#GUITAR CENTER MONITOR SPEAKERS PRO#

Most of these monitors have some sort of tone controls in the back (some maybe in the front) to tailor things to one's liking and to counteract room/speaker interactions. It may sound a bit like a justification, but I do try to reconcile what I hear and measure across other places.įlatter speakers (on-axis) may be MR5, HS7 and HS8.Īlso note that these speakers were measured in an untreated room which can bring brightness and low frequency issues to monitor speakers ( ) So are many of the competitors (consider speaker 'B' and 'C' above). Īccording to JBL's porno-plots above, the LSR does seem to have a slight bright tilt, and does come up a bit hot in the last octave. I make these comparisons with headphones because to me the LSR305 resembles more an HD800, and the MR5 more an HD600 on-axis.Īgain, note the MR5s had -2 dB trim applied in the high frequencies, which might have been appropriate for the GC listening room.īTW, many monitors such as JBL LSR305, Tannoy Reveal 802, Presonus E5, and so forth do seem to measure with a slight tilt towards the high frequencies as some folks. Severe angle offsets will roll off the treble obviously. Now lets compare the LSR305 with the HD800s (one can still apply -2dB HF on the LSR305s) I also tried to align the responses better than in the previous posts, but it's not necessarily perfect. Those are also my impressions and measurements. The LSR305s are a little analytical but IMO pretty good. One can see that indeed the BX8 are somewhat boomy (off the chart between 50 to 70 Hz) and a little mids deficient. Here are some zoomed plots with the HD600s in the mix. KRK's with their tone settings all over the map are pretty obvious as well. However, the BX8s for example were easily picked up as being a bit colored. (EDIT: Added mic and soundcard calibration. However, the LSR305s are not bad at all, and they do have good off-axis response. I will say that I preferred the MR5s to the LSR305s. These measurements do seem in line with what I heard. I heard the BX8 boomy and a bit off relative to it's peers. I was also asked to compare these with the M-Audio BX8. The LSR305s do seem to hold better off axis than the MR5s (above measurements of the MR5s are not from GC but at the time I measured mine at the park). Well here are measurements of the LSR305 at 45 degrees (left and right) horizontal: I've also heard how immune the LSR305 is to position. However, this is close to how I heard them. It is possible to do this comparo with the MR5 set to 0 dB, which I may do later. Mackie MR5 - blue (measured only once at GC) JBL LSR305 - red and green (measured twice, even after moving the mic)

The LSR305s where heard and measured with LF and HF setting set to 0 dB.

HOWEVER, bare in mind that I listen to my MR5s with a -2 dB HF setting, and Guitar Center had them set this way as wll. I always felt the LSR305s where brighter than the MR5s. I picked my MR5s by ear, but I decided to measure them. Still, I got surprised when I saw the MR5s out of the stands in Guitar Center and read some forums claiming that the LSR305 destroy the MR5s.

It was on sale for $100 and hard to resist. I took it further and bought a not-so-small Dayton SUB-1200 to cover the bass which a 5' cannot do well. Anyhow, this got me interested and sometime ago, after listening to a few of these at Guitar Center, I picked a pair of MR5 MK3s from them along with some stands.

#GUITAR CENTER MONITOR SPEAKERS PRO#

On a bedroom or small area where large speakers and electronics is an inconvenience, perhaps 5' entry level active pro monitors with their integrated amps is a option to save a little on real state (and even money). Quite a few months ago (maybe years) the JBL LSR305s became pretty popular for their performance and affordability. I've been fairly curious about relative tone performance between different entry level Pro monitors.

Guitar center monitor speakers