I just brought these today!!! Oh man all those positive reviews of the Adam A7V's on YouTube has got me broke!
It was my intention to purchase the A7X (pair), as it was the preceding model and many online stores were selling these off cheaply. Andersons had the last stock, I blinked and they were gone. I then tried my luck on eBay. There were quite a few being auctioned. So I played the roulette wheel on eBay, came close but got outbid by someone more nutty than me. I wasn't prepared to pay £700 or close to it for 2nd hand monitors.
I thought ah WTF, in for a penny in for a pound, after looking around for non-Adam alternatives, I was tempted by the Focal EVO 65 active speakers, as these matched my Focal Sub One, the sound would be more uniform, it made sense, was I prepared to sacrifice the expansion and clarity of the Adams? The Focal's were more HiFi than Adams A7X, more rounded, not as detailed in the top frequencies but some noted fatigue in the treble. I even had in my shopping basket the Eve SC207 but in the end, I opted for the Adam A7V.
I got the Adam A7Vs (pair) from Scan at a good price, everyone else was selling close to its original retail price £600 per speaker and Scan has PayPal, this allows you to pay by 4 instalments.
I was listening to that guy and many others, particularly, Simon Price from 13th Note, I won't provide the link, I believe or I may be wrong but he's been barred from WHF so I don't wish to stir the wraith of the modulators but do check out the YouTube review. He's an audio HiFi enthusiast not a studio monitoring pro, but it was interesting to hear his take on the Adams, and he's come to the conclusion, after the Eversolo DMP-A6 that these were the most significant discovery he's made. This guy hates cables, so you have to give him some credit or maybe not
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I've always said, Adam near field monitors are also mighty fine HiFi Speakers. I'm expecting these baby's to arrive this week along with my desktop Gorilla speaker stands and if I haven't already given you all, nausea, I might give my feedback, in case any of you were thinking of purchasing the A7V's.
There's something about AMT tweeters, the high end is much better on your ears but no design is perfect and does have it's flaws but I do wish more manufacturers adopt it. Wharfedale has AMT tweeters on their top of the range, it's a start.
I do believe the way forward is active speakers with each unit having its own amplification, it makes sense to cut out the middleman and route your DAC directly into the speakers.
The A7V's are superior by far but they don't have volume or power button at the front, it's a shame but I was swayed by the digital DSP and if you have ethernet connection, you can download the Sonarworks software from Adams site, so you can acoustically tune these to your room settings which is really neat. The woofer is made from crushed granite, glass and fibre and it is claimed to offer excellent damping and rigidity, I was intrigued, oh I'm such a S*ut!
I really wanted the old version A7X with the knobs on the front because I'm too lazy to fiddle with the dials at the back, and I was even considering moving over to Adam's other German rival Eve (Adam and Eve, get it!), no seriously, Eve is relatively new, it was set up in the 90's and it's no spare rib, they also make mighty fine products, which are generally cheaper than the Adams, so I was really tempted with the Eve SC07 studio monitors and most importantly, they have the volume controls at the front, much cheaper than even the A7X's and everyone is raving about them.
I was on the Box Music website, I actually placed the SC07 in my shopping cart but I thought I do the due diligence and check the customer reviews, gone through them, great, great yep, great, yep yep great, good and I came across 1 star, everybody else consistently gave 5 stars and some 4s. I was concerned. It was some French guy Cyril, Why? Why Froggies have to spoil it all?
I had Google translator....poor components, poor reliability, rubbish this rubbish that....that was it One Bad Apple ruins the cart (no pun intended), so I aborted.
Anyway I coughed out a lot for the A7Vs, these will most likely be the last speakers I ever owe because when I eventually hit retirement age, I'm going to be much poorer. May I have more bowl of soup Sir, MORE, MORE. So yes enjoy while you're able to
Oh by the way, I'm putting the T5V's on eBay, dirt cheap if anyone is interested?
It was my intention to purchase the A7X (pair), as it was the preceding model and many online stores were selling these off cheaply. Andersons had the last stock, I blinked and they were gone. I then tried my luck on eBay. There were quite a few being auctioned. So I played the roulette wheel on eBay, came close but got outbid by someone more nutty than me. I wasn't prepared to pay £700 or close to it for 2nd hand monitors.
I thought ah WTF, in for a penny in for a pound, after looking around for non-Adam alternatives, I was tempted by the Focal EVO 65 active speakers, as these matched my Focal Sub One, the sound would be more uniform, it made sense, was I prepared to sacrifice the expansion and clarity of the Adams? The Focal's were more HiFi than Adams A7X, more rounded, not as detailed in the top frequencies but some noted fatigue in the treble. I even had in my shopping basket the Eve SC207 but in the end, I opted for the Adam A7V.
I got the Adam A7Vs (pair) from Scan at a good price, everyone else was selling close to its original retail price £600 per speaker and Scan has PayPal, this allows you to pay by 4 instalments.
I was listening to that guy and many others, particularly, Simon Price from 13th Note, I won't provide the link, I believe or I may be wrong but he's been barred from WHF so I don't wish to stir the wraith of the modulators but do check out the YouTube review. He's an audio HiFi enthusiast not a studio monitoring pro, but it was interesting to hear his take on the Adams, and he's come to the conclusion, after the Eversolo DMP-A6 that these were the most significant discovery he's made. This guy hates cables, so you have to give him some credit or maybe not
.I've always said, Adam near field monitors are also mighty fine HiFi Speakers. I'm expecting these baby's to arrive this week along with my desktop Gorilla speaker stands and if I haven't already given you all, nausea, I might give my feedback, in case any of you were thinking of purchasing the A7V's.
There's something about AMT tweeters, the high end is much better on your ears but no design is perfect and does have it's flaws but I do wish more manufacturers adopt it. Wharfedale has AMT tweeters on their top of the range, it's a start.
I do believe the way forward is active speakers with each unit having its own amplification, it makes sense to cut out the middleman and route your DAC directly into the speakers.
The A7V's are superior by far but they don't have volume or power button at the front, it's a shame but I was swayed by the digital DSP and if you have ethernet connection, you can download the Sonarworks software from Adams site, so you can acoustically tune these to your room settings which is really neat. The woofer is made from crushed granite, glass and fibre and it is claimed to offer excellent damping and rigidity, I was intrigued, oh I'm such a S*ut!
I really wanted the old version A7X with the knobs on the front because I'm too lazy to fiddle with the dials at the back, and I was even considering moving over to Adam's other German rival Eve (Adam and Eve, get it!), no seriously, Eve is relatively new, it was set up in the 90's and it's no spare rib, they also make mighty fine products, which are generally cheaper than the Adams, so I was really tempted with the Eve SC07 studio monitors and most importantly, they have the volume controls at the front, much cheaper than even the A7X's and everyone is raving about them.
I was on the Box Music website, I actually placed the SC07 in my shopping cart but I thought I do the due diligence and check the customer reviews, gone through them, great, great yep, great, yep yep great, good and I came across 1 star, everybody else consistently gave 5 stars and some 4s. I was concerned. It was some French guy Cyril, Why? Why Froggies have to spoil it all?
I had Google translator....poor components, poor reliability, rubbish this rubbish that....that was it One Bad Apple ruins the cart (no pun intended), so I aborted.
Anyway I coughed out a lot for the A7Vs, these will most likely be the last speakers I ever owe because when I eventually hit retirement age, I'm going to be much poorer. May I have more bowl of soup Sir, MORE, MORE. So yes enjoy while you're able to
Oh by the way, I'm putting the T5V's on eBay, dirt cheap if anyone is interested?
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