KRK Rokit Powered 8 Generation 2 

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This is my first pair of reference speakers. I've been a DJ for too many years to recount, however I just got into learning audio mastering in the last few years when I decided my live recorded mixes needed a bit of polishing.

Since I dont have experience with other reference speakers I can't compare, but I can tell you that I hear sounds in these speakers I never knew existed. I love them. So glad I made the purchase.

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I've Had A Pair Of These For A While & I Must Say That They Sound Great! They Convinced Me That I Should Pick Up The Rokit 5s, One Rokit 6 & Another Back Up 8. I Love The Sound They Pump Out, Not To Mention The Various Hook Ups They Have. I Love The Standard Colors, But They Also Come In Some Other Finishes That Are Pleasing To The Eye. If You Are Looking To Produce Hip-Hop Or Electronic Music, Give These A Try. They Are Not A Waste Of Time Or Money.

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I'll get right to the nitty gritty. I owned the 6's, the 8's, and the 10" sub at some point. I love KRK to death but I'm going to be 100% honest. Save your money and get you a pair of Yamaha Hs80s. I got these first because I loved the way they sound over the Yamaha's. However, when it came to my mixes it showed. Your mixes sound amazing on these but on other systems, not so much. They're horribly inaccurate

These do NOT translate well and by well I mean not good enough to land you a "Best Engineer Award". Once again being honest, they do have a wide sweet spot and basses come out crisp and clean. HOWEVER, when you bounce mixes, they come out too bassy, or bass deficient. I'd have too make multiple runs back and forth to other systems, cars, and studios get a clean mix. Bought the Yamaha Hs80s, Mixes came to life and got the right mix in one too two tries. They translate better and sound BIG and FULL. Your music does NOT sound good on the yammies so when you get it to sound good on them they really shine anywhere else. The KRKs have a false sound. Once again, coming from someone who owned them for 3+ years, I'd recommend saving your pennies and grabbing a pair of Yamaha's.

If I had to say what I'd use the KRKs for, I'd say use them as DJ speakers. For engineering, NO! you'd be doing your mixes a disservice.

Comments about KRK Rokit Powered 8 Generation 2:

these monitors are amazing. i have never heard music pronounced as clearly as these monitors display them. just amazing.
has everything you need to easily hook it up.
an xlr input and an trs input.
a volume control and a hf input level.
theyre extremely rugged.
theyre very heavy! and they dont seem like they will break in the next few years!
theyre very very loud, they sound amazing.

if youre not doing any mixing where you need deep sub bass like dub step or dance or bass heavy metal these will do it for you, they will produce the bass for those genres, just probably not as much as you want them to.
i love em, im so glad i didnt go with anything else! amazing monitors!

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I found the monitors too high mid focused for my tastes, but very revealing for compression artifacts and an almost unforgiving character that made this series a must for reference mixing. The old sine wave trick showed where I had some problems with my room, these beasts have some low end packed into them! You really have to back away to hear what the subbass is doing though, I expected deeper character.
The units come standard with HF cut switches and volume bias, the rest is your input stages. I found the 8's to be very high frequency focused, so the high switches got some use out of me. Simple and straight to the point, if I had anything to say.
Strong build, high quality aesthetics and dead useful series for beginning mixing or home theater. Impresses clients quickly, I might add.
Great for the price if you're looking for an abrupt boost in monitoring quality without having to re-mortgage the house.

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I've had these monitors for a couple of weeks now and put them through the wringer. Figured if they were going to break, I wanted them to break now. I played every instrument in my studio through them, Electric Guitar, Bass, Keyboards, and Electric Drums. Now granted, I can't get the low-end boom that my 15" main speakers in my PA provide, but those 8" speakers took everything I could give and kept going.... and sounded good in the process! Plenty of power, plenty of bass for getting an accurate mix. I've now tracked two full songs through them and my mixes sound much better. And, the finished product sounds good no matter what system I listen to them on (car, home stereo, little boom box). They do what they are designed to do! If you are on a budget, consider these.
Every input you might need in the studio.... XLR, RCA, 1/4... adjustable high frequency, and bass port in the front. Ample power and sound output. And, as a bonus, the KRK logo on the front lights up when the power is on, so you don't forget to turn them off.
No complaints at all. Well built, sturdy, solid... and heavy. And most importantly... the sound is awesome. Not colored, but gives a very clear/honest soundscape.
Hands down... best value of the near-field monitors I considered.

Comments about KRK Rokit Powered 8 Generation 2:

Worth every penny.. Are gigantic. And sound incredibly detailed.
They are behemoths of a studio monitor... Excellent sound quality.
100% professionally pure sound.
Need i say more.. They are excellent!

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I studied Studied Music Production with Berklee College of Music, and I just bought this amazing monitors. They are incredible, the redisign is genius, the sound is perfect, you get to hear the whole range as fat as it gets. The quality of the material are amazing, and the perfomance even better.
I'll definetly recomend this for a serious and on budget producer.

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I received the first shipment damaged. Sent it back and within 4 days got another set, this time in brand new condition. Sound quality is very good. I think the 8?s sound is much deeper and better than the 6?s. Bass is deep and powerful. One problem: there is an amplifier hiss even if cables are not connected. I checked on line and called the KRK?s support. I was told that this is common thing and I should not be worry. To be honest I was a little annoyed for first few days, but now I don?t pay attantion anymore. Esthetically I didn?t care much about yellow woofer, but I can live with it. Great value, good quality, powerful bass- you can?t go wrong with Rokit 8.

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Now that I have these for a least a month and have three songs completed under my belt on these, I think I can give a review. Yes, they are heavy so I had to upgrade my stands; too expensive and too nice of a monitor to be bouncing off of the floor!! The quality and workmanship is very nice. The four screws that hold the front baffle on are all aligned the same. That tells me that there is attention to detail. Sound wise these are the best I have used so far. I have some Event 20/20?s at work and have used JBL at my previous site. The imaging of these is amazingly accurate. I can pretty much place the instruments where I want them. I had to adjust the HF down -6db because my mixes were not very articulate above 6k. As a side note, I using a set of Behringer 2030 passive monitors to bounce off of driven by a Crown D-75A amp. I put a couple pieces of toilet paper over the Behringers tweeters to somewhat balance them out to sound close to the KRKs. Hey, whatever works right? Back to the KRKs. The mids are very nice. As a matter of fact, I?m working with a woman that has an extended vocal range and these monitors revealed that I needed to upgrade my microphone!!! I never heard the ?oh so? faint noise that was going on in the mic until now. The bass?. hmmmm......interesting. I have to agree with one reviewer that said the bass maybe a little too tight on these. It is not a con as he duly noted. Good bass on these means a little too much bass on my RF82 Klipschs and my car stereo. Strange, normally there should be a lack of bass in the translation I would think. Moving the monitors closer to the wall corrected the problem. Like I said, interesting. I do believe KRK?s bass response numbers are right on because I can hear things changing around the 50-53 Hz range. All and All I am feel that my hard earned cash was well spent. I?ve ordered some MR8 Mackies as a second set of reference monitors so it should be interesting to see how I can bounce off of the two. I know will eventually save up for a pair of the Exposes?. Good work KRK.