Studio Monitors
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» AlienZeD replied on Tue Oct 24, 2006 @ 3:34pm |
 Coolness: 509570 | I know this has already been discussed but times change.
Someone recently told me about some great cheap monitors that were the standard for a small home studio. What were they? Otherwise, what would you fellows suggest for some under 1000$ ($300-$600)ish studio monitors? Much appreciate any answers. And I will be doing research on my own obviously, this is just the first step. |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Deadfunk replied on Tue Oct 24, 2006 @ 3:43pm |
 Coolness: 153015 | i got alesis active mk2 ( the model from 2 years ago )
bought them new for 500$ and im so happy that i bought them, they sound really clean, super flat and they can sound really loud for 2 6' speakers and 2 1' tweeters ... my neibourgh think i got a subwoofer.. |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» AlienZeD replied on Tue Oct 24, 2006 @ 3:50pm |
| Coolness: 509570 | awesome! so you don't need a subwoofer with that kind of system? |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» MURDOCK_ROCK replied on Tue Oct 24, 2006 @ 4:03pm |
 Coolness: 83885 | the alesis are really good acctually...
the higher end model has a remote too... and usually you don't need a sub with an 8" woofer. |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Bad_Chemistry replied on Tue Oct 24, 2006 @ 8:22pm |
 Coolness: 73095 | The problem I find with smaller moniters is that there not too good with low frequencies. You get something where all the bass comes out as one generic note.
I think I listened to every single god-damned moniter that exists though when I was buying mine. What I sujjest you do is bring a cd with you to a music shop, and put a bunch of songs you know well on it. Songs that are produced very well, and some stuff that isn't produced so well but you know where the mistakes are. The general rule is pick the moniter that allows you to pick up on the production mistakes you knew about previously the best. Not the ones that sound the best. Moniters are a really personal thing though, find the ones you like. There's no suck thing as the best when your buying this sort of shit. Mind you if you ask me the Mackie HR824's were my clear favourite, fallowed closely by the genelec 8030 I think. |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» bob_ replied on Tue Oct 24, 2006 @ 8:40pm |
 Coolness: 102215 | "therwise, what would you fellows suggest for some under 1000$ ($300-$600)ish studio monitors?"
KRK Rokit 5 you can't go wrong :) |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Br34th3 replied on Tue Oct 24, 2006 @ 9:49pm |
 Coolness: 127775 | Event TR8
[ www.event1.com ] LF Driver: magnetically shielded 8" mineral-filled polypropylene cone with 1-1/2" diameter high-temperature voice coil and damped rubber surround HF Driver: magnetically shielded 25mm ferrofluid-cooled silk dome Frequency Response: 35Hz - 20kHz, ±3dB (-2dB @ 38Hz), Ref. 500Hz Frequency Response: 38Hz - 20kHz, +/-3dB, ref 500Hz Power Output (SPL): >108dB Crossover: 2.6kHz, active fourth-order Inputs: Balanced XLR and 1/4"; unbalanced RCA Indicators: Power-On LED Noise: >100dB below full output, 20kHz bandwidth, unweighted Protection: RF interference, output current limiting, over temperature, turn on/off transient, subsonic filter, internal fuse. Dimensions: 10-1/4" W x 14-3/4" H x 11-3.4" D last time I called steves for a freind they were on sale for $499 |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Bad_Chemistry replied on Tue Oct 24, 2006 @ 11:26pm |
| Coolness: 73095 | I think you sort of get the idea how much choice you got here, buying moniters was single-handedly the most difficult purchase I ever made. |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» rawali replied on Wed Oct 25, 2006 @ 8:24am |
 Coolness: 140695 | krk rp5 definatly a good buy, got my pair a couple of weeks ago, 189$ each at moog... sure its not a perfect flat sound but at less than 500$ this is definatly the best pair I've heard |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» MURDOCK_ROCK replied on Wed Oct 25, 2006 @ 10:48am |
| Coolness: 83885 | i wouldn't get rocket 5's...
i think its worth it to shell out the extra coin for the rocket 8's. |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Bad_Chemistry replied on Wed Oct 25, 2006 @ 7:25pm |
| Coolness: 73095 | In my experience none of the rockets were up to par. If you want a pair of moniters for under 500$ I think Berhinger Truth moniters were supposed to be pretty tight. One thing with moniters though, I think it's a better idea to save up your money and buy something you really like. It's like buying a ferrari and getting super cheap tires. Your moniters are what allow you to hear what your doing.
