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ADAM Audio A5

Active Monitor from ADAM Audio belonging to the A series

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«  Good speakers given their size »

Published on 12/09/12 at 06:54
I had little room to equip myself for listening to me used to control my intake like my mix: a corner dining room in an apartment in Paris. So, have to see small, outlaw events at the rear, while staying in power and a reasonable budget for the neighbors and for my bank account. I would have loved to pay the A7, but it was already too big and powerful, where the A5 as I branch out of my sound card and multimedia have some refinements in terms of comfort (button-up voltage control at the front and the volume of the two chambers from one of the two).

SOUNDS

I loved the treble and upper midrange of the A7 and I found them on the A5. Obviously, the bottom is not very interesting especially with the acoustic shit my stay, it pukes all over the place. Fortunately, I have things optimized by placing the speakers on foam backing compact and thick, and using the IK Multimedia ARC that fits their response to the problems posed by my room. I am well aware that this is not ideal, but in conjunction with headphones Ultrasone Pro 900, it allows me to produce mixes that are not strawberries and that's a lot.

OVERALL OPINION

I love the treble A5, much fainter than the X series of Adam has always left me skeptical: I find the detail without having the impression that everything tingles in my ear 2cm, as the A7X. And to have been able to compare these last with many other pairs of speakers of the same size since I confess to have never regretted my choice. Only problem, they are no longer sold and A5X does not apply, from my point of view ...

Obviously, I love that they have serious most interesting (no more serious eh, but a serious accurate because there is a bit of cheese) but it will require that I pass on a template top . And a much higher price too. In short, a very good monitor, recover used ...