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Samson Resolv 65a Active Studio Monitors

Ported. Active crossover.

Overall User Ratings

Overall:
           9 out of 10
Features:
           9 out of 10
Quality:
           9 out of 10
Value:
           9 out of 10
I Want It:
           9 out of 10
Sound:
           9 out of 10
Ease of Use:
           10 out of 10
Support:
           9 out of 10
 
 

"Good Middle-Of-The-Road Monitors That Don't Cost Too Much"

Overall:
          9 out of 10
Features:
          9 out of 10
Quality:
          10 out of 10
Value:
          10 out of 10
I Want It:
          7 out of 10
Sound:
          9 out of 10
User: a customer from yahoo.com
Submitted: 4/12/2005
Style of Music: Worship, Rock, Folk, Acoustic, Orchestral, anything really
Musical Experience: Recording/ Live Sound Engineer
Location: Salt Lake City, UT USA

 

 
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Feature:
The wide range of input options is extremely welcome. I did dock a point for the detented-in-the-middle-but-not-clickable-otherwise level control. The midrange contour may or not be useful for some people. I set it to flat, because I'm sick of over and under emphasis in my monitor setup.

Quality:
They seem to be very solid, with an excellent fit and finish.

Value:
These monitors seem to be an excellent value, especially if you are upgrading from a lesser solution.

Desirability:
I only rated this a seven because monitor setups are very personal, and not usually awe inspiring (unless they are the very top of the heap.) However, they do get points because, had I heard them in another studio and heard of their price point, I would have immediately put them on my list of "things one ought to have."

Sound:
For the price, and especially going from "compromise" speakers that absolutely had to be EQ'ed to make up for their lack of low and high frequency extension, the Samsons are a very, very good value. The titanium HF driver seems quite detailed, but does seem a hair less sweet than other HF drivers I've heard. Those drivers, however, were in monitors costing about 6 - 7 times more per pair than the Samsons. The LF drivers sounded like I thought they should. I gave most of the points to the monitors for being cheap and very useful, docking one point for the HF driver being only slightly imperfect.

Overall:
These monitors appear to do what they should, and do so inexpensively. They are a solid value, and likely to make purchasers happy. They aren't perfect, or mind-blowing, but they are useful devices. If I were to have a big control room, with large amounts of money for monitoring, I would probably still keep this hooked up for the sake of another reference point (that actually sounded pleasant.)

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"REVEALING WITH RESOLVE!!!"

Overall:
          9 out of 10
Features:
          10 out of 10
Quality:
          10 out of 10
Value:
          10 out of 10
I Want It:
          10 out of 10
Sound:
          10 out of 10
Ease of Use:
          10 out of 10
Support:
          8 out of 10
User: a customer from upc.nl
Submitted: 1/13/2009
Style of Music: Ecclectic
Musical Experience: Engineer and producer, live and studio, Active musician
Location: Netherlands

 

 
Feature:
at this price, multiple inputs, even a distinct gold plated RCA. As these were demos I just found out I lack LRF support (little rubber feet), but I was planning on Mopads anyway. The midrange attenuator i happily leave flat, more so because I want to have them full range for very precise and transparant mixing. as many others have said, notched volume pots would have been handy, but I just leave them centered. My girlfriend gets really turned on by the blue leds somehow, so I start to wonder about some things from her past...

Quality:
Sturdy, solid, well built as I have come to expect from Samson. As for the complaints about the tweeter protection, janking your guitar through your amp is also very passee.

Value:
Hard to beat at this price range

Desirability:
Even my girlfriend wants me more since I have them. How much more sex appeal can a speaker radiate?

Sound:
What a great sound for the money. I come from some old tannoys from before Edison and the difference just gobsmacked me. I listened to them in the shop against the Krk 6 series which immediately sounded too flattening in the mids for me. This was an aboslute steal because it was a demo pair. I value them for their honesty as I have extreme;y sensitive ears and anything disturbing will keep haunting me. Not so with these happy blighters, they revealed on the spot where I screwed up before or where I hit the hammer on the nail. For every possible kind of music I make they sound the world to me, from accoustic to rock to dance. Moreover, through their extreme clarity they still pack all the punch at lower levels, so it's possible to mix at easy levels, which is of course the preferred option of many pro's.

Ease of Use:
The moment I switched them on I fell in love with them and started remixing with incredibly satisfying results. Need I say more?

Support:
Only for posterity, so far they run like a wet dream

Overall:
I give them a 9 as there will always be something better. But they can stand the test against anything I have heard so far, what an amazing sound and build for the price.

