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TranceMuzik02
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Registered: Jun 2003
Location: Manchester, England

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Originally posted by auujay
Correction time, if your hearing only 50Hz-20KHz you spend too much time clubbing
It is generally considered that the human ear hears from about 20 Hz up to 20 KHz. Some people can hear lower and higher and as we get older the range shrinks. So in reality you are missing about 30 Hz which does not sound like a lot but it is not chump change. You will defninitly notice the difference. You bring up a good point about it being in a small room though. I for one have good bookshelf speakers and have not got a sub yet because I am renting and sharing a house with some other peopoe; it is the low frequencies that travel through walls so easily. So I figure I will just get one when I have a place I can play my music without too many people caring.

PS- Also even though most people can only hear down to 20 Hz, you can FEEL lower frequencies. However most studio subs are built for accuracy not chest thumping power so most do not go much below 20 Hz if they do at all.


Just what I read, so thanks for the info. Oh yeh you can feel the bass for sure when your in a club, and when you leave the main dance floor and go to a different room you can still hear the bass, and its much more intense as well.

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BassAngel
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Registered: Dec 2003
Location: Sheffield, UK

Well, I tried to ring Turnkey today but was on hold for what seemed forever so gave up. (Well, maybe five minutes but on a mobile in the middle of the day....)

Interesting Pjotr that you say the Alesis were the bottom of the pile of three - the hype would suggest that they were the bomb. Don't trust the hype I guess.

Man, no excuse for it, just going to have to take my butt down to Sound Control for a demo of them. This thread is very very useful!!


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Digital Aura
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Registered: Oct 2003
Location: Sarnia, Ontario Christian Trance Producer
Be Cool! YAY!

Pjotr G picked the same monitors as I did!!! COOL!
Really though, I was unable to determine myself which sounded better in the store...after I went home and started doing some research, it seemed most users recommended the Tannoys over competing brands.
So... Im a follower...hehe


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TranceMuzik02
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Location: Manchester, England
Re: YAY!

quote:
Originally posted by Digital Aura
Pjotr G picked the same monitors as I did!!! COOL!
Really though, I was unable to determine myself which sounded better in the store...after I went home and started doing some research, it seemed most users recommended the Tannoys over competing brands.
So... Im a follower...hehe


Well like I said im after some monitors as well, but I can't afford the Tannoy Active version, so I want to know if the Passive version is good as well since I can use my amp with it. There is about £200 price differnce between them.

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Pjotr G
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the sound can only be as good as the weakest node in your chain.

Using an el cheapo amp with passive monitors is pretty useless IMHO


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Digital Aura
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Registered: Oct 2003
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Read This! AMPS MATTER?

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Using an el cheapo amp with passive monitors is pretty useless IMHO


zat so ?!


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azior
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Registered: Oct 2003
Location: Dordrecht, The Netherlands

choosing monitors should be based on 2 things: your ears... so go out to your nearest pro-audio shop, ask the dude you want to hear a few active studiomonitors and pick your choise...

2 weeks ago, i went shopping and i bought the Phonic P8A, because they are big and heavy... and they sound good too


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Pjotr G
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Re: AMPS MATTER?

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zat so ?!


You buy monitors to get a flat response....then you hook it up to an amp that totally colors everything


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TranceMuzik02
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Re: Re: AMPS MATTER?

quote:
Originally posted by Pjotr G
You buy monitors to get a flat response....then you hook it up to an amp that totally colors everything


So are there special 'flat' amps out there? thanks

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Pjotr G
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yeah there are more expensive amps that fit well with monitors


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auujay
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Registered: Nov 2002
Location: Cleveland

I am a big fan of the AudioSource AmpOne. It is a very good sounding poweramp. Some specs from the web (http://www.audiosource.net/2003/03_amponea.htm) :

Amp One/A 80 watts per channel (8 ohms)
>> 200 watts monobridged
>> Left and right channel level controls
>> Toroidal power supply
>> >0.04% THD
>> >110 dB S/N ratio, 2 dB headroom
>> Line output jacks
>> Stable into 2 ohm loads

I got this sucker for $210, I figure if I ever need more than 80W per channel I will buy another one and monobridge it for 200W/ch.

Also checkout the other amps they have if you want more power. Their Amp 5 Series is seems to be geared more towards what you might want if you are really making a studio but as you can see the specs are not as good compared to the others they make (though they are nice and modular).

Specs form http://www.audiosource.net/2003/03_ampfive.htm:

Amp 5.1 70 watts (8 ohms) 100 watts (4 ohms)
Amp 5.2: 70 watts (8 ohms) 100 watts (4 ohms)
Amp 5.3: 150 watts (8 ohms) 250 watts (4 ohms)
>> XLR: 20K ohm; RCA: 10K ohm input impedance
>> Balanced (XLR) & Unbalanced (RCA) inputs
>> Speaker & Line Out/Thru (RCA) outputs
>> Damping factor: >200 (4 ohms)
>> >95 dB S/N ratio
>> 20 Hz to 20KHz (±1 dB) frequency response
>> <0.1% THD; Input Sensitivity: 1 volt


People seem to like Crown's a lot but I think they can get real expensive (I know they were out of my price range when I was looking).


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sick_boy_tommy
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Registered: Jan 2004
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I'm shocked.

I ordered a pair of Tannoys from my local dealer, and the price was supposed to be 518 euros. That would have been at the top of my budget.

Today I received a call from that local dealer. He said that he had managed to track down the only pair of those Tannoys in Finland.

I told him I was a lucky guy.
He said "truly so".

Then he told me the bad news: the price (518 euros) was for one piece only, lifting the total price of the pair up to a whopping grand!

So I guess I'll be calling Turnkey for another offer...

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