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Yet Another Studio Monitor Thread. Thoughts, Please.
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| StanVoid |
i wouldn't be able to offer advice on subs since I don't have one but as far as monitors go - i've listened extensively to the Machkie HR824's and the dynaudio bm5a's at the local guitar center, along with a few other models by other manufacturers. I ended up going with the dynaudio's and am very happy with them.
As far as the sub goes, I say save your money. Subs are more essential for hip hop and real deep bass productions, most of the bass you hear in trance is audible on most monitors without any sub. Plus they're very tricky to set up and rely much more on room acoustics than nearfield monitors, since they can be placed pretty much in any sort of room as long as they're close to your ears. |
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| alanzo |
| quote: | Originally posted by StanVoid
As far as the sub goes, I say save your money. Subs are more essential for hip hop and real deep bass productions, most of the bass you hear in trance is audible on most monitors without any sub. Plus they're very tricky to set up and rely much more on room acoustics than nearfield monitors, since they can be placed pretty much in any sort of room as long as they're close to your ears. |
A good suggestion. Perhaps I should invest the money required for a sub into a better pair of monitors. Anyone else have thoughts on this?
However, one thing I'm trying to do with this purchase is recreate a 'club' atmosphere as that is ultimately the place I hope my tracks wind up. :) |
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| StanVoid |
| quote: | Originally posted by alanzo
A good suggestion. Perhaps I should invest the money required for a sub into a better pair of monitors. Anyone else have thoughts on this?
However, one thing I'm trying to do with this purchase is recreate a 'club' atmosphere as that is ultimately the place I hope my tracks wind up. :) |
i hope you don't have neighbors! |
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| alanzo |
| quote: | Originally posted by StanVoid
i hope you don't have neighbors! |
Something else I've been thinking about. I'll probably still use headphones most of the time because of this. Unless I find a way to not anger people with loud, repetitive music. |
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| Storyteller |
| Dynaudio's 5a's with sub. Why? I think they are best speakers in the list, and guessing you have a home studio it would be a smooth setup with optimal sweet spot distance for such conditions :). The 15a's would be a bit too much probably. |
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| echosystm |
getting a sub in a room that hasn't been treated is pure retardation, especially with speakers that are already bigger than 6". the only set of speakers there that you would use a sub with is the bm5as. otherwise i would look into bm6as maybe. note: bm5as and bm6as both have a 7" woofer, but i think the 6as are a bit higher quality.
i'm not a fan at all of these 8" woofers in a 2 way monitor. unless they're really good quality (dynaudio, genelec, etc.), you always get a terrible dip in the mids. 6-7" max in a two way. if you must, add a sub, but i don't think you need it for most purposes. |
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| echosystm |
| quote: | Originally posted by Storyteller
The 15a's would be a bit too much probably. |
10" driver in a 2-way design man :wtf:
more like ALOT too much haha. |
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| Fledz |
Why would you need a sub with the BM5a's? I've never needed a sub for mine as they are more than good enough for the low end. You can always get a good pair of headphones with a bit better bass to A/B which is where my AKG K240S come in.
If you really need a bit more bass then you can always get the BM6a MK2 as they go down to 40Hz, compared to 50Hz on the 5's.
Also, aren't Mackie's meant to be too bass heavy anyway? |
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| alanzo |
| quote: | Originally posted by Fledz
You can always get a good pair of headphones with a bit better bass to A/B which is where my AKG K240S come in. |
I was always under the impression that headphones are terrible for bass. |
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| DJ RANN |
| quote: | Originally posted by alanzo
I was always under the impression that headphones are terrible for bass. |
Not terrible, but they don't give you a true representation.
The HR824's are truly great monitors, but you will have to learn how they sound (as with all) and are comparitively more bass heavy than some of the other monitor speakers listed. Having said that, it is really not be too hard to adjust the 824's (with the switches on the rear) and your mixes to compensate for this. A real bonus of them is that they don't have a really narrow sweet spot, which can be a lifesaver if your room or listening position is not perfect.
I know they are great monitors, the dynaudios have never floated my boat. I my previous job I've demo'd them at least a couple of hundred times for customers (and even though some of them fell in love) they never sounded as good other monitors.
Forget subs. Period. I don't know why they keep coming up on monitor threads. They are a total nightmare because of the amount of set up needed to get it right and as ES said, without a properly designed treated room they are a waste of time, and even then I still don't see the point.
Edit: one other thing I've noticed is that shops (like guitar centre) really push the dynaudio's at you. Why?......in my experience, the sales margin was better them. |
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| echosystm |
| quote: | Originally posted by alanzo
I was always under the impression that headphones are terrible for bass. |
nope! a good set of headphones will often give you a clearer sound, but stereo is screwed and the frequency response isn't as flat as monitors. |
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