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The Mother Of All Studio Monitor Threads
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tokolosxi
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Posted : Apr 12, 2007 07:39
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I went to a shop the other day to buy a pair of monitors, thinking that you might need a pair of golden ears to make the right/perfect choice...I could easily distinguish the difference between the monitors I listened to...they've all got their pros and cons and I just couldn't find the perfect monitor , some are good in the lows and mids but not so good in the highs and vice versa .I listened to Dynaudio,Mackie,Genelec,Adam and a few more.Reckon to get the perfect sound/monitoring you would have to spend SHITLOADS($xxxxx+) of money or buy more than one pair or design your own custom made monitors and of course good room acoustics .....so when people can't tell you which monitors are the best/perfect and that you should use your ears , they are not trying to be funny,it's just impossible to tell , especially if you are only spending a few thousand dollars .So take your favorite cd's to the shop , sit back and make up your own mind.I was ready to fork out any amount up to about $3000....I ended up buying a good second hand pair of Mackie HR624 for under $1000 ....just cause I honestly think that the xtra $2000 won't necessarily make my music sound that much better .(IMHO) |
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firebug
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Posted : Apr 12, 2007 13:02
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i bought the behringer Truth B2031P for my small home studio. great sound - clear & powerfull. thats only a low-budget solution, but i am very happy with these studio monitors!
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amol
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Posted : Apr 14, 2007 10:38
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Hi
Can someone please tell me if the Alesis M1Active MK II are any good or worth buying..??? I will go and chk them out myself but just wanna get a second opinion...
I would really appreciate it....
Love n Peace
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vipal
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Posted : Apr 18, 2007 20:36
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just received my cute adam s1's. relatively small speakers, starting at 40 Hz. very detailed.
with a boomy kick on higher volume i get some air in my face coming from the holes on the front.
now i am switching between my (for sale) bluesky mediadesks and the s1's while playing a cd from astrix (supposed to be well produced).
different soundplanet.
ok, its not fair to compare such (moneywise) different speakers, still this budget-leap (3 x) pays off. now on the s1's i hear distortion on a kick that i did not hear on the cheaper speakers.
adam s1 rocks. |
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Allegoric - Psynce
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Posted : Apr 20, 2007 23:19
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Domi
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Posted : Apr 23, 2007 01:33
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i bought Esi nEar 05 !
they´re ****cheap but i like them, sound is clear and i got good results out of it...long time i thought man they´re shitty, but then i saw a guy in his studio, making sounds for famous movies with it...hehe....and i thought okay...they´re *****great 
all good....but i would sell my cat for some dynaudios hehe............
domi
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Nomad Moon
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Posted : Apr 23, 2007 14:49
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On 2007-04-23 01:33, Domi wrote:
i bought Esi nEar 05 !
they´re ****cheap but i like them, sound is clear and i got good results out of it...long time i thought man they´re shitty, but then i saw a guy in his studio, making sounds for famous movies with it...hehe....and i thought okay...they´re *****great
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Can u tel me how much did they cost? |
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hradek
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Posted : Apr 25, 2007 02:26
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After reading through most of this thread, I understand that you get what you pay for. I am under strict budgetary constraints so I was checking to see what people say about stuff less than $150.00 USD.
Why are m-Audio and the likes so bad that they are not worth looking at? Should I just stick with my computer speakers until I can afford better monitors? It may be months before I can afford anything everyone here is excited about.
And finally, I play a lot of computer games. Can I use monitor speakers to do that as well?
My musical tastes are more hardstyle/hardbass. Pulsedriver is one of my favorite DJs. But then again, I like a lot of trance. The reason I bring that up is because perhaps that will help someone help me pick a viable option for studio monitors given my tastes.
I have looked at the Yamaha HS80M studio monitors and everything I have read indicates that may be a good choice.
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Nomad Moon
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Posted : May 2, 2007 14:49
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Hey everybody, i'm going to buy today the Esi near06 does anybody have anything to say about them,i'm kinda excited ,finally movin from the speakers i started with a few years ago
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orange
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Posted : May 2, 2007 15:56
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Nomad Moon
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Posted : May 2, 2007 16:58
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The problem is that here in Potugal they're asking around 500€ for them  |
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Posted : May 2, 2007 18:42
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Icaro
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Posted : May 4, 2007 18:55
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those of you like hradek, who need decent monitors, but can't spend money on genelecs (neither can I right now) and want 'studio monitors'....... go buy a pair of EMU PM5's www.emu.com and you can add their sub-woofer on to that if you need it.
these are decent monitors, than can be called 'studio monitors'
they are a little more expensive than the alesis MK's, m-audio(crap), etc., but they are well worth it. The next step up from these would be getting into the genelec category.
The Alesis MK's don't sound that bad initially, but the bass sounds artificial when compared to the EMU's...... same goes for a lot of these other less expensive monitors. They might make the music sound ok, but they color the sound too much...... sometimes exagerrating frequencies that seem to disappear when you play your music on different speakers.
The frequency response of the EMU's is not quite as flat as the test specs sheet from the Behringers in the same price range, but they somehow manage lower volumes much more consistantly, which can be important for mixing. The Behringers also seem to sound too bright for some reason IMO.
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orange
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Posted : May 4, 2007 19:50
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Icaro
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Posted : May 4, 2007 20:34
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Yamaha ns10's sound bad, but there's a reason why people still use them in 'studios'.
I said they are accurate for low-end studio monitors.
The speakers in my old saturn sounded great
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