roscoe5 Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 I know the L6 L2 series will work well for Helix and PA, but are any of you having success with studio monitors as well? I'm having a hard time justifying other guitar-based FRFR speakers as I already have a few of guitar cabs (aka Helix custom IR generators) that I don't want to part with. The L2m's would definitely be an upgrade to my M-Audio BX5's and I actually have room for them. Here's a Line 6 article I found... http://line6.com/news/general/1508/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spikey Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 From what Ive read here (no on hands) the L2m/t are flat referenced (as well as being switchable to other settings too) and would work great with Helix and the studio, as studio monitors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bsd512 Posted September 23, 2016 Share Posted September 23, 2016 I have a pair of L3t's and they sound great. I also have a pair of mid-quality studio monitors - Yamaha HS8's. They sound great with the Helix too. I have both controlled by separate volume controls - the l3t's using L6 link and my main volume control dedicated to that output. Meanwhile the 1/4" outs go to a little mixer that the mixer controls the volume on the HS8s. It's interesting to turn down the L3t's and turn up the HS8's, and vice versa and compare. They are definitely comparable. Both sound accurate to my ears and really really good when both are run at the same time with the volumes matched appropriately - talk about a lush full sound! As a studio reference monitor - I don't really use them that way, and the stuff I do is just for my own enjoyment. If you're heavy into studio production work, I suppose there's no substitute for proper tools for that job. But if you're looking for good quality sound reproduction with some pretty high output capability that work great with Helix, I don't think you can go wrong with the l2/l3/t/m's. For my purposes they'd be fine as "studio" monitors, but just understand my point of reference - I'm nowhere near actual pro studio work. If that's your goal, I'd say try before you buy or at least buy with the ability to return if they don't suit your purpose. I am immensely happy with them for my purposes, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil_m Posted September 23, 2016 Share Posted September 23, 2016 I have two L2t's, and I can confirm they are very flat. I don't really use them as studio monitors, though. I do have them at my workstation, and they're sitting on the floor at the moment (standing vertically, not tilted back). That's really why I don't use them as true studio monitors. On the floor like I have them, I get a significant bass boost just because they're on the floor. I don't really have room to have them in the tilt-back position (which is what I do when using them live). So guess the main drawback in trying to use them as reference monitors is simply that they're kind of big for that purpose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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