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Alternate reference monitors to A/B with Mackie hr824s
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| mysticalninja |
| These things rape my ears. Can someone recommend something softer, that I can actually listen to all the time? So that I can actually use my mackies as "reference" instead of using them all the time. |
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| Mad for Brad |
| turn the volume down ? |
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| mysticalninja |
| yes.. very true. That's exactly what i've been doing recently. But I have noticed ALL professional studios seem to have an A pair and a B pair of monitors. And i'm starting to think that i've been taking the necessity of that for granted. |
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| Mad for Brad |
| how long have you had the mackie's ? |
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| DJ RANN |
| quote: | Originally posted by mysticalninja
yes.. very true. That's exactly what i've been doing recently. But I have noticed ALL professional studios seem to have an A pair and a B pair of monitors. And i'm starting to think that i've been taking the necessity of that for granted. |
tbh, the mackies are known for, if anything, sounding a bit too sweet (if you disclude that muddy bit between upper bass and lower mid), so you're going to be hard pushed to find something that rapes you less.
The only monitors I can think of are going to set you back some serious coin:
Focal twins ($2k).
Quested VS2108 ($3k pair)
Barefoots ($4k)
PMC MB2's ($10k pair)
I've used all of them (the Quested and PMC's we have at the studio) and I think the first three on that list would be a great upgrade (especially the Focals or Barefoots) but honestly I would exhaust all other possibilities first - If you're getting fatigue with HR824's then maybe your room and listening position need to be looked at.
Is your monitor system calibrated to the K ssystem - if not I think this is probably going to change everything for you as you physically can't clip without making your ears bleed an it teaches you monitor at suitable volumes. |
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| nortek |
| you could get passive hifis. less hard on ears. im super happy with my small genelecs though. |
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| XDR |
| quote: | Originally posted by DJ RANN
If you're getting fatigue with HR824's then maybe your room and listening position need to be looked at. |
Yeah I recommend this too.
I had problems with fatigue that completely disappeared after I decided to put up some acoustic treatment.
I can listen to music all day now, while in my untreated room I would get pretty tired of it after a few hours. And it's not just that I can enjoy my music longer, I also enjoy it more now :)
Added to that it makes it a lot easier to detect problems in your mix. |
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