I agree.

Spending $12,000 on a 2.1 monitoring system is a bit too much for a project studio. These systems are tailored to serve the needs of commercial mastering facilities.

The ADAM A7X with the Sub10 system is the maximum one should spend for a near field system to listen to their GENOS.

For a project studio, a pair of Genelec 8040B 6.5 inch Powered Studio Monitors make perfect sense.

They are reasonably priced at $1,175 each.

They outperform the ADAM A7Xs.


Studio Monitors are usually not interchangeable with Audiophile speakers.


Studio Monitors for near field listening are designed for finding and fixing flaws in your mix. They can become tiresome during long mix sessions. The best example is the Yamaha NS-10M. The tweeter was so irritating that clients would attach tissue paper over them to save their ears.
The final mix came out excellent though.

Audiophile speakers are designed to make everything sound as good as possible regardless of the source. They are tailored to provide long relaxing sessions to the end user. They are not meant for critical listening or isolating each and every instrument although some expensive ones excel in doing just that.


You can hear the ethereal clarity of the Revel Salon 2 even through this YouTube video.


For comparison, here is the recording of Isle of Innisfree by Celtic Woman.


Here is another version by Rebecca Winckworth