I really appreciate the honesty, you rock streaky!

Your intergity is amazing!!!

I can fully agree with your assessment on these speakers. Someone I know said "sounds were coming from where they shouldn't be" when he listened to these and I laughed because it was so true.

Thanks for your review!

Great review. I love my M27s. I do mixing and mastering for a living and they really changed a lot for me. BUT It would not work as smooth, as it does, without my APS Coax´s and NS10s. My monitorcontroller has a module, so it can work with the Barefoot MEME control and that just makes it even better :) Love following your channel. Thanks for all the video´s :)

Good review. Didn't hold any punches...appreciate the honesty.

Thanks for the review, would be really curious to hear what you think of the mm26 as I hear most people talking about how detailed the midrange is, i’m wondering if that’s the solution!

They sound much better if you remove the emulator box from the signal chain - just a/b them and you'll see how much that little device impacts the clarity of the signal.

Very good review👍🏻very honest review😍

thanks for the review. you "should" set your aperture a bit higher on your cam to have a better sharpness for all distances ;)

Interesting comment about bass and closed-box speakers. I use PMC's and love the bass on them.

interesting, thanks for for the honest review. I'm at a point where I need to upgrade my speakers, I had these in mind, now I'm not so sure. Big investment, lots of options :)

Absolutely love my gen 1 MM27 - picked them up second hand about a year ago and use them for tracking and mixing at my studio. I can't say enough how huge a step up they are from anything I've worked on previously (genelec, adam, dynaudio). The bottom end is massive so it is easy initially to get things wrong when mixing. I've found using them in conjunction with a pair of NS10s is a great combination. By far the best I've had the opportunity to work with overall.

@paulfox5892

3 жыл бұрын

agreed, my Gen 1's have been super trusty and time saving day in day out for 10 years or more

We use the Gen 1s in our studio (tracking, mixing). The sweet spot is pretty far back. I do find that I go to the NS-10s when eq'ing vocals and getting balance. The Barefoots are great for reverb tails, and low end. They are quite bright. First project turned out a little dark because of this. Great review, thanks.

Streaky, When you speak of "Smear" what are you describing? Smear is electrically time domain based IIRC, and I am wondering if it is this you are hearing, or some other soundstaging issue that is unpleasant. Have you ever enjoyed any coaxial designs that were time aligned? Thank you!

Thanks for being honest!

Thank you for your honesty! I Could not vibe with low mids.

Another good honest review. Thanks! By the sounds of it you'd take the HEDD Type 30's over these; is that a correct assumption?

@georginikolov1141

5 жыл бұрын

Unity audio boulders any day

Agree completely. I landed on ATCs after listening to everything I could.

I wonder if you would like the MM26 since there have separate mid range drivers.

epic review, however is the distortion on the vocal intended? (sorry couldn't myself)

for this price range the atc scm45 are available also, did you try those?

Streaky, word for word I am with you!! So funny to hear. Had them for 1,5 yrs and just didn't understand them. Wanted to love them too, but they didnt connect with me...Now on Amphion One18s and it feels like I am making up for the lost MM27 time. Love Amphion!

@aqualuxmusic

6 жыл бұрын

Funny, I have Barefoots at work and One18s at home. Freaking LOVE my One18s! The Barefoots I work on are the MM35 Gen 2 though... and they're pretty great, but the room is a little muddy right now. I'm curious to see how my feelings may change once I get some more treatment up soon. As of now, the One18s kill the Barefoots in terms of clarity and image.

@bartf7231

6 жыл бұрын

Adam they do!! They are so good!

@Streaky_com

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah I need to retest the amphions as the room I tested them in wasn’t the greatest!

omg finally someone who has similar opinion to me on these monitors, they are great just not my cup of tea, i do dance music stuff as well ad odd band stuff low end is great but i had same issues with mids my current monitors are genelec 8340s and 8250s so obv bias to that sound to a certain extent

I'm wondering what you say to Harbeth Speakers for professional Producing/Mixing/Mastering? I'm hearing so many differing Opinions on wether you can trust them xD

Used the MM26 felt the exact same way .......... never used the 27s tho but sounds like a similar experience

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Streaky, don't want to put you on the spot, but could you recommend a monitor that have all that you are looking for as far as the clarity and imaging for mixing/mastering? I see Amphion One18s getting a lot of love, anything else I should look out for? Thanks in advance to anyone! Cheers

do they come with handles

I'd be interested to know your opinion on the mini main 12's with the additional mid top speakers, now that you mention about the mid range.

@jamescater66

6 жыл бұрын

Main 12's might really break the budget. I hope he reviews the 26's which have the same mid setup as the 12s

@OneLoveRecordings

6 жыл бұрын

These 26's look tasty!

