Love the sound of Adam, especially the highs. Listening to this comparisons you really get the benefit of adding a sub to your monitors. When reference is playing you understand how much low information that gets lost in a smaller monitor setup.
so you love boosted highs? the purpose of a monitor is not to boost specific frequency but to get as neutral representation of recording as possible... Adams sound good overall but I heard that boosted highs in first 5 seconds of audio
@@boogiexx I was listening to my m50x's. The source audio had so much of top end which i noticed right away. That's a good sign if you want smooth top end, which you'll reduce in adam
Kali feels more fuller in the mid range than Adam. There is more thickness to the note in Kali. I think Kali is a better option considering the price. Quality is very much comparable. Adam has better highs because of the URT tweeter but Kali has a better lows and mids and almost comparable highs. I wanted to go for Adam but seeing this I am gonna go for Kali and save me some bucks. Thanks for the video brother!!
Hows everything now for u? Have u enjoyed the kalis?
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@@jd-wg6cj I was on the same boat like a month ago, the Kalis are far the best ones on the ecuation. I ''downgraded'' from a KRK Rokit 8s but I'm really happy with my Kali's. You won't regret it.
I just recently calibrated my T5V’s with Sonarworks and i can say the Adam’s are pretty close to the correction applied by the software as the frequency curves are almost the same... You can trust the T5V’s for mixing. I’m planning to get the Kali IN 8 when i’ll move in a bigger room but until then the Adam’s do the job ;)
Chris Bessy i have the volume knob cranked to the max and i use a monitor controller to adjust... i have no issues with hiss sounds or higher frequencies... my speakers are well burned since i got them.
@@DLR1976 hi, I have them sinds 2 weeks .... all my mixes in my car sounds bad or too close with the T5V .... when I turn high -2dB, the sound or the speakers is bad, not natural ....... you really have good results with them ??
@@ChrisBessy I mostly use them to monitor the sound of my video editing. I'm not doing any music mixes for now... Most of the time even good speaker won't do the job because of these main issues, the room size, the placement and the lack of acoustic treatment. Have you checked these first ? You could try other set of speakers to check if you still have the same result in your car, this will show if the issue comes from the speakers or something else in your room...
I compared Kali LP-6 and T5V monitors today at my home. Kali: first impression was, to put it mildly, not good. Barely any detail, reverb tails were barely hearable. Transient response was mediocre. Bass and low mids were flabby, all was "blurred". Next were the T5Vs: much much better detail & transient response. Much better detail in bass/low mids, there is less "blur" in this region. Actually they remind me very much of my Yamaha MSP5 monitors, thought the T5V go lower. MSP5's do have a very slight edge in detail/transient response and feeling of "richness" in my opinion (combined with sub). Even though both Kali LP-6 and T5V hiss, it's not that bad. On Kali's it is sometimes noticeable, on T5V's the hiss level is lower. Both Yamaha and Adam's have this "focus" on midrange, as if Adams' "main focus" was in area of 1,5-2kHz, while for Yamahas' it would be around 3-4kHz. Not everyone will like such analytical sound, it can be tiring, but I do like it. If you like relaxed, soft, flabby sound without too much detail you might like Kalis. I don't like their sound at all. I would not be able to mix on them. T5V's feel like "real" monitors on the other hand with good detail. Build quality & looks: I much prefer the look of Adams. They look really pro/sexy/classy at the same time :) The front panel of Kali's have this sort of dated look to it. Materials look better on Adams (front panel, the sides and rear is comparable on both monitors). Soon I will also test the famous JBL 305p mkII ;) Very curious how they sound after all the stuff I read about them.
Could you tell us the difference between adam t5v and jbl 305p? I’m about to buy a monitor 5 max 6 inch because my room will be smaller than 20 squaremeeter. :D
@@patrikdemore hey, I'm writing a bit earlier. Got JBLs today, listened to them for just 20 minutes, but I liked them from very first minute! They hiss just like Kalis, in comarison t5v the hiss is barely noticeable. The sound of JBLs is softer than that of Adams, which I was looking for, as I wanted monitors with different sound signature than my Yamaha MSP which are bright/analytical. But, the JBLs do show "contrast" between dark and bright sounds very well, some monitors make everything sound eg. midrangey (worst offenders I heard were Yamaha HS80s which I hated, midrange was very harsh on them, MSP5s and Adam t5v also do it to certain degree). The imaging is great and - shocked to say that, because the JBLs monitors are so cheap - show depth and reverb tails surprisingly well! They show depth much better than Kalis, slightly better than Adam's too. They only thing I prefer on Adams is they look fantastic, while JBLs have this sort of hifi consumer look to them, which I don't like. General sound signature of JBLs is softer than that of Adams which have ribbon tweeter, but they still show detail really well. So I would say JBLs are the best (only con is hiss and looks), T5Vs are second best, and Kalis are last.