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"Great value and quite reliable."

Overall:
          9 out of 10
Features:
          8 out of 10
Quality:
          10 out of 10
Value:
          10 out of 10
I Want It:
          8 out of 10
Sound:
          8 out of 10
Support:
          10 out of 10
User: a customer from yahoo.com
Submitted: 4/11/2005
Style of Music: all kinds
Musical Experience: Hobbyist
Location: Foothill Ranch, CA U.S.A

 

 
Feature:
I like the multiple ways to connect (Balanced XLR, 1/4" and line). As well as the ability to adjust the mids.

Quality:
Made like a tank. My only complaint is that the cabinet is so hard that screwing in the rubber feet was a blister inspiring event. Pre-Drilled pilot holes would have been nice.

Value:
Great value. I was looking at Mackies, etc and the guys at the music shop I go to suggested these. It took him throwing in a pair of 25' XLR cables to close the deal but I would have been happy without the freebies.

Desirability:
Hey, the blue LED is cool yet simple.

Sound:
These sounds great to my ears although I'm probably using them in the worst possible config (staged on top of my bass amp using only the rubber feet to isolate them and they are right next to eachother in parallel)

Support:
Haven't had to deal with support. To me that is a testament to their quality.

Overall:
I'll keep these until I blow them or need more power..which I don't foresee happening.

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"Very Good"

Overall:
          10 out of 10
Features:
          10 out of 10
Quality:
          10 out of 10
Value:
          10 out of 10
I Want It:
          10 out of 10
Sound:
          9 out of 10
Support:
          10 out of 10
User: a customer from cox.net
Submitted: 2/8/2005
Style of Music: Ska, Rock, Jazz, Funk
Musical Experience: Recording Engineer, Musician
Location: Phoenix, Arizona

 

 
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Feature:
The Mid range contour knob is nice. Otherwise straightfoward and good.

Quality:
No Problems

Value:
Very loud, good sound quality, perfect for home studios, at a low price.

Desirability:
I own it, right?

Sound:
It is almost completely flat, except the high is a little over represented. It is easy to get used to and compensate to, though.

Support:
I sent it to the shop because my brother shashed the tweeter on the speaker, and the replaced it with a new one within a month.

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"GRAET bang for the Buck. Absolutely recommend them to anyone looking in the sub $500 Catagory. They sound better than more expen"

Overall:
          9 out of 10
Features:
          9 out of 10
Quality:
          10 out of 10
Value:
          10 out of 10
I Want It:
          7 out of 10
Sound:
          9 out of 10
User: a customer from hotmail.com
Submitted: 1/29/2006
Style of Music: Rock
Musical Experience: Home Studio
Location: South Bend IN, USA

 

 
Quality:
Sturdy and survives road trips with normal packing.

Value:
Absolutely a Best Buy for the price range!

Desirability:
No bodys gonna go Ohhh I wish I had a pair of Samson Resolves because they dont have the sex ad campaign but everyone sure loves the mix's I get from them. I guess some people only equate price with quality. Suckers:-)

Sound:
They Soung GREAT!!! The best buy for under $500 around, smokes the rest!!!

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"Extremely accurate monitors!"

Overall:
          9 out of 10
Features:
          9 out of 10
Quality:
          9 out of 10
Value:
          9 out of 10
I Want It:
          9 out of 10
Sound:
          9 out of 10
User: a customer from hotmail.com
Submitted: 1/31/2004
Style of Music: Rock, jazz, emo, punk, folk, blue grass
Location: Vermont

 

 
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Feature:
Good features. On the voume knob I woud have liked noches to help set the exact same volume level on each monitor. There is a notch at the center so I usually set the volume level there. Its a good comfortable level at that position. You can also tweak te mid-range to get different sounds. I prefer to set it on Hi fi or flat.

Quality:
Very solid construction. They weigh a ton. The paint has a nice scratch free finish.

Value:
Excellent, for the price you can't beat them. You could probably tie them with the Fostex PM1's.

Sound:
Great sound! These monitors are very clear. I can hear everything in the mix. They produce a verry even sound. I'm amazed at the accuracy of these monitors, ou can hear every little detail. If your mix is bad you'll know it, but if its good it will sound great.

Overall:
They look good, they're built well and most importantly they do their job well.

