Just bought a set of KRK rokkit 5's

[Tommy Evans]

Actually just one. Guitar center only had two of those monitors in and some asshole wanted to buy just one of them. So I bought the last one and will be picking up the second one in a few days hopefully.

Anyway, anyone else who has these or has had these, do I need to know anything about them before I hook em up? They say they are flat but in my experiance most monitors arent. Just looking for some insight and opinions on these KRK G2 5s.

 

[OneDaySky]

I ave the 8's, they not 100% accurate, the pretty flat though, maybe too dull i find, but im used to their sound and know where to boost to compensate during mixing

 

[Tommy Evans]

Ah see that's what I had to do with my old monitors and something I don't want to have to do regularly. Where do you boost your mixes at on the 8s?

I remember on my old M-Audio AV30's my rule was, if theres a little too much Low end happening, then it would be good on real world speakers.

 

[AllanD]

There's something off in the mids about these, I can't put my finger on it though. All I know is that my 700-3k almost never transfers well if I mix only through mine. The lack of low end will throw you off too.

 

[Tommy Evans]

AllenD how do you compensate for those things?

 

[AllanD]

Testing my mix on Ipod headphones, car speakers, studio headphones, friends car stereo, anything I can. I'm thinking of getting a second pair of reference monitors as well.