hi guys...i'm looking around to buy some inexpensive active monitors. i'm looking for something thats sounds quality, but doesn't cost an arm an a leg as i won't be having that large a budget to work with...including taxes, i can't spend more then $300CDN for them...a pair i was looking at are the edirol MA-10DBK



they look pretty good and go for $218CDN...i've seen them for $150US

i would like you guys to tell me your thoughts on these (keeping in mind i'm looking for the best bang for the buck. so spare me the save up your money posts. thanks. if you don't think they're good, just as importantly, could you recommend something that you think is. thanks

I'd say if you're gonna skimp, then just get a good pair of studio headphones. There is a nice thread in here on which are good, with price ranges and such. Or hit up Etherium about it.

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i like the headphones i'm using now...they cost $80 and that was on sale i think, they've been holding up really well and put out nice quality..but i really want to have sound other then just through headphones.

Overall reference monitoring with headphones is generally not a good idea.

Now in regards to the Edirol's I can't give you any advise unfortunately.

is there any deacent monitors cheaper than 300$??

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My friend has those, he says they're "mediocre" but he's a picky bastard (but not a producer or DJ).

I've been thinking about getting some monitors too, so suggestions are also appreciated.

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i soo need some monitors too, right now i've got some shitty setup...

any more info would be awesome. cant afford to spend more than 300 like the others...

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Originally posted by moth I'd say if you're gonna skimp, then just get a good pair of studio headphones. There is a nice thread in here on which are good, with price ranges and such. Or hit up Etherium about it.

Yea... headphones aren't really good for mixing, as the stereo image is totally different then normal speakers... You should be doing your mix on speakers first, then see how it sounds on headphones.

Now back to monitors. I have really shitty pair of monitors they are like 2 year old Sony speakers off a mini stereo system. But... I use them to listen to music everyday so I'm used to the quality of them and how they sound. It's important that you listen to commercial music cd's to get the "ear" for how they sound.

Having good monitors is great but if you not used to them then your final master could sound worse then if you masted your song on shitty monitors that you know how they sound...

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I'll pull through...

where are they selling the edirol's for 218?

http://www.americanmusical.com/item...I-MA10D-BK.html

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I'd think about getting some used monitors - look on ebay for Alesis M1 mk II's.

edirol get pretty bad reviews from what i have seen

check these ones out http://www.esi-pro.com/listProduct.php?ctgr=13
i have a set which were just over $400 AU so they should be close to your budget..

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