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Samson Resolv 65A Monitor Customer Review

Overall:
          8 out of 10
Features:
          7 out of 10
Quality:
          8 out of 10
Value:
          10 out of 10
I Want It:
          10 out of 10
Sound:
          8 out of 10
User: a customer from yahoo.com
Submitted: 7/23/2003
Style of Music: Rock, Space, Orchestral, Soundtrack
Location: St. Louis, MO

 

 
Feature:
These could use some more flexibility. The high-mid bump in sound is just outside the adjustable mid-range contour control. They also come with some rubber isolation feet which is nice if you don't have any other way to isolate them. I use Mo-Pads personally.

Quality:
They are very well constructed. Stout I would even say. However the plastic baffle over the tweeter is easily pushed in which results in a crushed dome. I found this out the hard way.

Value:
Yes

Desirability:
On top of everything they are way cool looking. I think it's the blue LED that gets me.

Sound:
These are great monitors for the money. They are a little heavy on the high-midrange side but easily learnable. Not fatiguing at all. They can achieve massive sound levels without distortion. Mine start to distort at about 105dB/C weighted. Impressive.

Support:
Never used them. Never needed them and I have used a number of Samson products so that's a good sign.

Overall:
I don't plan on getting rid of these any time soon. I have grown rather fond of them.

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"Almost Too Accurate"

Overall:
          9 out of 10
Features:
          8 out of 10
Quality:
          9 out of 10
Value:
          10 out of 10
I Want It:
          9 out of 10
Sound:
          8 out of 10
Support:
          5 out of 10
User: a customer from netzero.net
Style of Music: blue-rock-jazzish, pop
Location: Florida

 

 
Feature:
there were 2 adjustments on the back, one was volume, and the other was an attenuator (set both straight up)

Quality:
looked good, Samson has always had solid product (in my experiebnce anyway)

Value:
Acurate to a fault almost, good stuff sounds good, crappy stuff sounds crappy, awesome sounds, well you get the picture

Desirability:
Look nice, and have a cool blue light for power, otherwise, they are just speakers

Sound:
Flat, Flat, really flat

Support:
just don't know, haven't had to use them

Overall:
I really like the "Non glorifying" aspect from these. I've owned Event 20/20 BAS, and while not putting these into the same class, I was very pleased that the 2 mixes of the same track I brought in sounded equally good-bad on the Samson's as they did in my truck. I demoed some Roland Digitals and Tannoy Reveals, but they made both mixes sound good.

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"Yep yep!"

Overall:
          8 out of 10
Features:
          8 out of 10
Quality:
          8 out of 10
Value:
          10 out of 10
I Want It:
          10 out of 10
Sound:
          9 out of 10
Support:
          8 out of 10
User: a customer from hotmail.com
Submitted: 2/4/2004
Style of Music: Progressive Metal
Location: Fremont, Ohio USA

 

 
Feature:
As someone said before, it would have been better if the volumes were notched so they could be set evenly easier. However I don't control the volume on the back of them anyways so I never have to mess with it, (you won't either if you use a mixer). Other than that, no complaints at all...

Quality:
I think the plastic guard in front of the tweeter should have been more durable, other than that, these things are like rocks... If you are careful when moving these, you won't have any problems.

Value:
Dirt cheap monitors with awesome quality, you can't ask for more.

Desirability:
I've been offered to sell them... NO WAY

Sound:
These are the first set of monitors that I've owned and probably the last I'll need. I've been in many other studios and heard tons of different monitors and I'd say these are just as good if not better. I'm totally happy with them.

Support:
I haven't needed any service at all for these.

Overall:
I give an 8 because there's AWLWAYS room for improvment. I think ANYONE who mixes music or just enjoys listening to music would benefit from these speakers. Even if you're just replacing your cheap computer speakers, you'll be totally happy with the sound!!

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"cover the tweeters beter but otherwise satisfied."

Overall:
          8 out of 10
Features:
          7 out of 10
Quality:
          7 out of 10
Value:
          9 out of 10
I Want It:
          7 out of 10
Sound:
          7 out of 10
Ease of Use:
          8 out of 10
Support:
          6 out of 10
User: a customer from the injuryclinic.com
Submitted: 4/8/2006
Style of Music: mixed
Musical Experience: Hobbyist
Location: Kentucky

 

 
Feature:
Turn the mid rang down to mix the base

Quality:
bothe tweeter were damaged -- the plastick cover did not protect them.

Desirability:
looks more expensive than it is.

Sound:
I was looking for something inexpensive with a high end clw=ear flat sound. You may want to add the samson subwoofer for mixing a lot of base work.

Ease of Use:
No real problems -- see above.

Support:
I could not get information from the company to replace the tweeters, it looks like I will need to order them from Germany or find a shop.

Overall:
Untill I get more rich

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