ADAM A5X Powered Studio Monitor
With the X-ART ribbon tweeter for silky highs up to 50 kHz, and 5.5" driver covering mids and lows, the ADAM A5X delivers pro performance at a killer price.
Overall User Ratings (based on 9 ratings)
Submitted March 27, 2011 by a customer from yahoo.com
"Butter!!!!!!"
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Really happy I didn't settle for lessor and cheaper monitors on the market, I'll keep these for near fields for a long time. A very accurate, honest monitor system.
Sound
For monitors (pair) under 1k, I have a hard time believing there's a better sounding option on the market available today. After breaking them in, the sound in the sweet spot is pure butter. The low end has a lot of mixed reviews, but I'm here to tell you, they won't disappoint you. Tight bass, truthful mids, silky highs.... needless to say I'm happy as hell to own these.
Features
The room correction features on the back are great. The front loaded bass ports in front are nice for small studios with bass trap issues.
Ease of Use
Plug and play, correction features are self explanatory. Need to break them in though to get true audio clarity.
Quality
My first Adam Audio experience, but their reputation procedes themselves well. Worth every penny!!!
Value
Maybe a little high, but if you want to take the next step in monitors from entry level, these puppies are sweet.
Manufacturer Support
No experience yet
The Wow Factor
Bo Derek sex appeal for sure. Everyone wants to tell their friends, "Hey come check out my Adam monitors"
Musical Background:
Active Musician
Musical Style:
Variety
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Submitted January 23, 2014 by Jason Shanley in chicago, IL
"my first monitors"
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Excellent. Well worth the money
Sound
Highs are crystal clear and precise with lows that are solid and full (not boomy or boxy). Stereo imagining is perfect. Before these monitors I was mixing/mastering using Grado225 headphones. The Grado's are good but these monitors really allow me to dial in much more low end and retain clarity in my mixes.
Features
I like the front ported bass ports and the individual adjustments on the back are very useful for tuning the speakers for my less-than-optimal studio space.
Ease of Use
Connecting to my scarlett 6i6 via TRS-XLR cables was pretty easy. Adjusting the dials on the back while cumbersome is something I dont have to do often.
Quality
fairly heavy and solid.
Value
at $1k for the pair I think this is a good value.
Manufacturer Support
haven't had to contact the manufacturer yet, but they are on twitter and seem pretty responsive.
The Wow Factor
I was making fine music before I got this product but the addition of solid bass and extremely well defined mid/high and sound stage have been eye opening.
Musical Background:
I've been playing guitar for 19yrs, mostly at home and around the chicago area doing drone/ambient music.
Musical Style:
drone/ambient, noise. abstract.
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Submitted August 5, 2014 by a customer from yahoo.com
"Perfect for me"
Doesn't matter what kind of music u play on them, they sound beautiful. If your mixing bass heavy music, then you might need a sub or just cross reference your mixes until you get a feel for how the bass sounds on bigger systems.they definitely let you know how the the mid-bass to upper ranges mix together. I mainly use them for mixing hip hop/rap songs but I would feel confident mixing any type of audio on them.
Musical Style:
Everything
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Submitted December 13, 2018 by Robert T in Winston-Salem, NC
"Big sound, Little speakers"
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The Adam A5X has a big sound to be such a small speaker. You can hear bass very well. The mids sound good. The highs, well the tweeters go up to 50khz, so you can imagine. I am very happy with these monitors, when I move to a bigger room I will be getting the A7X's!
Musical Background:
Hobby
Musical Style:
hip-hop
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