Hi all. I have a pair of Adam Audio A3X which I use for playing my FM9. They are on iso-acoustic brand stands.
Annoyingly (and painfully), it's only when I get them up at 80-85dB or more that they start sounding good (and different to each other).
At this volume, the treble content is kinda shredding my ears after only a short while playing...
Thoughts:
1) Am I maybe pushing these small monitors too hard, getting some distortion and need bigger monitors that can make the sounds easier?
2) Is this simply a desktop monitor issue that I wouldn't get with something like a Laney/Atomic/etc FRFR cab sitting on the floor? I don't get this issue with my real amp.
3) Do I need a sub to take over some of the duties from the A3X? I find they can't quite handle the bass the amp models can put out.
Any ideas what I can do to avoid killing my ears, but still get the sound I like? Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
Annoyingly (and painfully), it's only when I get them up at 80-85dB or more that they start sounding good (and different to each other).
At this volume, the treble content is kinda shredding my ears after only a short while playing...
Thoughts:
1) Am I maybe pushing these small monitors too hard, getting some distortion and need bigger monitors that can make the sounds easier?
2) Is this simply a desktop monitor issue that I wouldn't get with something like a Laney/Atomic/etc FRFR cab sitting on the floor? I don't get this issue with my real amp.
3) Do I need a sub to take over some of the duties from the A3X? I find they can't quite handle the bass the amp models can put out.
Any ideas what I can do to avoid killing my ears, but still get the sound I like? Thanks in advance for any suggestions.