This is not a boring specs review that means nothing, this is by someone who actively listens to and loves music and is passionate about the nitty gritty, the things that matter. And that's what we need. Great work, thank you so much, I know what to buy now (T7V). And to recommend to friends (T5V).
I've tried the JBLs quite a while ago for a brief period and I strongly prefer the ADAMs. I really prefer an ability to resolve small details in audio over excitement. What's also worth noting is that although Adam's AMT tweeter allows for very detailed highs, it is NOT fatiguing.
TLDR: Big question: "Should I keep my JBL 305P's or should I get the Adam T5v's?" Keep the JBL's. 29:56 Uses: T5v's - Music, gaming, living room, parties, bar mitzvahs, orgies. T7v's - Mixing.
The trick is a simple one, get a pair of decent midrange producing front speakers with good highs and get a separate matched pair of subs, one sub only provides mono bass out put, despite people saying bass is non directional thats just nonsense, some bass frequencies are very directional. never force deep bass out of your fronts
I just bought the T5V's as my first studio monitors and use them for both music listening and mixing, they're great! Was quite suprised to see this in my sub-feed and even more suprised to see you praising them so. i love them !
Adam Audio also has the big T8V as well. I have used the T7V (in a room with no treatment on a desk) before and I love them, they are great especially in the nearfield when toed right in to your listening position. Good for mixing for sure and yes you do need to tweak the master volume knobs at the rear to get it perfectly balanced. They are pretty simple, just plug them in.
I watched and rewatched your z wire video like a jillion times. I wanna thank you for that, I got some nice cables for not much money and they didn't turn out half bad.
It would be my guess that the 5's have more depth and transparency is because a smaller mid/bass driver transitions better with the tweeter (It's faster due to less mass.) not to mention tighter bass.
Man, I had noooo idea about the Adam T5V, I needed small speakers for my second rig. I went and got them at my local music store. I didn't even try them at the store. Set them up in my studio and pressed play and I had to check twice if I wasn't playing through my Neumann KH310.. The T5V is truly magical! I will praise them to anyone wanting to make music are starting audiophiling. Anyway - Then I thought: Someone must have done a good review about these speakers, and I saw that you had done one and I was like: Fuck this is it: Either he talks bullshit about them or he tells the truth how fucking amazing they sound ahahaha!!! And you did!! And who are the idiots watching 5 minutes? Maybe the youtube counter is broken since I have 2 kids I can't watch more then 10 min at 1 go, but always watching the videos from start to finish. Anyway! Need to watch the rest of the video now! Thanks for reviewing these!
I just sold off a pair of ADAM A8x because they were taking up too much space on my desk (Yep, I'm nuts). I needed to upgrade my computer display to a 43" 4K HDR monitor and that meant going with smaller studio monitors. My max width is 8" and I was originally planning on a pair of ADAM A5x monitors and matching it up to a subwoofer. After seeing this and a few other videos I reversed course and bought the T5v instead. I also bought the PreSonus E66 as they intrigued me. I will set both of them up for extended listening and then and keep the speaker I like the most and send the other one back. I have spent the last day listening to the T5v. Very impressive small speaker. It took me quite sometime to get them dialed and level matched with my subwoofer. If I have one small quibble with these it is that the low end starts to fall apart at high SPLs. These speakers can get quite loud. The middle and top end hold up nicely at SPLs over 100db. But the bottom end starts to distort a little bit at that point. But these are small monitors and they have quite a bit of slam given their size so keep that in mind. And the price is certainly right at $400 for a pair. I was actually a bit surprised by how good they sound. I hope to get around to setting up the PreSonus E66 soon.
Hoo boy that's a relief. I bought a pair of T7Vs literally two weeks ago and then saw the next day that you had them pending. I thought real hard about going JBL 306P for the same price instead. Real hard. More of a home studio/reference setting so I made exactly the right choice.
I have a lot to learn so I watch your videos from start to finish I am a Veteran living on a fixed income of 1079 dollars a month so I don't want to waste money when I do finally save up enough to purchase a music system
I did what you did and listened to a friends t5v that was so good it destroyed my PMC FB1s in comparison. So much clarity and tightness. Then I bought T7v as was only slightly more. The warm in period with these is painful. You go through the following stages. No bass, ok but a bit lacking in clarity, way too much bass with huge boom at 50 Hz, that forces you to move them further from the wall and then they finally sound really good. After 8 hours of use they sBest I've heard everything. But they need room to breathe. If you have small room definitely go t5v. Still enjoying the 7s. The bass and the punch is spectacular now. Clarity is very good, maybe not quite T5 good yet but with each listen it sounds better. Helped also by better cables. Seems a bit fussier than 5s too.
best review on a pair of speaker i could not make my mind up about, thank you for your help, much appreciated, went with the T7V as it fills the room a bit more.
