mackie get spanked by Rokit.

calaverasgrandes · Post by **calaverasgrandes** » Sat Jul 19, 2008 3:00 pm

So I had been working in San Francisco a lot last week. Doing some installs at the Lucas digital arts center. I happened to stop by the hated GC on the way home to check some shit out. I got to check out some monitors in an okay setup. It was Itunes out of an HD3 to a passive switcher. Actually didnt sound too bad.
I tried the Mackie's, the KRK's the Adams' and some Maudios. Unfortuneately they didnt have the Genelecs or Yamahas in the same room.
The Maudios were way too hyped sounding.
The Krks, for each driver size sounded the same regardeless of the model line. The VXTs having a tad more high end clarity (or maybe the back panel swtiches were goosed?).
The KRK Rockit 8's totally clowned the Mackies. Much better bass. Clearer mids. Less harsh treble. For about half the price!
Anyone using these cheap KRKs? The new versions seem to sound good. I listened to hip hop, metal, Tom Waits, Classical and even some Stevie and it all sounded very open and detailed without being hyped.

joel hamilton · Post by **joel hamilton** » Sat Jul 19, 2008 3:58 pm

I had V88's for a few years as my midfields.
I like the V8.
KRK's always have kind of an aggressive top end.
I have adams, with an adam sub these days. the P22A's with the matching 10" ADAM sub. those are along side of some NS10's, a boom box, and some JBL 4412A's mounted in place of mains (with a sub).

RodC · Post by **RodC** » Sat Jul 19, 2008 7:05 pm

I agree, the M-Audios may make nice playback speakers, but no where near flat.

The mackies I tried out at Banjo Mart faired the same, the Rockits sounded better. They had the new yamahas, I liked them, but the Event TR8s beat them all. It was a close race between them and the yammies but I went for the TR8s.

calaverasgrandes · Post by **calaverasgrandes** » Sat Jul 19, 2008 7:28 pm

i am interested in the events also, but they didnt have any set up. I also am looking at the white cone yammies. But cnat find anyplace that has them setup in a reasonable situation.
but back to the KRKs. They had a couple sets of Adams there. I had a hard time telling when the Adams were on and the Krks were on. They sounded very close. Now of course it is waaaaaay different when you are mixing stuff than when you are auditioning pre-mixed songs off of albums by succesful artists like Stevie, Slayer and Tom Waits.

rwc · Post by **rwc** » Sat Jul 19, 2008 9:21 pm

Have I plugged these enough yet?

Absolute truth. :]

aitikin · Post by **aitikin** » Sat Jul 19, 2008 10:02 pm

rwc wrote: [snipped image for sake of space]
Have I plugged these enough yet?

Absolute truth. :]

Hmm, what about a pair of these:

I've heard that they're amazing...

rwc · Post by **rwc** » Sat Jul 19, 2008 11:31 pm

I remember the first time I plugged those in and felt like an idiot calibrating the stf-2 sub I had for use when I noticed these had more low end extension and fidelity than a quality 10" HSU sub.

A.David.MacKinnon · Post by **A.David.MacKinnon** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 6:02 am

I'm a fan of KRK's. I had a pair of Alesis Monitor 1's for years and then switched over to the Rokit 6 (or 5, can't remember). I noticed the difference right away. I could hear the bass and my mixes translate really well to other systems.

GooberNumber9 · Post by **GooberNumber9** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 11:15 am

I have a friend with Rockit's and I was surprised at how much I like them.

BTW, I don't think Thiel makes those CS3.6s any more. I wonder how much they are used? They certainly sound amazing.

thecheat · Post by **thecheat** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 11:34 am

calaverasgrandes wrote:So I had been working in San Francisco a lot last week. Doing some installs at the Lucas digital arts center. I happened to stop by the hated GC on the way home to check some shit out. I got to check out some monitors in an okay setup. It was Itunes out of an HD3 to a passive switcher. Actually didnt sound too bad.
I tried the Mackie's, the KRK's the Adams' and some Maudios. Unfortuneately they didnt have the Genelecs or Yamahas in the same room.
The Maudios were way too hyped sounding.
The Krks, for each driver size sounded the same regardeless of the model line. The VXTs having a tad more high end clarity (or maybe the back panel swtiches were goosed?).
The KRK Rockit 8's totally clowned the Mackies. Much better bass. Clearer mids. Less harsh treble. For about half the price!
Anyone using these cheap KRKs? The new versions seem to sound good. I listened to hip hop, metal, Tom Waits, Classical and even some Stevie and it all sounded very open and detailed without being hyped.

Wait, Stevie Wonder or Stevie Nicks? It makes a BIG difference!

I had a KRK Rokit 12 sub that I loved, never tried the tops tho.

Chris

calaverasgrandes · Post by **calaverasgrandes** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 12:10 pm

thecheat wrote:
Wait, Stevie Wonder or Stevie Nicks? It makes a BIG difference!

I had a KRK Rokit 12 sub that I loved, never tried the tops tho.

Chris

there is only one "Stevie". If you have to ask, you just dont know.
Wonder of course!
I surely wish he would get back to his ass kicking 70's 80's self though.

losthighway · Post by **losthighway** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 12:19 pm

These KRK Rokit 6's look pretty good. I would be concerned about their lowest frequency being 49hz, but then again, I'm the guy that posted last week asking for help on monitor selection, so what do I know?

thecheat · Post by **thecheat** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 12:40 pm

About the Stevie comment, THANK GOD! Anybody see the South Park with,'Stevie Nicks" going to Iraq?

losthighway wrote:These KRK Rokit 6's look pretty good. I would be concerned about their lowest frequency being 49hz, but then again, I'm the guy that posted last week asking for help on monitor selection, so what do I know?

I wouldn't get too caught up in the specs of anything recording and sound wise, only one thing matters, does it sound good, and can you get work done with them? 49 hz is pretty low, if you want any concise extension below that with ANY monitors, you're probably gonna need a sub anyway. Guitar Center's 30 day (at that time) return policy really helped me in my monitor choice, I just put a pair on the Old Master Card, did a mix, decided if i hated it or not, took em back, and then tried again with a different pair. Yeah I know ill probably get some crap for this, but I did end up keeping the Yamaha HS80Ms!

Chris

mcRack · Post by **mcRack** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 1:15 pm

Dynaudio bm6a !

losthighway · Post by **losthighway** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 1:18 pm

wow, you can get the older rokit 5's for like 200 bones a pair on ebay no problem. Maybe this is an incredibly affordable, albeit mild, upgrade from my Alesis M1's. I might have to brave GC today to do some listening. Hopefully this time the pro audio department won't try to convince me to replace all my drum mics with Audix products.

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