Anyone Using Focal Alpha Monitors?

the ribbons in the EVE seem to be not that much aggressiv like in the Adams but yes they are close...just a bit nicer..belongs to the taste

deadlight, Im' a bit confused. Are you refering to the 8s being dark and cloudy or the 5's too?

no the Rokit 8 G2, not the 5´s.....but the Alpha 80 are dark and cloudy compared to them
The KRK are not that bad monitors like many think. Sure there are better ones.

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Great. Would love to hear what you think of them. I've been reading so much about studio monitors over the last week. I'm of the belief at this point that when it comes to near field monitors in the 5 to 8 inch driver range, it's hard to make a bad choice. I'm sure that if I demo'ed them all I'd have a preference but everything would change if I demo'ed them in my home. I'm sure if I bougth JBL LSR305s or Yamaha HS8s or the Focals, I'd be happy and they'd all sound great.

My room is 13x12 so according to what I'm reading, I should be fine with a 5" driver. Yet, you'll get tons of recommendations to go with an 8" driver because it's "better". Well those larger drivers also come with higher powered amps and that probably won't work in my room. I'm not worried about bass when it comes to playing the Kemper because I'm a guitarist. I played my 7 string through the Rokit5's all the time and never felt I was missing chunk or bottom. Now for mixing, I know it's a different story but I could add a sub-woofer for that.

There are tons of great deals on eBay and other online vendors. Have to admit the "buy one get the 2nd half off" deal on the Mackie MR models is really tempting. But the JBL LSR305s have SO MANY positive reviews. More so than the Yamaha HS line. Still the Yamahas are very popular here. I wonder if that's got anything to do with the fact that the DXR10s are also strongly in favor here?

The only thing I'm sure of is that I'll probably be mounting my monitors on stands instead of my desk. I like the idea of less weight on the desk and I've already moved my desk a bit to clear room for the stands.

Anyway, let me know what you think of the Focals. For a monitor with a 5" driver, it has a pretty big enclosure which I think helps extend the low end a bit and make the monitors sound "bigger".

Take care.
Dave

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Well, you have to take into consideration that BOTH the JBL's and the hs5s have the bass port REAR mounted, so if you (like me) are planning on placing them against the wall, they are a NO-GO

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But the 50 ware good when you need small monitors that go deep enough.

Your writing imply that you've had experience with the alpha 50's too. So were they bright enough, or were they bass/ low-mid heavy too? Sorry if i'm being a little thick, it's 6.30 in the morning here, I've just woken up.

Yes...and the 8s have them front mounted, the alphas also

i once was also at a shop and checked my own mixes on various monitors. I did not expect much..but they sound great on most of them. Only on Yamaha HS8 they sounded very bad, and totally wrong
i often think about stepping up from the KRKS...there could be more details i know that..but im used to them and usually my mixes work on Hifi very well. If i get something different one day..maybe the Eve..i will keep my KRKs
because Eves or Neumanns or wathever sound totally different. But my mixes worked on those too...only the yamahas lacked

i dont want to start new discussion about KRKs..there have been many in the interent..and most people hate them
For me - they work

had not the chance to try JBLs so far

the 50s were also dark..and sounded close to the 80s..but the 80s were much darker deeper. Very detailed in the deep area...but everthing sounded to me like a PA monitorsystem..not like a Studiomonitor
Imo the Alpha series is overall more dark

Thanks for the info man! Maybe I should reconsider then, cause I SURELY don't want another dark pair.

i tried many many settings of the 80s...also placed monitors differnt..but there was not even one mix i could enjoy

one of my absolute reference mixes/masters is Katatonia - The Great Cold Distance (mixed/mastered by Jens Bogren) or Behemoth - Evangelion
i did not like them with the Alphas..wathever i did

than go for Adams, Eve or Neumanns maybe!

Thanks again! And let me tell you (though I suspect you've read it hundreds of times by now) that your profiles are AMAZING! THanks for them too

haha thank you - and hey - they did not sound good on the Focals too dark