Neumann KH 80 DSP active studio monitor

Detailed, balanced and, sometimes, embarrassingly honest. After moving into a smaller space for my home studio/editing suite, I’d struggled for some time with monitors that I’d transferred from a much larger room. As a consequence, most of my critical audio decisions were being made over headphones, which is never a perfect scenario. Having finally decided to sort my monitoring out, I looked for weeks at various small nearfield monitors across a wide spectrum of price points and, having read and listened myself stupid with online reviews (lockdown in place, live auditioning wasn’t an option) I ordered a pair of Neumanns, fully prepared to return them and then continue my search if they didn’t meet my needs. I can only say that, so far, I’m impressed, very impressed. I now have very reliable monitoring that I can work with for extended periods without fatigue. For me, the relatively restricted low end reach of these isn’t a problem, though out of curiosity more than anything else, I’d love to hear them perform in conjunction with their counterpart sub. If you want something that flatters your music or dialogue recordings, then look elsewhere, but if, like me, you’re working in a confined space and need a little auditory truth in your life, put these high on your list!

For their price range an extremely good quality.

Very pleased with these speakers after a lot of research, to get better than this you would have to spend A LOT more than this price. Recommended.