@@testowykana1763 Thank you so much for the review and the information my friend! :) Could you recommend some other studio monitors as well in 5-6 inch size around same price?
i like my 305 more as the kali or adams! :) isn´t that i have no adam experience, i have 5 years long Adam A7 (better as T7v) and love my jbl. hm i love most of brands, presonus, krk, jbl, fluid audio... taste is very different from person to person.
Hi Piotr. I have to agree with Josh Smith, T5V is not a real upgrade over LSR305, more of a side step IMO with different set of compromises. Kali is more of an upgrade and I will have a comparison between LSR305 and LP6 posted soon
Hello and thank you for doing these awesome comparisons. If you feel like it I’m tossing up between the S880db and Genelec, a comparison would really help. Cheers Dan
@@gixxerboy555 I brought the Edifiers and am very impressed especially considering I would have ridden them of as a computer speaker. They actually make great nuetral nearfield monitors for mixing music.
I feel like if you add a sub the adam's would be better since the treble is much better imo...the kali's bass sound's "boxy" and muffled on my speaker/headphones.
Practical you need monitors to panning- EQ-effect gain- gain level your tracks like a painter. That painter dont use red from the shop but makes his own red.... To compare these monitor loudspeakers, a master make no sence, to get that good master makes sence. Now I see a vid from a Hifi Shop. Tip: buy B&W, enough twingeling with definable low. Do you want to edit tracks from your musical instruments.....then start a curcus soundengenering, that prevents you from buying disappointing junk which you will later find enmass on the 2nd hand market as a Behringer. You feel that you are a Tiësto or vanBuren ? Headphones
All of my brains tell me that these 100% audio videos hurt my monitor buying research way more than help...they can't be accurate. This will be my first pair of monitors; I can't decide between the two in this video, LP6 and T5V, or the Focal Alpha 50. Anyone have some real life experience w/ those three? I only track/mix my own stuff, and I finally feel that my material is good enough to warrant monitors. It's airy/ethereal rock with a rhythm section that's more modern pop sounding. I was about to buy the Alpha 50's when I discovered the LP6's, and now I'm confused. I picked the 50s over T5Vs cuz of the front port, and a few people told me that the Adams reproduce sound so well that they can hide flaws in a mix. I think someon more experienced would welcome the more engaging sound, and be able to work around it. However, I think that will just cause me trouble n take me of my game.
The Kali's are more faithful to the source material than the Adam's. Both are good monitors, the Adam's ribbon tweeter being brighter, but the Kali is the better value at $300/pair vs. about $450/pair. These are definitely in the same ballpark, so there is a cabinet size and sound signature preference which could matter, but the Kali is the 'better' speaker.
So these are cool videos but one guy on another video sonar worked his 4000 dollar genelecs and 400 dollar yammies and he said after the room correction he could not tell the difference in the blind test so speaker design and quality only impact how long they last not how they sound in a room. So the moral of the story is your listening to your room . you can see in the graphs the same bass nodes happen on same spots on both speakers.
this comparison is not easy. the hifi character from adam is for me to big, also with -2db filter. the kali sounds for me a little bit to boring... not my taste.
What frequencies stand out to you? According to the frequency graph, LP-6s have a downward slope in the highs (except for the top end near 17 kHz), while the Adams have hyped highs starting from 5 kHz. Objectively speaking, Adams should be the less natural speaker, unless you're overly sensitive to the bump at 17 kHz - a bump that is at the extreme of my own hearing, actually.
@@jenshuxley : Of course. The frequency graph was made with an actual measurement mic. Zoom H6's XY mics hardly reveal the true tonality of those speakers, which is why A/B comparisons are quite important. Ideally, both monitors should be recorded with a spaced pair (or perhaps even using a dummy head for a binaural recording). SonicSenseProAudio used to make such A/B videos AFAIR and they were far more useful than what we can hear here on Digital Stereophony. Hell, they would even upload tracks onto SoundCloud and as such you could freely download the audio samples yourself and easily do an A/B comparison between any of those speakers they auditioned.
@@benedickcucumber : A frequency graph is just that: it represents the overall balance in the audio spectrum. It demonstrates quite nicely why LP-6s sound dull in comparison. But yeah, I understand that the OP made a remark on the intricacies of the sound rather than its overall balance. I disagree with that assessment, however, especially considering that Zoom H6's built-in microphones are far from being flat or truthful.
The t5v’s high end seems too pushed and harsh when listening here through my Akg 701’s. Do you think the mic has accurately represented this or is it more natural in direct listening?
@@donpoulos How much for the Amey Moniteur 2? I did indeed find that the company has a website. However, it's not very user friendly, even if it's in French! How to actually order a pair of these?