From what I remember about KRK there was something I really didn't like about the V 8's. I think it had something to do with the bass. Mind you alot of people use them and get good results. |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» bob_ replied on Wed Oct 25, 2006 @ 10:07pm |
| Coolness: 102215 | well i'm really happy with my rp5. i mean i do have a small room and i dont wanna be deaf soon heheheh. also they really sounds good.
i mean 75 watts it's pretty enough for me right now and i think those ones with the KRK woofer would be killer heheheheh review of the rp5 in MIX magazine: [ mixonline.com ] :) |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» rawali replied on Thu Oct 26, 2006 @ 5:58am |
| Coolness: 140695 | thing is if youre gonna invest extra coin on rocket 8's you'll prolly want the sub that goes with for a good sound... anyways thats what i've been reading from reviews all over and when were talking extra coin its getting kinda ridiculously alot more!
I dont feel rp5 needs sub... it does lack in extreme lows... like bellow 50hz but above that, nice. |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» MURDOCK_ROCK replied on Thu Oct 26, 2006 @ 10:07am |
| Coolness: 83885 | Whatever...
anything in that price range is prosumer anyway... whatever you get is gunna be something your gunna want to replace after awhile... i'd put my money down on the alesis before the rockets personaly... (and i just might too ;o) if i had mad cash though.... i'd be looking at something from these guys... [ www.dynaudioacoustics.com ] |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» nothingnopenope replied on Thu Oct 26, 2006 @ 10:12am |
 Coolness: 201235 | If you will be using the speakers in a big room, I suggest going for 8 inch drivers regardless of the brand you get, you will need the bass.
I found Alesis monitors are a good value but you should check them out before buying. |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» AlienZeD replied on Thu Oct 26, 2006 @ 2:05pm |
| Coolness: 509570 | Originally Posted By MURDOCK_ROCK
Whatever... anything in that price range is prosumer anyway... whatever you get is gunna be something your gunna want to replace after awhile... Hmmmmm, I wouldn't really want to get anything that I'd have to replace, are 'good' monitors really necessarily going to cost me more than 1000$? That seems like a bit much to me... This is for a small home studio and all I really want is something nice and accurate. Sure I can 'afford' something better but again, these speakers are going to be solely for production... so any flat frequency monitors will do... what do the high end (more than a grand) monitors do that the lower end (sub 1000$) fail to achieve? In other words, why would I want to replace them? |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» MURDOCK_ROCK replied on Thu Oct 26, 2006 @ 3:55pm |
| Coolness: 83885 | good pro monitors cost more like 2000$...
and many of them require a proffesional amp to power them. a good monitor sounds cold and harsh... so you can isolate the discrepencies in your sound and correct them prosumer monitor are still a little warm sounding and most of them really arent much different than you average hifi set up. but thats no reason not to use them either... i have friends who pressed records and did thier mixdown on shitty 200$ edirols too and the results were fine... but what i'm getting at is... don't expect to drop 6 or 7 hundred bucks on monitors that are profesional industy standard as these monitors aren't aimed at proffesionals... they are aimed at your average punk ass home music makers like you and me for small "project studios" like we all have at home. |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» nothingnopenope replied on Thu Oct 26, 2006 @ 5:06pm |
| Coolness: 201235 | Those 200$ edirols really suck! I've used them.
I've seen plenty of video and radio people who use lower end monitors (500$ range). But I can say cheap monitors will still kick the shit out of 2.1 or 5.1 computer speaker setups, those are very coloured sounding (inaccurate/not flat). |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» MURDOCK_ROCK replied on Thu Oct 26, 2006 @ 5:21pm |
| Coolness: 83885 | yeah those edirols are garbage...
dave (subtone) made his first release on them though... since then he's upgraded to some mackies i think... i just trying to explain the difference, while still giving an example that the lower end can still get the job done. |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» AlienZeD replied on Thu Oct 26, 2006 @ 5:33pm |
| Coolness: 509570 | all I need is to get the job done, no way I'm spending 2000$ on speakers with no garantee of making money in the too near future. I guess I would upgrade eventually, but much much further down the line. I really just need some home studio, I guess prosumer, I guess i bought the iMac as my production machine instead of the PowerMac Pro, so i am in that low-mid range of production. but i am also sure you guys understand why 2000$ for speakers is just not possible at this point...
so mackie are good, krk rokit 5 or 8, and Event TR... time to slither on over to eBay... then moog and steve's when I have time :) Update » AlienZeD wrote on Thu Oct 26, 2006 @ 7:07pm how are m-audio monitors? DX4 or BX5a for example |
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