TWELVE OF THE BEST Budget Studio Monitors
ADAM AUDIO T5V
£278 PAIR
Contact adam-audio.com
We reviewed both the T5V and T7V from ADAM, but we're opting for the former option for this round-up. Not only is it the cheaper model, but it offers a slightly more joined-up listening experience, with the five-inch polypropylene woofer and super-efficient Accelerated Ribbon Tweeter delivering a 45Hz to 25kHz frequency range. The winning features, however, are the tech innovations that trickle down from ADAM's more expensive monitoring options, which include that tweeter design and HPS Waveguard technology that gives an even dispersion to the sound both horizontally and vertically. What this all means in practice is simple: these sub £300 monitors deliver a sound which is right up there with speakers three or four times their cost.
“These sub £300 monitors deliver a sound up there with speakers three or four times their cost”
FOCAL Alpha 65
£456 PAIR
Contact focal.com, scvdistribution.co.uk
The Alphas were reviewed around five years ago,
