event tr-8xl MONITORS

[mind_over_gravity]

im going to buy next week event tr-8xl monitors
http://www.event1.com/News/press_01162003_TR8XL.html
i would more than happy to hear members opinion about this purchase....
thanks .

[Tomer=Trance]

if you have the money i would advice you to check out event's
20\20 or 20\20bass model if your realy keen on the event stuff.
the original model is discontinued but i think they have a new and redesigned model of it,the original ones are good.

[mind_over_gravity]

its not in my budget.

[Khazul]

TR8XLs are good monitors for the money - thats what I have.

I do advise you get a pair of good stands for them if you dont allready have them.

[mind_over_gravity]

I do advise you get a pair of good stands

why? is there any particular reason?! 8O

[Khazul]

I just find that they sound at their best for mixing on a stand away from walls and corners. Same with most monitors. These can deliver very deep bass, and if you have them on a shelf/table, then everything around them is going to rattle.

I have mine on a metal stand with a foam pad between the stand and the speaker to stop vibration being transmitted directly into the stand and the floor. Also having them on the stand gives me much more freedom to place them to minimise proximity effects with surrounding walls, corners etc.

[mind_over_gravity]

during the last month I'm thinking every day about the event tr-8xl
today i went to hear them
and i know it individual ,but i think they sound very old fashion to me
not the sharp sound i was looking for.

[Khazul]

You might be very thankful for a pair of monitor that doesnt sound 'sharp'.

Its comes with having silk dome tweakers rather than metal. I work with alot of high energy music for hours on end at not exactly quiet levels and these are very comfortable to work with - you certainly dont feel like you are being drilled by them after a couple of hours which tends to be an issue with many monitor I have used - including some very expensive ones in commercial studios.

I may in the future get some better and maybe smaller monitors for greater accuracy in mixing and post production, but I would still keep these for a long time as general main/recording monitors and well as doing most of my mixing on them just because of the complete lack of fatigue.

If you are going to test - they only real way to test them is at home and spend several hours with them, maybe work on a mix with them - unfortuantely you rarely get such an oppotunity, but some dealers can arrange it.