KRK Rokit 6

Studio monitors can be one of the most important pieces of gear in the recording studio. Your speakers are what you will reference everything you hear too, and make judgments on your mix based on what you hear. If you are using monitors that do not represent a flat Eq then you are hearing the sound altered by the speaker and not what it actually sounds like. 

I have had the opportunity to test and experiment with several different studio monitors including the KRK Rokit 6's. At a first listen they sound nice and full with a good presence at the low end. Listening to hip-hop and R&B they sounded great. When I switched to rock and more classical music, the KRK’s seemed to be coloring a large amount of the song. I soon discovered that the Rokits come built in with a frequency curve that is pre determined by the company. This may be good when trying to enjoy some music and just playing it back in your living room, but when mixing in a studio it is far from ideal.

I continued to listen to different genres to see how they would sound out of the KRK’s. It seemed pretty consistent that these speakers favored bass heavy songs. We then played the same songs out of some Yamaha HS80M studio monitors to compare, the difference was night and day. The Rokits lacked the high presence that is required from studio monitors and boosted to much lows which is a unnecessary when properly trying to mix music.

Overall I would say that these are great party speaker. If you are trying to listen to loud music on the couch these are the speakers for you. If you are in the studio trying to accurately mix your music, I would recommend staying away from the KRK’s and find something that represents the sound more accurately.