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Advice on Speakers / Monitors
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| Sonic7 |
I want to buy a set of speakers for my PC for music production, mainly electronic / dance music.
I dont want to break the bank but want quality.
Any recomendations would be appreciated.
I would also like to use these for mixing on cdj decks.
I dont really know the difference between monitor speakers and standard ones other than monitors are mainly used for mixing on turntables. |
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| SPAWNmaster |
use the search button and use "monitors" as your query...certainly bound to get a lot of info out of that.
edit: a lot of people would recommend the behringer truth active monitors as they seem the best value for the money |
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| i got big pants |
the krk v or rp series are a good bang for the buck. also check out m-audio's bx5 or bx8. both those companies seem to make some pretty good monitors.
i personally like the bx5/8's. they don't color the sound that much, so for the most part, its relatively clean. that and the price for 2 monitors, is great imo. |
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| Inny |
| quote: | Originally posted by SPAWNmaster
edit: a lot of people would recommend the behringer truth active monitors as they seem the best value for the money |
I have the Behringer truth 2030A's, and I can honestly say that i'm very pleased with them. Although I don't have any reference material, since they're my first monitors. They sound very good for beginner monitors i think, and they're not really that expensive. |
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| Rebel Brown |
Monitors are preferred when your goal when listening is to hear the music exactly as it was made. I.e. most decent monitors will have what is known as a 'flat frequency response', which simply means that none of the frequency ranges will be boosted/reduced. Home speakers have a tendency of increasing the bass a little, not making them ideal for production purposes.
When shopping for your monitors you'll notice that they come in both 'passive' and 'active'. 'Passive' means that you will an external amplifier to drive them, 'active' means that they have already have an amp (in fact most have more than just one) built into the speaker itself, so they are simply a case of plug and play. Active speakers tend to be the better choice here, as the amplifiers are usually purpose built for the specifications of that particular speaker.
The next point is what kind of price range are you looking at?
The KRK Rokit series have an excellent reputation for clean sound and a fairly good price to boot. The Behringer Truth and M-Audio BX range that have been also been mentioned in this thread are worth looking at too. Most importantly, see if you can get to a shop where you can actually test some of the monitors out to see what you prefer, as not everyone has the same ears. |
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| Sonic7 |
Thanks everyone for the advice and info, its been very helpfull, im going to read up on a few of the speakers youve mentioned and test them out in a store, id say ill go for the active monitors and probably put more money into them as a long term investment.
Cheers. |
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| richg101 |
these should do the trick:) |
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| DJ RANN |
Inny - I've got to agreed with you on the truth's.
I hate behringer kit (cos most of it is cheap crap) but the Truth's are just great value and even though they don't match up to the Mackie HR824's that they are a clone of, they do sound really good. I haven't come across any speakers that sound as good for the money. |
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| Cyberflow |
@Rebel Brown : Nice post !
Thanx for the advice ! |
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| Rebel Brown |
| quote: | Originally posted by Cyberflow
@Rebel Brown : Nice post !
Thanx for the advice ! |
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| Cyberflow |
Since i am a total noob into monitor speakers.
I saw this product on sale in a pawn shop in my town.
http://www.yorkville.com/products.a...3&cat=20&id=332
I was wondering if it sounds nice for a deal ?
They are selling them @ 300$ CAD for the pair.
Btw, i noticed they weren't any RCA connector into the back.
What would i need to connect my mixer to the studio speakers ? |
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| tvmann |
| quote: | Originally posted by Cyberflow
Since i am a total noob into monitor speakers.
I saw this product on sale in a pawn shop in my town.
http://www.yorkville.com/products.a...3&cat=20&id=332
I was wondering if it sounds nice for a deal ?
They are selling them @ 300$ CAD for the pair.
Btw, i noticed they weren't any RCA connector into the back.
What would i need to connect my mixer to the studio speakers ? |
Those look to be decent speakers, Yorkville has a good rep. The used price looks high, almost same as new price. Maybe offer them $150 and see what they counter you with, often those shops will come down a lot.
You should be able to plug your RCA mixer outs into the speaker 1/4" inputs since the speaker specs say 1/4" unbalanced is OK. You would need an adapter connector or cable. Similar with the XLR, you can get an RCA to XLR adapter, probably best place for these adapters is your local music/audio store. |
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