Again, very surprised by your review! I know that we all hear differently, but I have to raise some points. First, you have loved the Footprint01s that have the same DNA & Barefoot sound than the MM27 that are the very first pair Barefoot has commercialized and became famous for. It's might be interesting to point the fact that all Barefoot speakers have closed cabinets and sealed compartments. In contradiction of 99.99% of the speakers, they don't generate any sound inside the cabinet. The transients generated inside, have to cross the cabinet before heating your ears. The reason the low ends are that accurate on Barefoots is because you hear the full transient start to end, they are not planned like with other speakers. They are VERY accurate, most customers describe them as magnifying glasses that reveal the mix. You rediscover the mixes with those babies! Of course, and as usual, you need to take the time to get used to them as they are a big step ahead from your usual speakers, whatever they are. And it can be nice to know what's your monitoring chain? Have you also noticed that the mix doesn't change whatever the listening level? Usual speakers must be used at 87dB as they offer their best transcription at that level. While on Barefoot speakers you can here the full spectrum at a whispering level. If your room is not well treated or has acoustical issues, you can use them at a pretty close distance. Regarding the mids you describe as "sharp", my guess is that you received so many information, as they are VERY accurate, that you was surprised. We see that often. So please give yourself 3-4 days and I'm sure you will change your mind.

I own them , they are very well defined and dimensional with fantastic low end. But you need very well acoustically treated room for them to use.

Have you tried the Focal Trio 6Bes? I'm saving my money for those. I heard a pair at VK over the summer and compared them to some ATCs and a smaller pair of Barefoots and I thought they were amazing. They get loud, which is fun on occasion. They also have the ability to monitor just through the midrange driver and tweeter to act like a smaller monitor. The sound was smooth and each part of the frequency range worked well with a variety of styles of music from funk to pop, classic rock, country and prog. rock. The high end with those beryllium tweeters was as good as I've heard.

@Streaky_com

6 жыл бұрын

These ones ? kzread.info/dash/bejne/pKV4tNGvd6reZqQ.html

@JedWunderli

6 жыл бұрын

Those are the ones. :)

I’ve heard these several times and I’m forced to agree with your assessment. I couldn’t get my ears and head around the bizarre midrange either. Classic and modern sounding tracks, that were mixed by some of the best of the best, sounded phasey and 𝘶𝘯-𝘮𝘪𝘹𝘦𝘥 on these. Although diminutive by comparison, The FP01’s feel more accurate. They’re dope looking speakers.

How far did you sit from them? That's a lot of drivers I wonder how far you need to be for point source, maybe that's why they sounded a bit incoherent. Cool review again 😁

@Streaky_com

6 жыл бұрын

I had them roughly 1.6m apart then sat around 1.5m, then a little further back and then watched a video of somebody close up. Thanks for the comment.

@vjtijerina

6 жыл бұрын

Try the MM26, the mid driver makes a world of a difference.

@kevinpenner8807

6 жыл бұрын

Love the honest reviews. How about the Amphion's?

Bro its good for vocals. If u make ambient shit it’s good

I know some songs mixed on these, to my ear they are too mid heavy and the bass sounds weird. Example is See Me Now by Infected Mushroom. Compare that to one of their older tracks, Stretched, which was mixed on small 5.25 inch monitors.

@StudioMarban

3 жыл бұрын

I just referenced the two tracks you mentioned on youtube here... and "See Me Now" is a FAR superior mix... yes it may be louder (and thus less bassy) but the density and richness of the mids is FAR better, "Stretched" sounds incredibly "HI-FI" especially in the 6-16K region. Not sure what monitors you are using to form your opinion, but even on my HR824 Mk II's (cheap monitors) the winner is clear IMO.

@arande3

3 жыл бұрын

@@StudioMarban hmm yes it's interesting. I think I like a brighter more dynamic sound, an example of that would be Somehow by Croatia Squad, whereas another track that I think is a bit flat that is mixed on Barefoots is You Are the Light by Hot Since 82. I like the bright energetic presentation of Somehow and Stretched most of the time, but when I really want to listen to deeply into the sound I like songs like See Me Now and You Are the Light.

@arande3

3 жыл бұрын

@@StudioMarban I'm currently listening to these mentioned tracks on my best speakers (I just got them, idk their sound yet but they're very similar to the MM27). I'd say the barefoot tracks sound better on these (obviously, a track will sound the best on what it was made on) but the brighter/harsher tracks sound better on my duller speakers (NOT less frequency response in the highs, just more laid back even though it measures the same). I suspect this has more to do with my speakers better matching how the tracks were made than whether or not they're good mixes. Not that I would know. Just a theory. I think The Weeknd Blinding Lights was mixed on Focals, I will try listening on my beryllium speakers and see if those have the best sound. Very interesting...