I am getting the adam T5v's. I could not listen to them in any store here. So I am happy you did this review.🙂 I think the reason they're better is that the mid has to come out of the woofer too and the bigger the woofer gets the harder it is the get a good punchy mid out of them.
29:57 I watch your full videos. Some times even twice if it's on headphones I want. I still need speaker for the TV, I kind of want floor stands though.
awesome man, your a funny guy! mad me chuckle several times!! really useful info though and helped me make my decision to get the 7's for my productions!!!
It's when I do multi-session reruns that I'm close to pulling the trigger. Keep em detail rich, fun and provocative in terms of system integration. Cheers!
have a feeling the difference between the 5s and 7s you might be hearing is the responsiveness of the bass cones. 5s might be tighter response to the 7s. also it makes sense the 5s have a shorter nodal range than the 7s but i wouldnt have expected it to be that big of a difference.
I have both T5V and T7V and i can agree that T7V can be better for making a decision while mixing/mastering but T5V are much more fun to listen to. Both are amazing tho. (I have a large room with no acoustic treatment)
@@c.s.herman860 in my opinion they’re pretty good everywhere I’ve heard them, small rooms, weird shaped rooms, etc. I’m no expert but every person I know that bought t5v’s is pretty happy with what they got, no matter how big/small room they have. Of course there is acoustic treatment topic but I lack knowledge to speak about it.
I’m a fan of adam and almost ordered T5V but when I compared it mackie mr524 last ones sounded clearer, deeper and detailed with good sub punch and mids but less warmer than adams. So for mixing now I want mackies
The 7s do depth pretty well. I have mine on a set of isostands about a foot away from the wall, and the wall directly behind the port is treated with acoustic panels. My reference point is the emotiva 4s and the 6s. A to B on a foam pad, the 4s give the illusion that they seem to layer the lower notes better than the 6. If I load the ports off a treated wall it has the same effect with both monitors. I believe it is slowing the wave down or dispersing it to give that perception of depth. Another point on the T7v is using the boost makes the low end sound a bit muddy in my opinion. I prefer the 0db setting and that's where the dsp work really shines to me.
You haven't heard the true bass of T7V until you plug bass reflex ports - completely different bass. If you then correct it with a little bit EQ it's a dream.
I think it s very possible you have some standing waves and some cancellations in your room with regard to the bass on the t7v (taken into consideration the lack of acoustic treatment and especially the windows behind the rear ported speakers). So i think that the problem is not on the t7v in comparison to t5v, but the way they each create the low end sounds.
This was great. Thanks for walking through each part of your experience. Maybe the word you are looking for between the 7's and 5's is the 5's are just slightly hyped. The great part is that they're hyped in a really great way, presenting sound well rather than truncating and distorting tonality to get at a certain frequency punch, but that if it's just raw detailed transparent accuracy you want, then the 7's are just a little more of that. Hearing you talk about the 5's makes me second guess leaning toward the 7's, but knowing I'm really needing these for production more than anything else, the 7's are probably my jam. Thanks for all the thoughts on these.
The 5s have so much punch that in a 12-24 room I thought buying a sub would be pointless. Very balanced bass as well. Amazing speakers is an understatement.
I went to Guitar Center trying to hear Sennheiser 600s or 400s. Weren't hooked up. Did get to hear 361s and wound up buying a pair refurbished a few days later. But I got to hear the T5V alongside M-Audio, KRK Rokit, Yamaha and JBL studio monitors. JBL had such loud horns they actually overpowered that famous JBL bass. But the Adam Audio T5V. I'm trying to sell my ROkit 5 G4 to get them. They are ridiculous. Possibly better than the T7V. But it was like comparing 371 to 361s. Very similar. The T5Vs may be the best speakers I've ever heard. Granted I've never hear Polk or Klipsch towers. But the Adam Audio speakers blew my doors off. I also liked the 5s better than 7s for some reason.
Had T7V, returned them, high noise floor + not great dsp downgrading my dac(dry sound without the juice). Going for Focal Alpha 65. Update: don't buy 65(humm), went for 80
Those T5V & T7V use PCM1862 ADC to convert the analog input back to digital, then "LCD/LED TV grade" TAS5754M with built in DSP, DAC and Class-D Amplifier, all powerd by universal switched-mode supply. I am surpriced by the sound, after that fact.
