New monitors

[Tom Adam]

Went listening to some monitors over the weekend.
Pff that didn’t help ;-)

I liked the barefoot footprint 03’s but a bit unsure if they will work in a bigger studio. I did like the sound though.
Tried the Adan A77h. More punch out of this ones, but my previous Adam set died on me after a few years, so also not sure on these. Sound was similar to the barefoots.
The Kali audio SM-5’s and Dynaudio LYD 48 were nice, but missed a bit of punch. The Kali’s were actually very transparent, I think great to mix on. 

So I guess it is between the barefoot and Adam’s…. Any tips?

Tom Adam
tom.adam at thebigear.be
www.thebigear.be



> On Feb 24, 2026, at 3:23 AM, K9 Kai Niggemann via music-bar <music-bar at lists.music-bar.org> wrote:
> 
> I really like the Neumann kh120 with the matching sub
> 
> We use them at the radio station I am a member of and they are awesome and quite small. 
> 
> 
> Sent from my Phone
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>> On 24. Feb 2026, at 01:03, Romain Xavier via music-bar <music-bar at lists.music-bar.org> wrote:
>> 
>> Or genelec  ???
>> 
>>> On 23 Feb 2026, at 09:30, Romain Xavier <xtechcode at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi Tom! 
>>> 
>>> I m a Focal dude, but 
>>> 
>>> I heard very good critics about Dutch and Dutch speakers, unfortunately I did not check their price til now cause I was afraid :)
>>> 
>>> https://dutchdutch.com/pages/6c-product-page
>>> 
>>> As it is too expensive compare to what you want to spend, maybe it s possible to find them in a second hand deal ? 
>>> 
>>> I m curious what other barians will advise … :) 
>>> 
>>> Romain
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On 23 Feb 2026, at 02:47, Tom Adam via music-bar <music-bar at lists.music-bar.org> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Hi Guys,
>>>> 
>>>> I currently have a set of Focal shape 65`s monitors in my studio and although I like’m, I would like to add a second set of monitors in my studio.
>>>> Main reason to A/B my tracks, but also I will move back to Europe early 2027 and my studio there will be “bigger”. 21’x15’ / 7m x 5m
>>>> So, what is hot in monitor land? Budget about $3000, but if good arguments I could go up to $4000.
>>>> 
>>>> Any suggestions?
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Tom Adam
>>>> tom.adam at thebigear.be
>>>> www.thebigear.be
>>>> 
>>>> 
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