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Tight accurate midfield monitor pair suggestions

I know this isnt a studio site, but thought I'd pick your collective experienced brains.
I have a home studio built from the ground up and the business is going well. My nearfields...
I have a pair of Adams 2.5A and Yamaha NS-10s, dynaudio 1.3 SEs

Now I'm looking for a good accurate passive midfield monitor.
I have a Jeff Rowland model 5 amp. Ther room is well treated.
Currently Im using B&W 805s, but find these are just too smeared. Sound great, but for mixing it needs to be tighter and more accurate esp in the low mids - lows. Bass needs to be focused. Low mids accurate. revealing and open, detailed in the mids. Quite honestly, for mixing purposes the highs dont have to be all that, just not fatiguing

i prefer monitor style cabs just because the set-up, but if you have floor model in mind, polease speak up.

Price range up to $3000

thank you in advance
swingdoc
swingdoc OP
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hey thanks for the suggestions. Those Lenehans looke rally interesting to me.
I think i have it narrowed down to the ATC scm20sl; the PMC TB2S+; or these lenehans. So far in the order of Lenehans> PMC > ATC..
Thanks!
mdhoover
695 posts
 
If possible, I would try to hear the Induction Dynamics 2-way monitors. I heard them once in Florida and they are very impressive. Just a thought.
spenceroo
183 posts
 
Shadorne's suggestion is a good one. You can't go wrong with ATC. Take a look at the Focal monitors too. I have the Twin 6 and they're a wonderful speaker. You can find a used pair for around $2300. Check the Gearslutz website classifieds.
martykl
3,578 posts
 
The pro monitors that have been recommended here are all certainly appropriate, although I'd personally choose the Lipinskis only for near field use. If you want to go another way, consider the Ref 3a deCapo. It is essentially a direct coupled mid/bass driver in a ported cabinet (augmented by a tweeter with a single capacitor for protection in lieu of a full blown x-over network). These will compress dynamics and don't offer much bass below mid 40 cycles (depending on your space), but they are also very neutral and revealing.

Marty
swingdoc OP
5 posts
 
thoughts on the Opera Callas.
Can these be in the ballpark?
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