17:12. It's the "Bose effect". People are always impressed by the exception. When you have large sound, especially if it can sound decent, coming from a small thing, that's impressive, because that's usually not the case. I call it the "Bose effect" because anyone with Bose (especially when they first came out) would invite you over to listen to music, and they'd turn up the volume, and they'd talk about how great the sound was, etc, etc, and then they'd always say, "can you find the speakers?" Like clockwork. LOL
As an owner of JBL LSR 305P MKIIs, and having listened to the Adam T-series, I can agree that the Adams are better. However, I bought the JBLs, because where I live the Adams are double the cost. Adams are good, but at their price they live with some expensive company.
The ultimate speakers for detail and performance at low volume listening are Magnepans. Nothing else comes remotely close, nothing with a speaker cone anyway.
reason that the bass is louder is because you have a smaller box and higher compression coming out that box but in a studio with treatment the tv7 are more balanced in the bottom end.
These T5v's are indeed pretty awesome..even in compare with the mighty and more as double priced "High Resolution" monitors like the.. "AirPulse A100's"..there is almost no difference in sound-quality..really amazing.. :) ..think U would like the A100's also very much..
Ok, so I watched the whole video. I know you say 7’s for mixing. But what if the mixing I’m doing is in a smaller room? Would 5s be better in that case?
Z, I watch your videos religiously. I value your opinion highly, and I watch every video 'til the end. Thank you for making audio reviews so much fun. Thank you for the personality and candidness you bring in each and every video. And for your cat. Chewbacca is highly important. So are you. Again, thank you.
Also I was watching your Kali LP-6 review and you said you liked them but for a desk spend $100 more and get the Adam T5V's. So I came back and rewatched this review 3 months later in full
So, the Adams are not near field monitors? Correct? I would love to inspect your setup! Cause there’s a reason they are called near field monitors: they lose when asked to project. So how does Adam do it? Also, would you do Rockit Tens? Love your vids. Thanks bro!
Zoos you are fucking hilarious. Just know I watch all your videos and love the intro to the end. I say average I watch is about 7-10min. Unless I am buying speakers, which i did based on what advise you gave me.
the fun factor is wierd, My larger speakers do sound bigger, but its so much more fun listening to my Mirage M460, circa 1990's, which sound smaller but more interesting. It is probably psychological.
I know I am a year and 3/4 late to this party. But just checking up on Z’s opinion on the 5s. Did It ever occur to anyone that because of the different size drivers(5” and 7”) that the room acoustics are probably causing a standing bass wave? No way the bass is going to act the same from the exact same speaker placement.
I have a 3x3x3 meter room, it’s fairly treated. Should I get tv5 or tv7 for crucial mixing? Disclaimer: I don’t have a good headphone to mix on so im gonna rely with the monitors
Currently at 28:05 will prob sit threw all of this and watch the T5's sound test. Im on here again as i brought the RBH due to his review and they were hella cheap on ebay, so im wondering should i replace these and use the RBH's at the back of my room for my 5.1.
I'm about 6 years to late to this video. But I'm commenting with the slim chance you can advise me whether to get the T5v or mr624 for a home DJ set up. Tiny box room with the speakers on stands around a foot away from either ear . From your review on the Mackie's I feel these will work well. But T5v are in my price range and sound great . I'll stump up for the mr6 if you feel they will be more suitable for my situation. Got my fingers crossed for your reply .
Great video. I bought t5v after watching this. Now when I don't use them that often for music production I would like to know if they would be a good fit for listening music in small living room? Size of the triangle for speakers, listening position will be 2,7 - 2,7 - 2,7m.
I'm years late to this party.....but when you switched from the 5's to the 7's with the same song, I 100% heard what you were talking about. The 7's sounded more.....boxy.....like they were hollow, and the 5's are solid like a brick. I don't mean to say the 7's sound boxy.....but compared to the 5's, which sound like a solid wall of sound, the 7's sound kind of boxy.
You should A/B these speakers. have someone come over and help you and do the switching and not tell you which ones playing have them stacked one on top of each other. And you sit back on the couch with your eyes closed and see if you can tell which is which. Although that mini DSP you could probably tweak the sevens to sound more like the fives.
I got the LSR305 based on your reviews and when I set them up all I did was grin. Wondering how much better it can get. Sad that the emotiva powered monitors are discontinued. Would these be end game powered monitors?
