AWESOME, to watch these things perform! Those drivers go in and out so fast and so far I can't believe how such amazing sound is produced with all that commotion.
Unlike many other studio monitors, the Tannoy 501a only have a high-end control on the back; from +1.5 db, 0db, -1.5db. There is no fluctuation of the mid/low end on this speaker. I wish there was because when I get a bad-*** sub, I'll want to short the low-end on these so they can focus on the mid range.
***Side note: If anyone can help me do this when I get a sub it will be much appreciated. I'm sure there will be an expensive piece of equipment needed though.
Placement: I have them in-between my 24" monitor like I stated earlier. They are approximately 27" apart and even at that close proximity have noticeable left to right fluctuation in studio recordings. At my desk, I'm sitting about 24" from both...too close I know and have thought of a solution to gain some spacing; I'm going to buy a 2"x8" piece of plywood about 60" long to sit on my desk and expand my listening space.
I love these damn things period! They are by far the BEST speakers I've ever owned in sound quality, as well as, volume output. I kind of wish the Tannoy 601a were available at Guitar Center today for me to test out...I'm sure I would have picked them up instead; and not because I need the volume, just out of the possibility of opening up the low-end a bit...oh well, that is what subs are for!
. I'm also pondering what a second set of these 501a's would do sitting side by side lol. Two lefts and two rights of 501a's lol...I'm starting to fall in dreamland here
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I wish Guitar Center had the Behringers, Audioengine a5+, and Emotiva's Airmotiv5's for me to listen to and compare...
All in all, I HIGHLY recommend these speakers...They're sick! Wan't to lose your hearing and blame the military and get paid disability...they'll do the job!
. Want to hear new strokes of the guitar, hidden vocals and instruments, these will help pick them up. The 60,000 songs on my hard drive just became worth listening to all over again!
The only thing I love about Logitech right now is their return policy because those Z-5500's got me two years of use totally free with their 100% return policy
...they died literally two weeks before the warranty expired lol!!!
