Alesis Monitor 1s not good enough...or Sony 7506 too good?
I recently added both the Sony 7506 and the Alesis Monitor 1s to my set-up.
I am fairly unimpressed with the Alesis. They sound nice. Flat. Decent bass response. But it just doesnt fill my small basement room.
I beatmatch by monitoring with one ear. With the amazing bass response from the 7506s, they almost drown out the Alesis.
I had a pair of Paradigm Titan's with a Denon amp and they were much louder then these Alesis's. I am quite disappointed that for $400, with a built in amp that is supposedly matched perfect to the speaker, that these aren't louder then they are.
The 7506s almost have too much bass boost in them.
Are there better options to the Alesis monitors? A different powered monitor with a little more volume then these?
The 7506 is a great headphone. In a club set-up I can see how valueable these would be. In my basement set-up they drown out my damn monitors though.
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Mar-07-2005 15:17
Freak
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turn the headphones down- they are great arent they
Mar-07-2005 15:42
CosmoKid
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quote:
Originally posted by Freak
turn the headphones down- they are great arent they
i bought them partly because of your recommendation. i almost bought both the senn's and the 7506s.
i still need an option for speakers though. the alesis arent cutting it. my basement isnt even that big, especially since my ceilings are less then 7'.
if you want loud speakers then buy something else, although if you want precision sound use the alesis!
they are studio monitors and not meant to be cranked to blow your doors off! they are great speakers especially for production but they do well enough as MONITORS and not speakers
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Mar-07-2005 20:50
abnorm
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I have the Alesis MK2 monitors (unpowerd). I was unhappy with the way they sound and I purchased a powered FBT monitor which I carry with me to certain gigs.
Mar-07-2005 21:03
auujay
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Bust add a powered sub to your setup, that should really help.
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Originally posted by Martin McG
if you want loud speakers then buy something else, although if you want precision sound use the alesis!
they are studio monitors and not meant to be cranked to blow your doors off! they are great speakers especially for production but they do well enough as MONITORS and not speakers
Was just going to say that too . They are meant for nearfield use.
Didn't you test them out first before buying them?
Soon I'll be buying these alesis ones too (after testing them thoroughly of course).
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Mar-07-2005 22:42
CosmoKid
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where am i adding a powered sub to? the monitors take up one set of outputs from my mixer...my computer uses the other.
i know they are nearfields. when i tested them i was in a very large room in guitar center so i thought they would be a little louder in my basement.
this may be more of a testament as to how good the 7506s are.
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Mar-08-2005 01:41
Tegu
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mine are the powered M1s...
i know it's obvious but, did you turn the volume on the back of the monitors all the way up?
then up all the gains on your mixer and i think that's way more sound that is necessary for any basement.
the idea with near fields isnt to fill a basement with sound. its to provide acurate frequency reproduction and stereo imaging at ear level at a distance of like, 1 metre. tops. you dont need to drive it that hard to fuck your ears at a distance of less than 1 metre. thats the point of monitors. all near fields are also not designed to be listened to at distances greater than 2 or 3 metres and they are not designed to be listen to off centre.
if you wanted to fill your basement with sound you should have considered a PA speaker + power amp + sub. would piss your neighbors off something chronic though.
Mar-08-2005 07:45
auujay
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Location: Cleveland
quote:
Originally posted by CosmoKid
where am i adding a powered sub to? the monitors take up one set of outputs from my mixer...my computer uses the other.
I think you should be able to use a Y-cable to split the line level signal from the master out of your mixer. Send one to the monitors and the other to the line level input of the powered sub. I am not positive about this (I know for my setup I could use the signal through on my power amp) but I am pretty sure this is what you would do. Using y-cables to split a signal is OK, I think you just want to avoid combining (mixing) two signals with one. Of course if you find a sub that has low level line outputs (through) then you won't need the y-cable. Usually subs designed to work with active speakers will have this.
Like everyone has said, nearfields are not really designed to fill a large space. However it sounds like you don't have a huge room you are trying to fill so I bet once you add a sub to make the low frequencies it will help. I have not heard the M1s but my friends HR824s with the Mackie sub could get REALLY loud.
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. They are meant for nearfield use.