Aaah, the old apartment and infinitely better acoustics than you seem to have in either the 'cavern' upstairs or the basement in the new place. As ever, I'm living in the past :(
This guy is right. The T5v are more pleasurable to listen. Although not as neutral as the t7v the frequency response is smoother\cleaner throughout the whole range. Within an interval of a about 3db the t7v have a more overall erratic and at times extreme frequency response. The T5v, although not overall as neutral, they have less erratic frequency response through the range. The pleasure in listening to the t5vs comes from two elements: 1.A more pronounced dip in the beginning of the mids and elevated highs. 2.A smoother frequency response throughout the range. To make the t7v sound more like the t5vs it would take adding to 2db to the low frequencies and doing to the same in the highs.
How do T5Vs compare to KEF Q100s ? I currently have LSR305s and am looking to upgrade to either of these ( I can get both for about 300$ a pair where I live )
Very insightful. So you’d say that if you’re a music listener or audio file and want exciting: get the 5”. But if you’re a music producer and you want flat and true: get the 7”
I had the t5vs in a 12-24 room and let me tell you those things punch man. Phenom of a speaker. The 5s def have more base and even the high end sounds more resolving. What people are considering is the tuning via the material. 5 inches is the sweet spot for whatever reason. Problem is the sound is becoming anemic on the 7s because they weren’t tuned/made correctly for that size. They are using the same material with probably the same density, so basically just taking the 5 inch driver and stretching it out which is why it sounds flatter. Probably could have been resolved by simply increasing the density of the 7
I usually watch most of the videos as well, the only issue that im starting to half the more videos I watch, is that he seems like like everything. every video ive watched he is just ranting and raving about how much he loves the speakers.. so its hard to take what he says seriously. or use it as consumer advice. I guess its more for entertainment ie. the cat and the funny things he says.
plz Z never ever stop doing 20-40min videos, i love watching them
the real fans stick around
But lotsa profanities. That's what I can't stand it
Get over it
Yeah its just so much more time to express his thoughts and opinions about those speakers
Well I do watch all of your videos .. all 20 something minutes of them .. and I am sure I am not alone..
Yup, you are not.
Probably crazy cat-ladies skipping to the few cat clips.
not alone, confirmed
You are not alone. I sometimes watch them all the way through more than once.
So do I !!
This is not a boring specs review that means nothing, this is by someone who actively listens to and loves music and is passionate about the nitty gritty, the things that matter. And that's what we need. Great work, thank you so much, I know what to buy now (T7V). And to recommend to friends (T5V).
I've tried the JBLs quite a while ago for a brief period and I strongly prefer the ADAMs. I really prefer an ability to resolve small details in audio over excitement. What's also worth noting is that although Adam's AMT tweeter allows for very detailed highs, it is NOT fatiguing.
TLDR: Big question: "Should I keep my JBL 305P's or should I get the Adam T5v's?" Keep the JBL's. 29:56
Uses: T5v's - Music, gaming, living room, parties, bar mitzvahs, orgies.
T7v's - Mixing.
The trick is a simple one, get a pair of decent midrange producing front speakers with good highs and get a separate matched pair of subs, one sub only provides mono bass out put, despite people saying bass is non directional thats just nonsense, some bass frequencies are very directional. never force deep bass out of your fronts
@@Synthematix smaller subs say , 8" in stereo have more range 10-12 inch I think are to omni directional run risk of harming the speaker
You only need one sub for vinyl though right?
Bent Knee fan I don't think you need a subwoofer for music, especially if the speakers are good.
Make Videos of 1.5hrs long and I will invite all my friends to have a Z movie night with popcorn and coca cola
YOU FAIL GOOD SIR.. PEPSI IS THE SUPERIOR COLA PRODUCT.. GOOD DAY!
No soda, homemade sweat tea is the best.
a little salty for my tastes...
@casey littlefield Wrong, Coffee is just better.
@@ZReviews You are a man of taste
I just bought the T5V's as my first studio monitors and use them for both music listening and mixing, they're great! Was quite suprised to see this in my sub-feed and even more suprised to see you praising them so.
i love them !
I too watch all your videos and watch them to completion.
Btw, if anyone interested: The T7V uses the TI tas5754m amp/dsp and a
pcm1862 as the adc.
The T7Vs like all two way monitors, will have a larger "hole" between the two drivers. Thanks for the review!
Yes, those lows eat away the mids a bit.
Adam Audio also has the big T8V as well. I have used the T7V (in a room with no treatment on a desk) before and I love them, they are great especially in the nearfield when toed right in to your listening position. Good for mixing for sure and yes you do need to tweak the master volume knobs at the rear to get it perfectly balanced. They are pretty simple, just plug them in.
I'm still watching, I promise. It's just, your desk reviews are so much more intimate.
I watched and rewatched your z wire video like a jillion times. I wanna thank you for that, I got some nice cables for not much money and they didn't turn out half bad.
