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Primacoustic RX7 Recoil Stabilizer (10.5" x 13" Flat) Reviews

5 4.8/5.0 based on 8 customer reviews

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Joseph Secu
I have a set of these to go with my JBL LSR4328. It's incredible how much something like this can improve the sound quality of my speakers. These pads are not your typical foam pads. They're incredibly heavy and robust. If you have studio monitors and they're just sitting on stands or on a desk, you must consider buying these. It makes a world of a difference.
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Customer Reviews

J.C.
from Houston, Tx
May 14, 2012 Music Background:
Creative Producer / Label Owner

Recoil Stabilzer is great!

Does what it says. Was recommended by Bruce Swedien in his work shop In The Studio With Bruce Swedien. Bruce is recorded Michael Jackson Thriller...so he knows what he's talking about!
Howard Lyons
from Homestead, FL
July 2, 2011 Music Background:
Record producer & engineer

Keep the rumble down

These stabilizers make such a difference in keeping the low end rumble down while mixing. They are awesome! Thanks Sweetwater!
Shane
from Studio
February 19, 2009 Music Background:
Recording Engineer, Pro Musician, Producer

Unreal how much of a difference these make!!!

I am completely amazed how these clean up the lows and low mids. Everything is so much more detailed. These are worth every penny, and more!!! I was skeptical at first, but I'm SO glad I got these. My monitoring just went up another notch.
DAS
from S. Jersey
November 12, 2008 Music Background:
Pro Keyboardist, Film/TV Composer

More than worth the price for the results!

I can absolutely recommend buying a pair of these! It is well worth the money. I certainly noticed a "defined" difference in detail with my nearfield monitors after placing them on top of these, and I use passive Event 20/20s in a small bedroom/turned project studio.

But let me also say that if you are not at the point yet where your ears have developed enough to mix professionally, then it really won't matter even if you buy a pair of $5,000 monitors. These are not going to replace a persons' lack of knowledge and experience when it comes to effectively using eq, delay, compression, reverb, panning, bussing, and etc.

But if I could use an analogy, think of using the RX7s as the difference between seeing a movie played back on a DVD, verses playing that movie from a BlueRay DVD on an HD TV. You will see some definition not noticed before.

These things have made my monitors and mixing easier to listen to, and easier to achieve fequency placement. The lows on my 8 in. woofers don't sound muddy but defined, and the imaging is placed exactely where nearfield monitors should be. These RX7s replaced my Auralex MoPads within 2 minutes of testing them out, easy.
Jay Supiria aka Jason
from NYC
July 28, 2008 Music Background:
Engineer/Producer

The RX7 Recoil Stabilizers are amazing

I respect the past but heres the future. I used these Stabilzers to replace my Mo Pads by auralex. You can not compare the Stabilizers to Mo Pad. I could not believe the difference in the Dynaudio Monitors. The Dynaudio BM5A sounds good but the Stabilizers makes em sound way better.

Theses pads let you hear more lows and mids in you monitors no matter the cost of your monitors. If you got $1000 pair of speaker theses Stabilizers would make em sound like $1500 speakers. My Alesis passive monitors ones sounds like expensive monitors. Eventhough Alesis monitors are cheap you'll notice the difference in seconds.
Michael
from Lacey, WA
March 30, 2012

Does what it says!

After putting these under my monitors I noticed the difference right away!
The low end was knocked clean off and there seemed to have a cleaner sound helping the mid and hi range. It's a great buy if you move you're monitors on different surfaces as it will treat your speakers as if they were floating depending in the room your in so this varies.
I would also suggest these if you have a subwoffer.
I gave it a 4.5 because if you don't move around often and are already accustom to your monitors, then you really don't need them.
Dan Popp
from Akron, OH USA
July 6, 2010 Music Background:
Veteran commercial recordist

A Cost-Effective Speaker Upgrade

Since humans are notorious for having terrible hearing memory, any sonic gizmo that can't be A/B tested should be greeted with a healthy dose of skepticism. But I've listened to my speakers on the same stands in the same room for 5 years now, and using the same reference recordings, I quickly came to the opinion that these things do noticeably improve the sound.

They're heavy! Which could cause problems on flimsy or top-heavy stands.

They're not expensive, for what they do. I wish they came in more "custom" sizes, but that might ratchet up the price. No snake oil here - these are for real.
Peter Christianson
from San Jose, CA
January 26, 2012 Music Background:
Engineer, Producer

Primacoustic RX7 Recoil Stabilizer

Well made, solid and makes a difference. The regular foam wasn't cutting it. I needed something to really help isolate my monitors. This was it. I noticed a real difference right away. Low end frequencies tightened right up. A little pricey but worth it in the end. Logo stickers on fron tend to fall off easily.

Primacoustic RX7 Recoil Stabilizer (10.5" x 13" Flat)

Flat Monitor Isolation Pad with Multi-layered, Anti-recoil Design (ea)

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