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Originally posted by djsphere btw, at the moment i'm using gemini djx 1 headphones, no speakers, so almost any decent pice of gear would be an upgrade right?

Hell yeah. lol.
Well..check out the ESI Near 06..best for their price (but then again if u got some more spare money..go with the Alesis ones)

Both the studio pros and the DX4 are on the smallish side.
They won't reproduce bass accurately. I wouldn't recommend them.
The BX series monitors are much better, although more expensive.

Check out Event monitors too, theyr really good!

i'll just test some models, compare prices and get one in the end.

thx

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i have the alesis m1 active mk2 and all i can say they rock !

i have a pair of Alesis M1Active 620s. Theyre crisp, clear, you can hear subtle compressor changes and they have built in clipping monitors to help detect bass overdrives, clipping, etc. The mk2's are apparently pretty solid too, but I'll be honest, the alesis's i have now are phenominal. in addition to myself feeling this way my good friend who works with mackies was very impressed with the m1actives and loved the clipping overdrive monitor.

hope maybe that helps, and definitely do the alesis mk2s DEFINITELY if youre choosing between those couple pairs - but i think you should look at the m1s.

hit me up if you have any more q's

peace

We are pretty satisfied here with our BX5.
Although I must say we have been treating them like jewels for the 2 years we've had them. I mean I wouldn't want to crank them too much. They really are for nearfield monitoring only so I wouldnt try to entertain a room full of people with them. We use a set of S112IV for this which works fine also. It really is something when you can A/B your mix into different monitors; often finding bugs you wouldn't notice otherwise - well worth it.

If you don't have enough money to buy a DECENT pair of monitors, then I suggest that you buy a good pair of headphones instead.

Personally I use a pair of Sennheiser's "580 precision" and they suit me perfectly

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Originally posted by staticblue If you don't have enough money to buy a DECENT pair of monitors, then I suggest that you buy a good pair of headphones instead. Personally I use a pair of Sennheiser's "580 precision" and they suit me perfectly

yeah, i was considering that too

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The Samson Resolv 65's are very good value for money, plus you can add the sub later. If you have money, go for the Event ASP-8's, they are by far the best speakers I've heard.

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Originally posted by djsphere yeah, i was considering that too

i know its hard waiting for the money to come to afford a decent pair of monitors. but you must remember headphones will never be a viable substitute. In time you'll regret the money you put in the headphones which took away from the monitor budget. Even do google searches and you'll find plenty of reasoning why this is a bad route to go. genereally speaking, most monitors under 400USD aren't very 'producer friendly' in terms of creating an accurate sound. but there are a lot of good choices in the 400 bracket.