It would be my guess that the 5's have more depth and transparency is because a smaller mid/bass driver transitions better with the tweeter (It's faster due to less mass.) not to mention tighter bass.
Most informative and entertaining reviews I have ever seen. I think I'm going with the 5's over the 7's now.
Man, I had noooo idea about the Adam T5V, I needed small speakers for my second rig. I went and got them at my local music store. I didn't even try them at the store. Set them up in my studio and pressed play and I had to check twice if I wasn't playing through my Neumann KH310.. The T5V is truly magical! I will praise them to anyone wanting to make music are starting audiophiling. Anyway - Then I thought: Someone must have done a good review about these speakers, and I saw that you had done one and I was like: Fuck this is it: Either he talks bullshit about them or he tells the truth how fucking amazing they sound ahahaha!!! And you did!! And who are the idiots watching 5 minutes? Maybe the youtube counter is broken since I have 2 kids I can't watch more then 10 min at 1 go, but always watching the videos from start to finish. Anyway! Need to watch the rest of the video now! Thanks for reviewing these!
So mixing and making music on T5V's is no problem for you?
@@lordwholio That is what they're designed for, lol.
@@no2thenwo737 T7V’s are way better for it. I’ve owned both pairs now and T7V’s are the way
4:18 Zeos cuts off “Killing Moon” by:Echo and the Bunnymen. Great 👍 Tune.
I just sold off a pair of ADAM A8x because they were taking up too much space on my desk (Yep, I'm nuts). I needed to upgrade my computer display to a 43" 4K HDR monitor and that meant going with smaller studio monitors. My max width is 8" and I was originally planning on a pair of ADAM A5x monitors and matching it up to a subwoofer. After seeing this and a few other videos I reversed course and bought the T5v instead. I also bought the PreSonus E66 as they intrigued me. I will set both of them up for extended listening and then and keep the speaker I like the most and send the other one back. I have spent the last day listening to the T5v. Very impressive small speaker. It took me quite sometime to get them dialed and level matched with my subwoofer. If I have one small quibble with these it is that the low end starts to fall apart at high SPLs. These speakers can get quite loud. The middle and top end hold up nicely at SPLs over 100db. But the bottom end starts to distort a little bit at that point. But these are small monitors and they have quite a bit of slam given their size so keep that in mind. And the price is certainly right at $400 for a pair. I was actually a bit surprised by how good they sound. I hope to get around to setting up the PreSonus E66 soon.
I usually watch your vidz entirely because they're E N T E R T A I N I N G AF.
Hoo boy that's a relief. I bought a pair of T7Vs literally two weeks ago and then saw the next day that you had them pending. I thought real hard about going JBL 306P for the same price instead. Real hard. More of a home studio/reference setting so I made exactly the right choice.
I have a lot to learn so I watch your videos from start to finish I am a Veteran living on a fixed income of 1079 dollars a month so I don't want to waste money when I do finally save up enough to purchase a music system
I'm not from the States, but if I were an American, I would have wrote thank you for the service good sir.
@@almog3875 Thank you for your support
I did what you did and listened to a friends t5v that was so good it destroyed my PMC FB1s in comparison. So much clarity and tightness. Then I bought T7v as was only slightly more. The warm in period with these is painful. You go through the following stages. No bass, ok but a bit lacking in clarity, way too much bass with huge boom at 50 Hz, that forces you to move them further from the wall and then they finally sound really good. After 8 hours of use they sBest I've heard everything. But they need room to breathe. If you have small room definitely go t5v. Still enjoying the 7s. The bass and the punch is spectacular now. Clarity is very good, maybe not quite T5 good yet but with each listen it sounds better. Helped also by better cables. Seems a bit fussier than 5s too.
@blacknester lol what
@blacknester So, Jamo 803 or adam t5v?
I just subscribed because I couldn't find your videos. I've always loved your reviews, when they come up. I hope you channel never changes.
Just bought the T5V, Can't wait!
do you have good mix results with them ? :)
I just ordered the 5s for casual listening for a 3.5x4m room mostly because your argument at 15:38 makes total sense to me
best review on a pair of speaker i could not make my mind up about, thank you for your help, much appreciated, went with the T7V as it fills the room a bit more.
25:05 is what sold me :)
He literally said to buy the 5's, not the 7's...
My advice for t5v monitors, -2dB for HF because then frequency response is more flat and nicer for ear also. Check this!
I am getting the adam T5v's. I could not listen to them in any store here. So I am happy you did this review.🙂 I think the reason they're better is that the mid has to come out of the woofer too and the bigger the woofer gets the harder it is the get a good punchy mid out of them.
just picked up the T5V and they are awesome!
