These two studio monitors are very similar, in price and design, but also in some ways different. Which ones do you prefer, and why? Which do you have (Do you regret your choice?), and which would you recommend?

Note: This thread is only for these two speakers. I find most under this price range are much worse, yet any above these are so much more expensive and usually not affordable. If there are monitors you prefer that aren't these, and they're in this price range, feel free to include them in this discussion!

You can get fantastic results on both!

The main thing to consider is room treatment.  Your monitors will really come to life in a treated room. You could have real high end monitors in an untreated room and be miles off the pace.

I have been using Rokits for the past 10 years, I love them.  Go into your local store and bring your favourite music, get some good quality tracks and test them out, find out what works for your ears 

i always strongly recommend the yamaha HS8 versus the Rokit series. the KRK VXT series are great, but everyone i've ever known who has had a pair of Rokits has hated them / switched over to their yamaha counterparts or moved further up the chain. endless stories of the rokits breaking, and ultimately being too bass heavy to get a proper mix done. the HS8 are super well built, and an excellent speaker even holding its ground against more expensive monitors

Depending on what you are looking for in a monitor, After testing several monitors out at Guitar Center, I would suggest either the Dynaudio MkIII OR the Adams A7X. The Yamaha's are REALLY flat sounding and don't give you a full range of sound

Depending on what you are looking for in a monitor, After testing several monitors out at Guitar Center, I would suggest either the Dynaudio MkIII OR the Adams A7X. The Yamaha's are REALLY flat sounding and don't give you a full range of sound

A7X's are a lot more money than Rokits, and isn't flat is what you want in a monitor? I've used A7X's, and theyre fantastic, but they are 4 times the price of KRK's. The HS series are great.

HS7/8 hands down

I got the HS5's over the KRK's for some reason and I regret it. The KRK's sounded alot better, and the Yamaha's have these grills over the tweeters, so it blocks out high freqs.

I have both sets and my mixes are better on the yamahas everytime. i use the rokits for writing because they are a little more bassier