I had the Presonus 8 XT for more than 6 months and wow!!!! The low end is handled so well!! They can get really loud and still pack a crisp mean punch!! You dont need a sub with the monitors. Can never get use to them, love em!
@@sebasoilher8454 I would do what pouras said, try and find a canare trs star quad cable, it has better grounding and hum reduction by design. Ive had great experience with them.
In Germany, you can now buy the Adam t8V for less than 500 Euros per pair. Unfortunately, the inaccurate midrange reproduction and the lack of depth were unsatisfactory. For the same price, you can also get the Presonus R80, which I find a bit weaker in the bass than the Adam, but overall the Presonus is much more balanced and does not have an audibly worse midrange.
Finally, I come across one of the few honest opinions about the Adam T8Vs. The TV line from Adam Audio receives so much love from the ‘experts’ on RU-vid that get paid for what they say. I ended up trying two different pairs because I thought something was wrong with the first pair 😔
I really wanted the Adams, went to the store to buy them and decided to give the Eris E8s a try out (I wish the Kali were there fr a try).. long story short I left with the Eris E8s - For my ears and what I run (all hardware) tho the Adams highs were sweeter for me, the Eris E8s' low end I thought was better for the bass heavy music I play (again..to my ears) - for the money a really good monitor
Emiel333 Official high wise very similar low wise huge difference and the tv7 were a little under powered but i traded them in for the ax7 do i miss them yes lol they are a great second set to ax7
Useful 📹 video ! So i am subscribed your channel ! I have a confusion to choose between ! Yamaha HS 8 or Adam Audio TV8 ? Your favorite studio monitor from Hs8 or TV8 ?
What are your needs t8v top end clean and not harsh bass clean but top mids are ABIT lacking hs8 top mids are clean top end is harsh but it is clean but the bass is not flat Yamaha dont need a sub but need tuning more than Adam's I have both but the Adams will give you better mix i would get a pair of headphones if your not going to have both
really can't go bad with any of them, we are living in spoiled times with gear today. Really impressed with my eris 3.5 and adam a3x. I wish Kali made a smaller speaker, like a 4" just for s#%ts n giggles and late night so others can sleep daw sessions.
@@qwertandrew8720 from what I have seen in review, the Kali IN 8s and IN 5s are unmatched at their price point for clarity in the mids. Unlike the bi-amped LP Kali’s, T8V ADAMs, and Presonus speakers reviewed here, the IN series are tri-amped monitors. While I have heard good things about the Kali’s in terms of having a clear and punchy low end, they now offer a sub that goes all the way down to 23 Hz. I plan on getting the Kali IN 8’s and getting the sub in a year or so if I feel I need it. The IN 5’s are a little newer and they got rid of some self noise that was present in the IN 8’s (If that’s a factor). Anyway, I was impressed. Watch some of the reviews.
The kalis auck there the lowest volume producing monitor u can buy literally tested all of them out at guitar center and the kalis are the weakest clarity or not they’re nothing without power.
Not one mention of the elegant, very original design of the Eris. They just look great in my studio. And it makes a difference as I feature my studio in my uTube videos. Peace out! - The Acoustic Rabbit Hole
@Destro Nergee Fair enough. I am aware, and it is what it is. Although, I did read somewhere that the Adam A5Xs are made in Germany... but I could be wrong. And my PRS guitar is made in South Korea. So that also happens.
I've been thinking about getting the t8v myself, the xt is just a new upgraded version of rockit to me and I'm not sure about the kali yet although I do hear good things about them. I need to hear them in my studio to make the best decision. Thanks for this review
@@Astro-X-Ent ok i see what you mean now lol haha. I guess its tough to find a good pair below 500 usd , i d like to demo the fluid fx80 but not avail where i live, heard good things about the kali in-8 too but i dont know hard to get a clear picture if you dont demo them personally
I was almost certain that the Acoustic Space switch cut low mid's to compensate for proximity to walls in smaller spaces. Maybe my ears are deceiving me on my e5 xt's
I have the E5 xt's as well, and you are correct. It's not for high frequencies like he mentioned, it's to cut out lows/mid-lows for placing closer to walls, just like you mentioned. You're 100% correct. Love the E5 xt's by the way, thinking of getting the 8's as well at some point.
I have had the Kali LP 6 monitors for about two years and I love them. I just bought and set up the Kali LP8 monitors. They are really nice also with a little more low end. My only thought on this video concerns the price quoted for the Kali LP8's. I just got them and they were $199 each. That is generally the price everywhere. Where did the $1000 price quoted in this video come from?