29:57 I watch your full videos. Some times even twice if it's on headphones I want.
I still need speaker for the TV, I kind of want floor stands though.
Adam just announced at NAMM they are bringing out a 10 inch sub for $499, mid 2019, matched for these speakers. 32Hz to 150 Hz.
awesome man, your a funny guy! mad me chuckle several times!! really useful info though and helped me make my decision to get the 7's for my productions!!!
It's when I do multi-session reruns that I'm close to pulling the trigger. Keep em detail rich, fun and provocative in terms of system integration. Cheers!
Watching this after a long day at work is like therapy for me, amen for this God!!
have a feeling the difference between the 5s and 7s you might be hearing is the responsiveness of the bass cones. 5s might be tighter response to the 7s. also it makes sense the 5s have a shorter nodal range than the 7s but i wouldnt have expected it to be that big of a difference.
I have both T5V and T7V and i can agree that T7V can be better for making a decision while mixing/mastering but T5V are much more fun to listen to. Both are amazing tho. (I have a large room with no acoustic treatment)
What size room are the T5V good in ?
@@c.s.herman860 in my opinion they’re pretty good everywhere I’ve heard them, small rooms, weird shaped rooms, etc. I’m no expert but every person I know that bought t5v’s is pretty happy with what they got, no matter how big/small room they have. Of course there is acoustic treatment topic but I lack knowledge to speak about it.
I’m a fan of adam and almost ordered T5V but when I compared it mackie mr524 last ones sounded clearer, deeper and detailed with good sub punch and mids but less warmer than adams. So for mixing now I want mackies
Thanks for all your helpful reviews! Now I have to get rid of my ELAC Debut 2.0 B6 and get the T5v's. And I do watch your videos in their entirety.
FINALLY! I've been waiting for this one. I've been using Adam gear for the past 6 years and I love them. Ordered the new T7v.
The 7s do depth pretty well. I have mine on a set of isostands about a foot away from the wall, and the wall directly behind the port is treated with acoustic panels.
My reference point is the emotiva 4s and the 6s. A to B on a foam pad, the 4s give the illusion that they seem to layer the lower notes better than the 6. If I load the ports off a treated wall it has the same effect with both monitors. I believe it is slowing the wave down or dispersing it to give that perception of depth.
Another point on the T7v is using the boost makes the low end sound a bit muddy in my opinion. I prefer the 0db setting and that's where the dsp work really shines to me.
hows the hiss/noise with adam t7v? Can you hear it from listening distance ?
You haven't heard the true bass of T7V until you plug bass reflex ports - completely different bass. If you then correct it with a little bit EQ it's a dream.
I switched from A3x to Genelec 8040b about 2 weeks too. An entire new world. I now know what truth my ADAM was not telling me while mix and mastering.
I've heard those 8040s in a store, they are witchcraft.
I think it s very possible you have some standing waves and some cancellations in your room with regard to the bass on the t7v (taken into consideration the lack of acoustic treatment and especially the windows behind the rear ported speakers). So i think that the problem is not on the t7v in comparison to t5v, but the way they each create the low end sounds.
Hello Z, i hope you will answer: which do you prefer between mackie mr624 and adam t5v if you will use these for movies and music? Thanks.
I thought Adam T7v were near-field, studio monitors and not for home hifi. I don't understand your review.
This was great. Thanks for walking through each part of your experience. Maybe the word you are looking for between the 7's and 5's is the 5's are just slightly hyped. The great part is that they're hyped in a really great way, presenting sound well rather than truncating and distorting tonality to get at a certain frequency punch, but that if it's just raw detailed transparent accuracy you want, then the 7's are just a little more of that. Hearing you talk about the 5's makes me second guess leaning toward the 7's, but knowing I'm really needing these for production more than anything else, the 7's are probably my jam. Thanks for all the thoughts on these.
Okay, you answered my questions! Should have waited!!
The 5s have so much punch that in a 12-24 room I thought buying a sub would be pointless. Very balanced bass as well. Amazing speakers is an understatement.
I went to Guitar Center trying to hear Sennheiser 600s or 400s. Weren't hooked up. Did get to hear 361s and wound up buying a pair refurbished a few days later. But I got to hear the T5V alongside M-Audio, KRK Rokit, Yamaha and JBL studio monitors. JBL had such loud horns they actually overpowered that famous JBL bass. But the Adam Audio T5V. I'm trying to sell my ROkit 5 G4 to get them. They are ridiculous. Possibly better than the T7V. But it was like comparing 371 to 361s. Very similar. The T5Vs may be the best speakers I've ever heard. Granted I've never hear Polk or Klipsch towers. But the Adam Audio speakers blew my doors off. I also liked the 5s better than 7s for some reason.
