I have the Genelecs 8010a and they are very good, but of course given their tiny size they definitely don’t have much bass going on. I’ve started collaborating with a friend who has the Yamaha HS8 and although they may not be the highest grade speakers ever, I was still blown away at the bass coming out of my kick samples in the Digi and even my modular.
Except the reason I got the 8010 in the first place is that I have a very tiny desk which is recessed into a wall; so there’s no way I can go with bigger monitors. I make sub-heavy techno and I often have to use headphones to have a somewhat accurate idea of the bass in my tracks, and even then, it’s not optimal. So I’ve been looking at subwoofers.
Genelec has the 7040a sub which is made to use in conjunction with the 8010 and is supposed to work well in (very) small spaces, plus now the monitors would only treat the medium/treble signal and the sub would take the rest. However I’m still worried that it’s going to resonate a lot and be mostly unpleasant… The room I use is totally untreated, it’s half studio, half tv room, half records storage room and I can’t really treat it. I’m certainly not aiming for professional results; when the day comes and I want to have a few tracks out, someone far more professional than me will do the real mix/master.
It’s only really for my enjoyment and to have an accurate idea of what I’m jamming as I know the current installation with this desk isn’t really conductive to perfect audio quality. However it would also be a good investment as later down the line I can set up everything in a dedicated, treated room.
I have found a online shop that allows for 60days testing, so that’s probably what I’m going to do; still, it’s quite the purchase so I wanted to gather a few opinions before; like if it’s really a bad idea, or if others have similar experiences or even experience with this or other Genelec subwoofers (or other good recommendation !)
Here’s my desk space for reference :
The sub would go under the desk.
I should add that my downstair neighbor is pretty much never here !