If you really want tight bass and really clear highs and mids, The best is Adam. I have used kali lp6 but they are not as loud when I compared them with adam T7v, but still kali lp6 are really clean on both low and high end (have not tested kali 8). And about the Presonus they are tight and loud but sometimes they sound a bit muddy in the mids. Over all Adams are the best if you have some extra bucks, then presonus and then kali. Note. I have not tested kali lp8 so can't comment. If u don't want loudness but clean pure sound then u can go with kali lp6.
I have the T5V and of all the monitors i have tried I am in love with the Adam tweeter. Never fatiguing and clear clean highs. Just bought a pair of A5X to see what going up the food chain will bring.
I really wish you included the Yamaha HS8 in this review... Still don't know which to get... I've heard "Greg Wells" say the E8's translate very well and are the best budget speaker... Your review tells me the Kali 8 are the best (as I prefer to record folk/rock), then I go on a comparison site with HS8'S vs Kali 8's and the HS8's sound better... but that's just one other review.
I’ve had bad experiences with Class D (Adam / Kali) amped products. More likely to blow or change tone after warranty expires. Shorter lifespan than AB amps (Presonus). AB amp products usually have same tone over the years. I hope Adam got their Class D design down and it maintains it tone over 5 years. Class D manufacturing has made a lot of progress these past few years.
I heard that type AB burns more often than type D. Especially Mackie with type AB burn a lot. Because rear side gets warm and you need cold room without sun shining on monitor's back.
@@zxcq No, not true. A/B is less efficient than D, but provides more linear power over the volume/response range. I have three soundstream A/B amps in my car that I bought in the 90's, they work great still.
@@Aileron90 Still, then it would translate to 800+Usd a pair :DD which makes no sense. for me both on GER & UK amazon it's 230Eur which translates to 370Aud idk if the price dropped so much in a year or what but the prices he's naming are not it ;D
Was looking at getting these but saw some people thought they were fatiguing with horn design. Considered Kali but wanted something that's less fatiguing. I'm going with Adam audio t8v. I prefer the look too.
Adam Audio T7V. Pristine sound quality, incredible soundstage and placing of instruments in the stereo field and I can guarantee you they’ll outperform studio monitors costing twice as much. I own a pair of Adam Audio T7V and they’re great for production and mixing. And they’re very affordable (around $400 or less a pair).
@@emiel333 the issue with rear porting is that You need an acoustic treated room. I have at home front, back and bottom ported speakers and the front are the speakers with less issues at high volumes. If you don't produce music, it doesn't care, bottom ported in my opinion are the coolest because they provide a boomy sound that doesn't annoy you that much, but that is not definetly flat. The solution can be to use a microphone to calibrate them but today the only pair that does that without spending a lot is genelec and still costs over 1k€ if you buy the cheapest compatible with cat 5 and then you add their calibration mucrophone
much more lowend in the 8s and much deeper. i returned t7v's because the bass was pretty weak, they gone as low as 55-60hz maybe, def not under 40 as adam says.
It would be the one without the cheap Chinese calls D amplifies in them. The hiss comes from the amp, so the class AB should have less or zero hiss, but will get hotter, which is bad for your speakers voice coil. Non powered passive monitors is the way to go, but you cant find them anymore, unless you got deep pockets, or want to buy used.
@@klubstompers BTW I guess only Presonus out of these 2 has AB amp and it actually hisses the least. I don't know how is the T8v but the T7V hissed just like any other.
@@byniasofficial2567 Im considering the T8V's. Trying to find something that has a good loud kick under $1000, for techno production and djing, that is a nice neutral studio monitor. I have an older set of KRK ST6's that are not active, and have been taking and dishing out a beating for about 12 years. Just returned a set of Earthquake M Power 8" monitors that have a 2" ribbon tweeter and a woofer that goes down to 30hz, but they lacked a good kick when turned up. They had no audible hiss, and sounded absolutely amazing, but just fell apart at louder volume.
XT hisses the least, but it buzzes the most because of noisy transformer, which was so annoying to me that I had to return them. Which is the shame, because otherwise I like its sound the most from these budget monitors.
Waste of time if your room is not acoustically treated. Best to grab some near flat response quality headphones for mixing and mastering and of course various monitors to test the output.
@Ruby BadillaI am talking about mixing and mastering with out room treatment. The testing on monitors or various speakers are for real world applications because not many people really listens to music in a sound proof acoustically treated enviroment. Do you understand?