Had T7V, returned them, high noise floor + not great dsp downgrading my dac(dry sound without the juice). Going for Focal Alpha 65. Update: don't buy 65(humm), went for 80
Those T5V & T7V use PCM1862 ADC to convert the analog input back to digital, then "LCD/LED TV grade" TAS5754M with built in DSP, DAC and Class-D Amplifier, all powerd by universal switched-mode supply. I am surpriced by the sound, after that fact.
17:12. It's the "Bose effect". People are always impressed by the exception. When you have large sound, especially if it can sound decent, coming from a small thing, that's impressive, because that's usually not the case. I call it the "Bose effect" because anyone with Bose (especially when they first came out) would invite you over to listen to music, and they'd turn up the volume, and they'd talk about how great the sound was, etc, etc, and then they'd always say, "can you find the speakers?" Like clockwork. LOL
I watch every minute man, we are out here, I just got Mackie MR624’s for bedroom so worth it, now these for living room, thank you
SVS Ultra for living room...
How are you connecting the Adam's via XLR to your TV? Benefit of using XLR over RCA's?
I like the shiny looks of jbls, I own 2 pairs and a pair of Adam t5.. all in one setup💥
I recently bought t5v. Seriously airful and detailed highs however find the sound a little bit thin because of the ribbon.
I’ve watched multiple videos on these monitors and I just bought a pair today and god DAMN I love them. Bass isn’t CRAZY but nice,clear and balanced
As an owner of JBL LSR 305P MKIIs, and having listened to the Adam T-series, I can agree that the Adams are better. However, I bought the JBLs, because where I live the Adams are double the cost. Adams are good, but at their price they live with some expensive company.
Best No BS review for these Monitors!! Thank you!
19:02 T5V
20:41 T7V
The ultimate speakers for detail and performance at low volume listening are Magnepans. Nothing else comes remotely close, nothing with a speaker cone anyway.
reason that the bass is louder is because you have a smaller box and higher compression coming out that box but in a studio with treatment the tv7 are more balanced in the bottom end.
the review had to be just some seconds from 19:00 to 19:12 i loved it keep it up zeos we watch all the reviews
There actually is a dip in the mid-low and push in the high on the 5V that's not there 7V, so you're right, the 7V is flatter
These T5v's are indeed pretty awesome..even in compare with the mighty and more as double priced "High Resolution" monitors like the.. "AirPulse A100's"..there is almost no difference in sound-quality..really amazing.. :) ..think U would like the A100's also very much..
Ok, so I watched the whole video. I know you say 7’s for mixing. But what if the mixing I’m doing is in a smaller room? Would 5s be better in that case?
Damn it Z! Returning the JBL 305s & ordering these baby’s today xD thanks for your videos, I appreciate them!
What du you think you get
Z, I watch your videos religiously. I value your opinion highly, and I watch every video 'til the end. Thank you for making audio reviews so much fun. Thank you for the personality and candidness you bring in each and every video. And for your cat. Chewbacca is highly important. So are you. Again, thank you.
Also I was watching your Kali LP-6 review and you said you liked them but for a desk spend $100 more and get the Adam T5V's. So I came back and rewatched this review 3 months later in full
So, the Adams are not near field monitors? Correct? I would love to inspect your setup! Cause there’s a reason they are called near field monitors: they lose when asked to project. So how does Adam do it? Also, would you do Rockit Tens? Love your vids. Thanks bro!
Zoos you are fucking hilarious. Just know I watch all your videos and love the intro to the end. I say average I watch is about 7-10min. Unless I am buying speakers, which i did based on what advise you gave me.
your reviews are always awesome
The trick with any speaker is getting its frequency plot readout and dropping any peaks on the graph.
Wow! Just bought the 7’s today..great review! You gained a subscriber!! I use mine for production...upgrading from Behringer Truth 8’s, which I loved!
Entertaining video. These still good in 2022? And what is that first song playing? Thanks.
the fun factor is wierd, My larger speakers do sound bigger, but its so much more fun listening to my Mirage M460, circa 1990's, which sound smaller but more interesting. It is probably psychological.
I watch for 10 minutes only if Chewbacca makes an appearance.
Fantastic video, Truly well explained🎄🎅🎉🎶🎶 incredible sounding speakers👍🏼
I know I am a year and 3/4 late to this party. But just checking up on Z’s opinion on the 5s. Did It ever occur to anyone that because of the different size drivers(5” and 7”) that the room acoustics are probably causing a standing bass wave? No way the bass is going to act the same from the exact same speaker placement.
