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Posted by djsessem on Sep-10-2008 17:23:

speakers or monitors!

hi am am after a good sounding pair of speakers or monitors, is there any differance between a pair of speakers and monitors? also does the wattage make a differance? example buying a cheap pair of 50 watt speakers and buying a 20 watt pair of m-audio... i have �120 to spend on some or a little more if need be, could anyone recomend some nice ones for similar price....thanks for your time!

Posted by spolitta on Sep-10-2008 18:31:

If you are after a good sounding speaker setup get a nice hi-fi setup with a sub.

Posted by david.michael on Sep-10-2008 18:39:

What will be the purpose of the speakers?

Regular or "hi-fi" speakers are meant to sound "good", whereas studio monitors are meant to sound "accurate".

Posted by DeZmA on Sep-10-2008 19:10:

Re: speakers or monitors!

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Originally posted by djsessem
hi am am after a good sounding pair of speakers or monitors, is there any differance between a pair of speakers and monitors? also does the wattage make a differance? example buying a cheap pair of 50 watt speakers and buying a 20 watt pair of m-audio... i have �120 to spend on some or a little more if need be, could anyone recomend some nice ones for similar price....thanks for your time!

For 120� you won't find anything even semi-decent.
If you're into producing it's better to save up for a longer time instead of buying bad monitors.

Posted by djsessem on Sep-10-2008 22:18:

so far i have found the WHARFEDALE DIAMOND 8.1 PRO ACTIVE - 150 WATT ACTIVE SPEAKERS, at �135......im not the best producer but i know a little! they got good write ups but i need info of better people!

Posted by spolitta on Sep-10-2008 22:48:

g o o g l e

Posted by Fledz on Sep-11-2008 08:19:

For listening - You want hi-fi speakers. They colour the sound and make it warm and pleasurable to listen to. Monitors will make you hear things you don't want to and could make tracks actually sound "bad" in a way.

For production - You want monitors. Good ones don't colour the sound and you hear everything much easier.

Posted by g-sky on Sep-11-2008 12:06:

Hay, its hard to fing "good" monitors to 120 � if u want buy any please earn more money (about 400-500�) why?

because easer to buy one good for few years,

im using now Yamaha's Monitors HS 80m (price: something aobut: 450 �)

u can buy m-audio (prce: 300 �) but they have not good low frequences.

best regards.

Posted by Nicolas Oliver on Sep-11-2008 16:12:

If you're truly interested in producing don't skimp on monitors! You can't spend your money on anything more important than a pair of quality monitors IMO.

Posted by djsessem on Sep-11-2008 20:34:

i aint skimping i am only just starting!!! within a few month i will have more money to spend on better things, i am only starting out at the moment

Posted by Zak McKracken on Sep-11-2008 20:37:

im more than happy doing normal listening on my monitor system, caus most of the tracks i like are good enough produced to sound good on anything, and better on good systems. only problem with the monitors (small ones atleast) is the spread: they sound good in that particular listening position but once ur going on the other side of the room its just noise and mudd. theyr not very good at a party as its impossible to talk at the same time as these monitors are forcing u to listen: "listan!!". normal speakers are more friendly and often covers a larger room. great for party, movies stuff like that.

Posted by LfmC on Sep-12-2008 13:40:

M-audio monitors are crap IMO. At least get a pair of alesis m1 mk2's or some cheaper krk's which are far from perfect, but can get the job done. If you're just starting out, the most important thing to get are decent monitors. skip the soundcard for now if you have to, but get the best monitors you can.
Also keep in mind that whatever you buy, you'll probably have to replace later on as there's no monitors in that price range that will "tell the truth". Ofc, This all applies to you if you're planning on producing music yourself (which I'm guessing is your plan seeing how you're on a production forum).
Forget about hi-fi speakers. Trust me, I used them once. The worst thing you can do is get accustomed to using hi-fi speakers for production. Later on your ears are gonna need quite a bit of training to get used to monitors.