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Hello everybody, I've just purchased a Nord Stage 3 ( compact 73 ). I'm thrilled and absolutely amazed by the marvellous sound, especially the grand pianos but also the hammond B3. I play a lot of classical music and also blues/jazz. But the sound is only beautiful in headphones ( marshall, sennheiser ) and correspondingly bad in my Adam AX3 active studio monitors.
Can this be solved ? Do active studio monitors exist that produce the very same quality that my headphones are producing ? Do you have to add a mixer of some kind ?
If anyone knows the answer I shall be very grateful to receive your recommendation in the necessary detail ( my technical knowledge is sadly limited ).

I use Genelec 8040A...Awesome but not Cheap....But my Stage 2 was not Cheap as well when I bought it in 2011 then, I thought it deserved the equivalent in Studio monitor..

Genelecs (long-since discontinued, but still phenomenal 1032A) too in the studio; FBT StageMaxx 12Ma (best I've ever used or tried) for live use.
The best keyboard deserves the best monitors!

I use Yamaha HS8s and it sounds amazing. I definitely recommend playing in stereo. Mono gave me serious problems when I just used one channel of a keyboard amp.

I have the Yamaha HS7's which are also excellent (with a sub)

Ive gone with M Audio BX8s and am well happy. Would recommend a pair tho and not go mono.

I’m using a pair of Tannoy Reveal 802, the sound is really good, bass is also sufficient given that it’s a 8” speaker. The only thing that annoys me is a crack each time I switch them off with the power switch at the rear (just off switching, not when switched on surprisingly). Does not happen when using a switchable powerboard which I do now ...

peteques wrote:Ive gone with M Audio BX8s and am well happy. Would recommend a pair tho and not go mono.

Weren’t you the guy who started a thread that indicated that the M Audio BX8s sounded so bad you thought you may have wasted money on an NS3? If you found a solution to your problem, that’s good to hear. If so, you should post it in your thread.
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To the OP: I am very happy with the JBL 305 MKII monitors. A 5” driver is enough for me for all sounds, including piano. You will be surprised how much clean bass they put out. Check out some of the online reviews.

ajstan wrote: Weren’t you the guy who started a thread that indicated that the M Audio BX8s sounded so bad you thought you may have wasted money on an NS3? If you found a solution to your problem, that’s good to hear. If so, you should post it in your thread.

Can you please show me in that post where I said that the BX8s sounded bad please? The title of the thread was speaker position - this was because I needed help on the positions, not on a speaker choice. I did say maybe I've wasted money on NS3 - this was because I had been told the samples were brilliant, which I now know they are after adjusting my speakers. Notwithstanding all of this, I have not said the speakers sounded bad, I said that the sound was not right and so please do not misquote. The day after I posted that message, I thanked 3 replies for their advice and I havent been able to get onto this forum again until recently. So thank you too for your advice there but please don't say what I should post in my threads.