10:30 > On your favorite budget monitor, the LSR305, this +2db LF funtion is also there xD
I have a 3x3x3 meter room, it’s fairly treated. Should I get tv5 or tv7 for crucial mixing?
Disclaimer: I don’t have a good headphone to mix on so im gonna rely with the monitors
Currently at 28:05 will prob sit threw all of this and watch the T5's sound test. Im on here again as i brought the RBH due to his review and they were hella cheap on ebay, so im wondering should i replace these and use the RBH's at the back of my room for my 5.1.
I'm about 6 years to late to this video. But I'm commenting with the slim chance you can advise me whether to get the T5v or mr624 for a home DJ set up. Tiny box room with the speakers on stands around a foot away from either ear . From your review on the Mackie's I feel these will work well. But T5v are in my price range and sound great . I'll stump up for the mr6 if you feel they will be more suitable for my situation. Got my fingers crossed for your reply .
U said the mackies are great for low level listening. I am looking for that, anything even better then the mackies at low level listening?
Did you find anything better for this? Also curious
Yes, please - me, too. Please let us know, @Gordon Osterhage and @WorstViktorEU
Great video. I bought t5v after watching this. Now when I don't use them that often for music production I would like to know if they would be a good fit for listening music in small living room? Size of the triangle for speakers, listening position will be 2,7 - 2,7 - 2,7m.
T5V's over that for sure!
6 years after... heard them yesterday... 5"s .. instant purchase for me!
I'm years late to this party.....but when you switched from the 5's to the 7's with the same song, I 100% heard what you were talking about. The 7's sounded more.....boxy.....like they were hollow, and the 5's are solid like a brick. I don't mean to say the 7's sound boxy.....but compared to the 5's, which sound like a solid wall of sound, the 7's sound kind of boxy.
You should A/B these speakers. have someone come over and help you and do the switching and not tell you which ones playing have them stacked one on top of each other. And you sit back on the couch with your eyes closed and see if you can tell which is which. Although that mini DSP you could probably tweak the sevens to sound more like the fives.
I got the LSR305 based on your reviews and when I set them up all I did was grin. Wondering how much better it can get. Sad that the emotiva powered monitors are discontinued. Would these be end game powered monitors?
Thank you for your recommendation love T5V, will get swan hivi M5A for living room
this man reminds me of jack black . Respect to you sir .
Thanks for review i bought T5V after this review and they are great!
Just got mine too.
Aaah, the old apartment and infinitely better acoustics than you seem to have in either the 'cavern' upstairs or the basement in the new place. As ever, I'm living in the past :(
This guy is right. The T5v are more pleasurable to listen.
Although not as neutral as the t7v the frequency response is smoother\cleaner throughout the whole range.
Within an interval of a about 3db the t7v have a more overall erratic and at times extreme frequency response.
The T5v, although not overall as neutral, they have less erratic frequency response through the range.
The pleasure in listening to the t5vs comes from two elements:
1.A more pronounced dip in the beginning of the mids and elevated highs.
2.A smoother frequency response throughout the range.
To make the t7v sound more like the t5vs it would take adding to 2db to the low frequencies and doing to the same in the highs.
Great add! There are a used pair of 7s in my area for $350... Worth it? Or wait to get a pair of 5s?
How do T5Vs compare to KEF Q100s ? I currently have LSR305s and am looking to upgrade to either of these ( I can get both for about 300$ a pair where I live )
Have you bought t5v? How they compare to lp 6
T7V vs Focal Alpha 65?
Very insightful. So you’d say that if you’re a music listener or audio file and want exciting: get the 5”. But if you’re a music producer and you want flat and true: get the 7”
Would you use these if you aren't a producer, just for the pleasure of listening to music?
I had the t5vs in a 12-24 room and let me tell you those things punch man. Phenom of a speaker. The 5s def have more base and even the high end sounds more resolving. What people are considering is the tuning via the material. 5 inches is the sweet spot for whatever reason. Problem is the sound is becoming anemic on the 7s because they weren’t tuned/made correctly for that size. They are using the same material with probably the same density, so basically just taking the 5 inch driver and stretching it out which is why it sounds flatter. Probably could have been resolved by simply increasing the density of the 7
I usually watch most of the videos as well, the only issue that im starting to half the more videos I watch, is that he seems like like everything. every video ive watched he is just ranting and raving about how much he loves the speakers.. so its hard to take what he says seriously. or use it as consumer advice. I guess its more for entertainment ie. the cat and the funny things he says.