Hacker News Reader

Comment by EnPissant | Hacker News Reader

Not OP, but I have 2 8020D + a subwoofer.

If I had to do it all over again I would have 2 8030C and no subwoofer.

Why? Just out of curiosity. Is it that you don’t need that much low end for the media you’re usually playing through your monitors or do the 8030Cs have enough low end to eliminate the need for a separate woofer?

I’ve been debating getting genelecs for a few years now but the price jump from something like JBLs or Yamahas is so huge that I can’t justify it. At least not on my current budget.

I have the smallest of both: 8010As and a 7040A sub.

I'm sending almost nothing to the sub, and I'm guessing the 8030s would provide most of what I'm using the 7040 for without the inconvenience.

I'm in a small room and going for accuracy, so don't need much bass.

I currently have the 8020D + 7040A. It's pretty much perfect sound with room correction applied, but the 7040A is kind of big and ugly. I'd be willing to give up some low-end to simplify the setup. Also the sub performs the crossover, so it's a lot of cords: 2 cords for DAC -> Sub, and 2 cords for sub -> L/R. And these cords have to be really long for when I raise my desk because the sub has to go on the floor.

Also have 2 8020D's but I skimped on the subwoofer. Probably a bad idea, since they deemphasize the lows so much, but surprisingly I can crank up them up on my mixer's EQ to make up for it without losing clarity.

Yeah, they are really impressive for 4" drivers.

I sport two klipsch towers on either side of my desk and a small tube amp ^^'

Reply on news.ycombinator.com