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Been wanting to get myself a set of decent wee desktop monitors. Reviews and recommendations were saying the Kanto Ora's or the Adam Audio D3V's.
Took advantage of Amazon no-hassle returns and bought both.
The Ora's are tiny but incredibly capable speakers, it is insane what they are able to pump out. I think they are more 'hifi' than the 'reference' speakers they call themselves. Pronounced bass and quite muddy in the middle, I thought it almost sounded like they were playing through a tube.
Had read that getting the matching sub opens them up a bit but it was the detail in hihats or percussion that I felt was just lacking.
The ora's are beautifully minimal speakers.
I do however think I was a little spoiled because I'd already spend a few hours with the D3V's which are hands down the clearest audio I have ever heard. Those ribbon tweeters are incredible.
The sound is beautifully flat like a monitor/reference speaker should be. They bass is punchy and accurate - each speaker has a 3.5" woofer and 2x3" passive radiators that thump in and out.
I would not hesitate to recommend these to anyone.
They arent the prettiest of speakers, look more like sh*tty computer speakers from the 90s. But here performance wins over looks.
Next on the list is probably a 8" sub to take away some of the really low duties away from these speakers, not that they are not capable, just want some floor movement.
- On one hand nobody really gets to see them, but on the other hand you got to look at them all the time. Too bad they're ug, I need.canoe
- What do you have in your music studio?canoe
- Only have my laptop with ableton + decades of collected VSTs etc. iPad with Logic Pro and other apps.microkorg
- And hardware only a OP-XY now.
Sold a crap ton of toys about 9 years ago when first kid was born as had to give up 'studio' to be a bedroom.microkorg