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Powered Monitors vs. Studio Headphones
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| TrickDaddE |
I think I may know the answer to this question but again Im going to ask for your professional help as a noooooooob!!!
I bought a new Audio/Midi interface but my current audio output is via Audigy XFi to a classic Amplifier vi RCA jacks and then a Pair of awesome B&W Loudspeakers!
My question is or the problem I have is that the Outputs from the Audio Interface (Edirol FA-66 ) are ¼ phono line jack as it appears are most of these units.
I noticed quite the debate on another thread as to the Self powered studio monitor suggestions. Is there really that much of A difference? I means yes I can tell the difference between $100 pair of speakers from BestBuy vs those $3000 B&W’ bad-boys I inherited from my father if I crank them up!!. But can you guys really tell the difference in those 5” or 6” series of Studio Monitors? ! I guess the speakers I have already are not really for this purpose?
My question I guess to is if I was to buy one thing first i.e. Studio Monitors for $300-$400 or a pair of Good Headphone for $150-$200, what should I invest in first.
Now your gonna tell me they are 2 different things right? Lol
Let me guess the headphones are more valuable to Recording and the Monitors for mixing?
I hears great things about the AKG Phones(forget the model??/) but the dealer I go to (L&M) only seems to have the ADAM Studio Monitors in my price Range for now!
Any suggestions appreciated |
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| girllovingtvibe |
| get an amp for your speakers ;) |
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| BOOsTER |
the only thing to say to this is that usual hifi speakers or whatever those BWs are...colour the sound in a sort of way...their frequency response is different...what you'd want to when you need monitoring is having the response as flat as possible...monitors are built to have frequency response flat so you hear everything...they aren't made to sound necessarilly good...like hifi's or how to say that...hope you get my point...
in your place I'd buy the headphones if you're so much into that...but still I think think you'd be better off, if you saved some more money to buy some decent monitors...even those Behringer Truth's are quite good as far as I've heard. |
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| TrickDaddE |
Yeah thanks Boost! I talked with a guy here who has a little studio and he explained the same thing to me and the suprizing thing is ... I get it lol!!
The Monitors will provide the "True Sound" and not Colorized as you put it!!! thx
But will the Headphones do the same???
should I not just ge tthe headphone NOW for 150 and then save or invest 350-500 later on. Dont I need a good set of headphones anyways or are these not used at all to mix or master but just to record vox or guitars lets say? |
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| BOOsTER |
I do all my mixing on the monitors...no headphones here ever...
but then again some people prefer having both quality monitoring HPs and monitors...well why not...it's just whatever works for you...I just like working on monitors only... |
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| TrickDaddE |
Will these suffice or dont waist the money???
KRK RP-5 Powered Reference Studio Monitor $369(cdn) |
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| BOOsTER |
well you better ask the other guys on here :)
but I've seen the KRKs on many setup pics...so they should be good...anyway no experience with them so you better wait for some more opinions :) |
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| richg101 |
| you could build some new crossovers to go into your b+w's. some that do not include the part that tones down those midrange freq's. im sure you will find some plans on the net. just find out the crossover freq of the ones in there at the mo. B+W use better drivers than most of the lower quality studio monitor manufacturers so you will probably end up with a usable performance that kill anything that krk will do at the prices you suggest. crossover networks are very easy to put together and there are lots of schematics on the web. then you can harness the quality of the B+w's |
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| BOOsTER |
| not everyone is capable of doing their own monitors, Rich! :) crossovers neither :) |
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| Zild |
| Crossovers are easy. Order the parts from parts express zap em together with a soldering iron. Easier than baking a cake. |
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| echosystm |
| quote: | Originally posted by Zild
Crossovers are easy. Order the parts from parts express zap em together with a soldering iron. Easier than baking a cake. |
Easy to make, not to design :P |
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| Zild |
| Thats why you look up the plans on the interweb man. |
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