I am using an old pair of Samson Resolv 40a Studio Monitors for my Kemper. I bought these almost 10 years ago and my ears got used to them pretty much. In fact they are basically really cheap monitors (I paid 100 Euro for both!) so I decided to make an upgrade here...
So recently I compared the ADAM F5, Rokit G3 and the Samson Resolv SE6 with my old samsons...The difference is HUGE. But in a certain negative way.
When trying out some "higher quality" monitors I am encountering an ENORMOUS amount of high-gain fizz when playing distorted sounds. To be honest - I can't stand the sound of any distortion presets on theses monitors at all. They sound terrible!
In comparison with the old samsons it's a completely different sound characteristic. Like changing a guitar cabinet on your amp. Which is crazy at all, because even when they are cheap monitors - they have a linear frequency curve and should at least sound similar to other ones.
So I tried to use an EQ to make the high gain profiles on the new monitors sound as close as possible to my old samsons. I attached a screenshot of my EQ settings in Logic.
So you can see - it seems the old samsons have LOTS of high frequencies missing with a peak around 2.5khz - which comes in handy when playing high-gain sounds! Cause with this settings there is NO fizz, but warm and fat tone. Love it.
So right now I am pretty confused. Since all other speakers I tried sound the same in a negative way (fizzy sound) I am not shure if i can trust my old samsons - cause I want to have presets on my kemper which sound great on all speakers, not just my old ones.
What are your thoughts about this? Have you encountered similar problems? What monitors are you using and how are your high-gain profiles sound?
Regards, Stefan