I can hear what u saying on my masters

sadly, this is a pretty fair review of these particular BF's : / I listened to these models with several songs that were mixed (tracks I knew well...even recorded) and the playback felt weird. If I may be so bold, certain tracks even sounded Un-mixed (and these ref tracks were mixed by some big names)

@hithere4289

5 жыл бұрын

Wow. They sound so good that the mix actually sounds unmixed. These must be a really, really good quality speakers.

@MelomanTheNerd

5 жыл бұрын

Hi There uhhh ... what?

@hithere4289

5 жыл бұрын

Meloman 201618 lol if these speakers make mixes sound unmixed then they must be really sincere and good quality

@MelomanTheNerd

5 жыл бұрын

Hi There I’d say and and all speakers are “sincere”. The trick is figuring out whether you can believe them or not. Are they actually telling you something close to the truth? How good is your room ? How well was the song recorded ?

too bad about the mid range. I was excited when you said they had a big sound stage. I was gonna check them out for my hifi setup.

it seems Neumann KH310 is the way to go for an honest sound....

@MUNRO13

5 жыл бұрын

Yep. That’s what I ended up with!

So a good hifi speaker?

@davejones4740

4 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/g6yBw8mAnJm4nrw.html

That's an interesting response, they are extremely flat to 1db, it could be that you have been using speakers that aren't as flat as you thought. But I haven't heard thee in person, I have heard them praised but you have to call 'em like you hear them . I'd like you to review those massive mains setup called "master stack" they sell, they are over the top and look like they could power a small concert hall but I really wonder how they are in a studio. Way out of my range for now, but in Canada they are about $128,000 a pair, that ain't cheap. They are for rather large control rooms, but why not review them? Get help setting them up, hernias are no fun at all.

@bavarianwolf3806

3 жыл бұрын

128.000 $ dollar????? WTF where are you living ^^ in Europe you can buy them for 12.000 Euro

Why play disturbing music in the background...

Good for you to be honest ... people love them but I’m not a fan.. lol

i make dancehall music can i send you music so you can hear how it sounds on that bad boy..?

My God. They;'e 12,000$ a pair (after tax) for 10"s and dual 4"s and a tweeter. I know quality is quality....I totally trust that...but damn! 12k? I could buy 2 18"s (in cabinets ofcourse) and 4 dual 12" cabinets AND amps to drive them for that. If someone argued, "(well, I don't have that much room").....Ok....I could buy just about ANY pair of Studio monitors WITH a sub and still be 1/2 the price or less. Again, I believe in quality...but I just can't see the price matching the quality for these. No I am not a multi million dollar studio....I just do it for hobby and make a little bit of $ on the side mixing and mastering for people.

i came here bcz davidguetta . who with me ??

I have always been surprised at how consumerism and advertising change people's choices... There is no such thing as "the best monitors in the world..." It all depends on the taste of the listener... If there is a "simple and tiny" thing that you don't like about the sound of the speaker is no longer the best for you.... What sounds good to some doesn't necessarily sound good to others...

Ok...now this: These are the favs of Butch Vig the guy who mixed on them Nirvana's Nevermind, Smashing Pumpkins, Garbage and Sonic Youth Dirty....well well...what the heck ? By the way put more technical details in your review and never ever touch the drivers with fingers ! ;)

@ytmember4569

3 жыл бұрын

@@devianthousend Right. I think he mixed Nevermind on JBL (?) speakers at that time. Sorry for mistake. He uses Barefoot now.

Close to being the worst monitor I have ever heard. They suffer from massive amounts of phase mis-alignment. That is where the weird “stereo widened” effect comes from. The phase response is awful :(

@GroundBeef1

5 жыл бұрын

Tipper uses these monitors. And in my opinion, his mixes are superb. especially the spacing in his mixes is incredible. I would even say the best spacing ever. It's strange to hear so many negatives about this model while he's rocking it so hard.

@bluematrix5001

5 жыл бұрын

@@GroundBeef1 well, the only answer I think is that he may be working VERY hard to make his mixes sound great in the Barefoots, so then outside his room the mixes sounds even better...that happened to me because of the lack of clarity I had in my room...... the thing here is that you want a speaker that sounds great, is Fun, easy to work with them and male your work faster and that translate very well...

@hidjedewitje

5 жыл бұрын

@@bluematrix5001 The vertical dispersion is awful on them, which might also explain the clarity issue. I think they are good monitors though, just not for the price.

do you need a sub ?

I wonder if you would like the MM26 since there have separate mid range drivers.