What made you settle for the shape 50s?
Yeah well i mean if you were using an audio interface like mine with the shape 50s you’d have more cirticism haha.
i have not compared the two in sound wise.
If you compare them from specs. They are very different devices.
I was initially looking for smooth-sounding speakers that were good on the desk and had XLR inputs but there were no speakers that fit the bill that weren’t monitors. The only one I found were the Buchardt A500 but that’s waaay past my budget.
Had some KEF LSX before these…didn’t like em.
Did you just straight jump to the RDE dac or did you have something prior?
KEFS are so bad. I had some bluetooth vanatoos encore ones are they were bad but the bass they enhanced was decent so it rumbled a bit. Mostly paid for the feature set but i didnt need most of that shit.
Nah I don’t think so. I think they sound great but they don’t have good user experience.
QC issues?
RME ADI-2 DAC FS 2-channel DA Converter | Sweetwater
Is it this one? Supposedly this beats the jot 2 by miles. It looks attractive too which is a bonus tbh.
Had a Project Maia preamp before RME.
I still have the Maia, will be using it in future with JBL monitors.
Yes, the very same.
Was that used with your genelecs or is that mainly a vinyl thing?
Alright just put in the order for the RME. Pumped!
1 Like
Will you be using the RME as your pre-amp?
Btw, make sure you read the manual…it will be the best manual you’ve ever seen/read!
Yes i will be. What can i expect in the manual?
Very detailed and well-thought out explanations on why it was designed a certain way, as well as instructions on how to operate…it is very daunting at first, but you’ll soon realize how intuitive and well-thought-out everything is.
Manual is also available online if you want to get a head-start…
Wow what a fucking manual. Can’t wait to scale these shapes up with this RME unit. Great thing is i can use it as a dac when i’m ready to spend on a really good pre amp.
2 Likes
Ok so having played with these for more than 30 hours since saturday, i can say these are really nice. Especially with the sub6 from focal they really open up. However i still can’t go over the harshness of these. THe harshness comes from music like rock where you hear cymbals like almost this sprite ness or treble glare in them. Was thinking of another choice since i’m still within my 30 day return window.
Yup, it’s definitely too hot for me to handle as well…
Did you try EQing it down? It could be a compromise you could live with for now…
Like I mentioned tho, I don’t know any other exceptional fully balanced pre-amps so can’t help you there.
Yes i tried the loudness option on the RME which helped it tone down somewhat but i can’t help but feel like it won’t change the nature of the treble overall. Maybe its the tweeter design too. The focal solo 6be have the beryllium tweeters which go all the way to 40khz without any kind of harshness. Those cost two kidneys tho. The other option is a pair of adam a7xs
Uh, I don’t think you use the loudness option for that. You usually use it if you listen at low volumes and it would then boost bass and treble to compensate…
I meant the tone controls at the back of the Shapes…you said you had it all the way up. Maybe turning it down will help…
the loudness helps give me better sense of imaging and detail than without but the harshness is still there. Yeah i have the knobs less than 0.