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How can i find out that my speakers sound properly?

Well, whatever monitors can be great, is there any technique to check it whether they sound as they should or somewhat inaccurate? I mean how can i be 100%sure that my speakers neither under- nor overrepresent frequency range?

Re: How can i find out that my speakers sound properly?

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Originally posted by Microlab Well, whatever monitors can be great, is there any technique to check it whether they sound as they should or somewhat inaccurate? I mean how can i be 100%sure that my speakers neither under- nor overrepresent frequency range?

you can't
no monitors are 100% accurate

You can look at the spec sheet in the owner's manual to see the frequency response, but that's only part of the story. The acoustics in your room will probably have a bigger influence on what you're hearing. Other variables come into play as well: listening position, volume, the quality of your converters, etc.

For me, it pretty much comes down to getting monitors which sound "clear" to you (where you don't have trouble separating the elements in the mix unless something is wrong with the mix itself), and checking it on many different sources. (My girlfriend's car is a BITCH, that's where I learn how screwed up my lower mid-bass actually is.)

One thing that I noticed in a HUGE WAY recently is that you need to make sure you have enough space between them. The stereo image gets squashed the closer they are.

This is how I USED TO have them:


I have since purchased a pair of stands and the monitors are positioned long-ways (as they're intended) and are next to both sides of the desk, thus much further away. WOW. I had never heard these monitors so vividely since I purchased them 6 months ago. I had the placement completely wrong since I had them!

The thing is it seems to me that my speakers have too much highs. But i cant make sure whether it's so, cause i have nothing to compare with. Especially when i listen to radioshows or cd audio tracks (wma), i can even hear lots of different hisses and overall sound image sounds like very noisy during playback.

You know....I keep reading how important room acoustics are and you need this and that for your room, yet I see these vids with top producers in the studio and they have nothing, no bass traps. Interesting.

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I have since purchased a pair of stands and the monitors are positioned long-ways (as they're intended) and are next to both sides of the desk, thus much further away. WOW. I had never heard these monitors so vividely since I purchased them 6 months ago. I had the placement completely wrong since I had them!

i was looking for the AFTER pic alanzo with the new monitor set up... & damm that Andromeda is massive!

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Originally posted by Stylz You know....I keep reading how important room acoustics are and you need this and that for your room, yet I see these vids with top producers in the studio and they have nothing, no bass traps. Interesting.

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Originally posted by Stylz You know....I keep reading how important room acoustics are and you need this and that for your room, yet I see these vids with top producers in the studio and they have nothing, no bass traps. Interesting.

A lot of the top guys are working in purpose-built studios though, where none of the walls are parallel, the floor is raised etc.

yep, the foam you see in a lot of studios is the cheap and easy way. not as good but does the job and will solve most problems. had a tiny oom at music college where they spent �10,000 on acoustics, all in the wall design and speaker mounts etc. sounded f**kin awesome in there and it was only about 10 x 15ft. really accurate response as well.

Naaaaah....not the pro's I see, it's obvious there is no room treatment.

The bigger your room is generally the less room treatment you need. If you look at the big studios, the rooms are so large and the monitors positioned well enough (ie away from walls) that they rarely need any bass traps.

Alan obviously does as his room is small so he wants to minimise the "bouncing off the walls" and also because his monitors are close to the corners which can wreak havoc with the low end.

Microlab - The trick is to learn what your monitors sound like by listening to other tracks, that way you will know what to compensate for. Also it's very important to check your tracks on other sources which you're very familiar with like your iPod, car stereo, regular hi-fi speakers etc.

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Originally posted by Stylz Naaaaah....not the pro's I see, it's obvious there is no room treatment.

Show us examples. I find this hard to believe.

I'm sure you've seen the D.Ramirez vid in the master list. What about the funkagenda in the studio with?

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Originally posted by Stylz I'm sure you've seen the D.Ramirez vid in the master list.

Watch the video again and you will see his walls are cambered in behind his monitors. That is a form of treatment in itself.

Can't see enough in the other video to tell.

Regardless... When you buy a pair of studio monitors, one of the key things you look for is a flat frequency response. This usually equates to something like 50hz-20khz +/-3db. Poor acoustics can turn that frequency response to +/-10db or more. Thus, anyone who puts expensive monitors in an untreated room is a retard. Obviously, anyone who argues acoustics are not important has no idea what they are talking about.

That said, some people get lucky and don't need treatment. In your typical home of 2.5x3m rooms, this is obviously unlikely.

More to the point, just because a "pro" does something does not mean it is right.

lol now I'm arguing against treatment am I? Ahhh the good ole "put words in his mouth" trick. Gotta love it. Your argument seems to be "the pro's do it" so your just as guilty in that department too my friend. All I'm saying is it might not be so essential or important to go buy "$1000" worth of treatment. Is it ideal to go buy treatment? Hell yeah! Am I going to do that before I buy a decent pair of monitors? Hell no. I've actually seen it suggested that treatment is more important than good monitors.

Get a wav of one of those sweeping sines and listen if the volume suddenly goes up or down.

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Originally posted by Stylz Your argument seems to be "the pro's do it" so your just as guilty in that department too my friend.

i said i think it's unlikely that most pro's lack treatment. that's not the same as saying you have to have treatment because pro's do. anyhow...

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Originally posted by Stylz Am I going to do that before I buy a decent pair of monitors? Hell no. I've actually seen it suggested that treatment is more important than good monitors.

they go hand in hand. If you're buying krk rockits or yamaha hs, then acoustics probably are going to be a major cbf. however, if you are buying dynaudio, focals and so on, you would be stupid to not put some money into acoustics (if your acoustics are not good, which they probably aren't). speakers only sound as good as the room they are in, that is the point. $1,500 dynaudios will sound like $400 krks in a poor room. in such circumstances you would be better off buying $1,250 monitors and putting $250 into your acoustics - then you have $1,250 speakers that sound like $1,250 speakers. make sense?

Get PA speakers lol, they get the sound out there anyway. just keep a bit distance lol so u get the real stage feeling of things, this is how it will be playd back anyway.

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Originally posted by echosystm Watch the video again and you will see his walls are cambered in behind his monitors. That is a form of treatment in itself. Can't see enough in the other video to tell. Regardless... When you buy a pair of studio monitors, one of the key things you look for is a flat frequency response. This usually equates to something like 50hz-20khz +/-3db. Poor acoustics can turn that frequency response to +/-10db or more. Thus, anyone who puts expensive monitors in an untreated room is a retard. Obviously, anyone who argues acoustics are not important has no idea what they are talking about. That said, some people get lucky and don't need treatment. In your typical home of 2.5x3m rooms, this is obviously unlikely. More to the point, just because a "pro" does something does not mean it is right.

i guess ima retard and i i'm too lazy to buy foam, but i dont understand how putting acoustic foam can increase the sound quality of the sound.

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Originally posted by orTof�nChiLd i guess ima retard and i i'm too lazy to buy foam, but i dont understand how putting acoustic foam can increase the sound quality of the sound.

then u might as well quit now

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Originally posted by palm then u might as well quit now

i don't need to quit i'm always spending my money on other things like buying tracks. I mean how is quality greatly improved by adding just foam. Does it make it sound more analogue? lol

shit man are u acting stupid? try shout at a concrete wall and listen. then try shout at foam. whats the difference? if u cant hear it then u should stick with buying tracks.

alright, i mean i do have the cash, was just wondering if the difference was good enough to go to G/C and use foamtak and ruin my walls and paste the foam. Thanks

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