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I don't know fellas, after running powered and passive monitors, i'd have to vote for a really nice passive set up with a sub (which i can switch on and off via my m904). I don't think you could run a sub full time in any set up and not eventually go mad.....but i do think there is a vast improvement with moving the sub speaker out of the same cabinet as the mids and tweets and enlarging it to dual 10's or 12's versus a 6 or 8 inch speaker sealed into the same cabinet as the mids and tweets.
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Since we've switched to monitors, where do the Genelec monitors fit into the scene? Almost all of the studios I've been to out here have two pairs of monitors: Yamaha NS10's (evidently for show, as they never use them) and a pair of Genelec's. They sound great to me, but are out of my price range; especially with the import taxes here.
I've never really heard anyone mention this brand when speaking of monitors.
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I think they are more popular here in Europe as they are made in Finland. I have seen them mentioned in some forums but mainly by guys from the UK.
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the studio we were just recording in had Genlec set up with 5.1 and a nice sub. they were very decent.
they seem to be the standard around here.