Studio monitors... quality first!

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Posted by Rememberence_ on Dec-07-2002 07:14:

Studio monitors... quality first!

Throw your comments at me - I'm soon to be buying a pair of studio monitor speakers, for which I want to spend around 300-450max US dollars. What are your favorite brands, models etc? There's little point in telling me about your favorite 2000 dollar pair of speakers too...!

So far, the Alesis M1 active MK2's look quite sexy.

Posted by 24K on Dec-07-2002 11:17:

I serously need some decent moniters

Hopefully I'll have some Mackies soon I could pick a pair of those around here for like 1,500.00 candians funds

Posted by tamtui on Dec-07-2002 15:46:

Just got some good studio monitors $350

www.audiolines.com $350 pair

Behringer Truth Monitors

Posted by tamtui on Dec-07-2002 15:48:

OH Yeah SPECS!!!

Here are the Specs:

Features:

Two-way active studio monitors
Extremely resilient tweeter with ferrofluid-cooled dome
Long-throw 8.75" woofer
Phase-optimized wave guide for controlled dispersion pattern
Well-balanced vertical and horizontal dispersion for extremely wide sweet spot
Ultra-linear frequency response
Two integrated high-power amplifiers
Delivered in matched pairs with measurement protocol
Overload protection via integrated limiter, separately controlled for lows and highs
Servo-balanced inputs with XLR and 1/4" TRS connectors

Posted by tamtui on Dec-07-2002 15:53:

back of my baby

Extremely linear frequency response from 50 Hz to 21 kHz
Two high-power amps with 150 and 75 Watts

Posted by Dj Thy on Dec-07-2002 18:45:

I agree, the Behringers are really nice (I got them too).

But monitors shouldn't really be reccommended by someone else. Everyone has a different taste. The best thing you can do is go to a shop and do a comparison between several monitors.

Posted by Rememberence_ on Dec-07-2002 19:15:

quote:
But monitors shouldn't really be reccommended by someone else. Everyone has a different taste. The best thing you can do is go to a shop and do a comparison between several monitors.

I disagree for the mostpart. I want a pair of speakers that will reproduce the audio that I put through them as accurately as possible, considering my budget. I don't see how this has anything to do with taste. At this stage I am finding out what is available - their prices, specs etc... when I finally choose what to buy, I may go and hear them, but I'm sure my ears will enjoy them because they will be good quality by choice of specs. Hence this thread, I'm looking for feedback on what choice other people have made, why, and how satisfied they were in the end. In other words, what is popular.

Thanks for the info tamtui, I looked at those yesterday and they are some that I am seriously considering!

Posted by Phu on Dec-09-2002 05:59:

U can go for either the haflers or genelec they cost alot tho but sounds just deadly.

Posted by DJDavidScott on Dec-09-2002 16:34:

Oh man! The TRUTHs are amazing! I just scopped up a pair to complete my sound system. I have them connected to my other baby: RANE MP & XP 2016! These monitor produce such a crytal clear sound. I almost have to train my ear to hear elements of the music I was missing wiht other speakers. These are the best for the money and maybe, just maybe can give the Alesis MKs a run for their money at over a grand!

Happy shopping...well recommended.

Posted by Dj Thy on Dec-09-2002 18:47:

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Originally posted by Rememberence_
I disagree for the mostpart. I want a pair of speakers that will reproduce the audio that I put through them as accurately as possible, considering my budget. I don't see how this has anything to do with taste. At this stage I am finding out what is available - their prices, specs etc... when I finally choose what to buy, I may go and hear them, but I'm sure my ears will enjoy them because they will be good quality by choice of specs. Hence this thread, I'm looking for feedback on what choice other people have made, why, and how satisfied they were in the end. In other words, what is popular.

Thanks for the info tamtui, I looked at those yesterday and they are some that I am seriously considering!

Agreed when you go for studio monitors, you aim to get speakers that can sound as linear as possible. But taste does matter for some bit, and also everyone has a different hearing.
Just to give an example. Mackie HR824 are regarded by many engineers as THE best nearfield monitors available up to now (I think so too). Ultra linear, very precise and all that. Yet other engineers don't like em at all. Too muddy, they say. They prefer Genelecs over them (and then again many people say Genelecs sound to harsh and are tyring to listen in the long run). Both systems are examples of exemplary linearity, yet there are divided opinions on them.

That, and the fact that you NEED a completely linear system is not always true. If you from yourself that when mixing tunes (mixing as in production mixdown, that's what nearfield monitors are made for after all) you are a little bass heavy, there's nothing wrong with monitors that have an emphasis in the bottom end (you'll automatically put less bass in your tunes, which may sound better on other systems later). As long as it works for YOU.

I like the Behringers, I bought them myself. I like the sound they produce, and feel they're good enough for what I do with them now (I might go Mackie when I want to move on). Yet I know a lot of people that find the Truths the biggest pile of sh*t ever made (after a blind test, without them knowing which brand it was, I know a lot of people say Behringer is crap just because of the name).

Take my advice on it. Go to the shop and take a cd you know by heart. You know how it should sound, and from there on compare monitors. You may find that you prefer other monitors over the Behringers (like the Alesis, I'd say they are on par with the Truths).

Posted by Rememberence_ on Dec-10-2002 01:14:

well said Thy, advise much appreciated!

Mackies are obviously out of my price range, though I'd be interested to hear the difference between say, mackies, truths, and alesisM1s.

I'm pretty sure in the end it'll come down to picking between truths and the alesises...

quote:
DavidScott

These are the best for the money and maybe, just maybe can give the Alesis MKs a run for their money at over a grand!

Are you trying to say the Alesis M1's are over a grand?? ???

Posted by DragonFlyJoneS on Dec-10-2002 01:26:

i gots the alesis m1's.. look and sound super clean. and good price too!