#989679 - 07/18/04 10:18 PM
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jentobs
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Can anyone recommend any good studio monitors for mixing? (I dont want to spend TOO much money)
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Jen
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#989680 - 07/18/04 10:37 PM
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The Mackie, Yamaha, KRK, Event, so and so, on and on are all good choices. What you like and feel good working with is what matters. Go to your local music store and listen to different ones and get what you like.
I would definatly research and find out what kind of monitors you need for what you are doing. It goes on and on. Just research monitors really good and get what you like.
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#989681 - 07/18/04 10:39 PM
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Bunny Knutson
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Hi, Jen. Welcome to the MusicPlayer Forums.
Hey, you're member #40,000. Cool.
You'll find find a wide range of opinions here regarding subjects like studio monitors. Everybody has their favorites, and others vehemently disagree.
Is there a pro audio store near your home that you can visit to audition monitors? If so, that's my first suggestion. Go and listen, and choose according to your ears and your budget.
And, speaking of your budget, could you be a little more specific? What's the highest you'd comfortably pay for a pair of monitors?
I, personally, think that ADAM makes the best-sounding studio monitors on the market. Unfortunately, they're also among the most expensive.
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#989682 - 07/19/04 01:06 PM
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Bill@Welcome Home Studios
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Good is relative. You can spend hundreds of thousands of dollars, or a few dollars. What is your price range?
http://www.prorec.com/prorec/articles.nsf/files/7EE658E1CBA3A77E86256AE10015266A
might give you an idea.
To my ears, the least acceptable monitor for the least amount of money is the Mackie 824. Anything of a lesser quality is too much less. But I have not been trying to keep abreast of the low end, so their may be some newer contenders since I was seriously paying attention.
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#989683 - 07/19/04 09:11 PM
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In the $1000 price---Event Studio Precision
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#989684 - 07/20/04 04:22 PM
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jentobs
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I'd like to stick with a pair under 1K,...under 600 is better,...
Im pretty much doing mixdown...
thanks for your help.
Jen
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#989685 - 07/26/04 11:38 AM
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three letters (well two actually)
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you can thank me later.hehe!
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#989686 - 07/30/04 04:52 PM
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Guitr777
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I can recommend a pair of monitors NOT to buy:
I purchased the Edirol MA-10 because they were inexpensive. I learned a valuable lesson. Wait until you have the money to buy good monitors.
The MA-10 monitors are OK for general music listening purposes, but from what I can tell the response is not accurate for recording purposes.
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#989687 - 07/30/04 06:05 PM
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Jen,
I'd second some KRK's, but I'd also recommend you look at M-Audio BX-8s. People think that they're crap because they are really inexpensive, but I use them as an alternative to my Genelecs all the time (I have 5 of them for surround).
But Events, KRK's, and Mackies are all good in that 600-1000 range.
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#989688 - 08/03/04 04:26 AM
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Originally posted by zeronyne:
Jen,
...I'd also recommend you look at M-Audio BX-8s...
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#989689 - 08/30/04 10:43 PM
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i think you should get the biggest ones you can with the money you have....
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#989690 - 09/08/04 02:46 AM
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You don't see these mentioned in the studio mags as they are a very well-kept secret...try the Paradigm Studio 20s. Absolutely amazing for the bucks and mixes translate very well to any other system.
Paradigm Studio Series
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#989691 - 09/20/04 08:01 PM
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I own a pair of Mackie's 824 and would not suggest of buying those because from my personal experience whatever you mix on them doesn't sounds good on other systems.
No offense to anybody that like am, I like em but as far as true monitors go for mixdown. No.
Actually there are not too many 8" monitors that are really good. Unless and that's the only solution you get to know your monitors, and let me suggest ANY MONITORS YOU BUY GET TO KNOW THEM LIKE THE PLAM OF YOUR HAND
GOOD LUCK
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#989692 - 09/21/04 01:36 AM
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Bill@Welcome Home Studios
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Originally posted by Generalmix:
... whatever you mix on them doesn't sounds good on other systems.
When I owned a pair, I was quite happy moving my mixes from any place to anyplace else. I mastered probably 75-100 CDs on mine for regional artists, and everyone was more than satisifed.
Could you have a room or a placement issue? I remember that a lot of people had problems properly setting them up. Even the demo guys messed it up at one of the shows.... Greg walked in on the demo, shook his head, went behind the speakers and made some adjustments. 
Bill
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#989693 - 09/21/04 01:00 PM
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miroslav
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Yup...agree with Bill.
So far...the stuff mixed on my 824's is translating quite well.
I originally left all the switches on their default settings...and yeah, the monitors were quite "big" in the low end...which still didn't seem to negatively affect the mixing...
...but over time, I found that much low end to be a bit distracting...especially if I turned up the volume a bit.
SO recently, I made a small adjustment with "Low Freq" switch...and changed the cut point from 37Hz to 47Hz...as recommended in the manual, as being the best choice for most applications and for normal LF performance. The "Acoustic Space" and "High Freq" switches I left at the "C-Whole Space" and "0dB" settings.
At first...it appeared that the low end was lacking...but in short time, I appreciated the 47Hz cut quite a bit. The low end was still very much there...but it just got "out of the way" and wasn't as much a distraction to me.
Anyway...I really like the 824's...in my studio.
And...I will not be hard-pressed to change to something else...unless I have the money to jump up the next class of monitors, which would probably be in the $3k or over range.
For about $1200-$1300 new...the Mackie 824's are really super monitors...if you have them set up right, and in the right kind of room...
...'cuz they can over-power a small room easily.
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#989694 - 09/26/04 06:33 PM
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Ah, the perpetual monitor thing.
I've had many of them, JBL, Tannoy, Genelec KRK, Urei, it's a long list. Oh yeah, NS10's too.
The guy has a limited budget, so let me tell you guys a story.
I was never really satisfied with any monitor, the ADAM and Earthworks monitors I heard on AES came very, very close to perfect, but hey, alot of bucks.
Then I happened to visit a famous Dutch piano player and he played a Diana Krall CD in his studio and asked my opinion about the soundquality.
I happen to have that CD as well and it amazed me how much better it sounded on his monitors, so I asked him for the branch and type of that speakers. "IMF, he said" and he told me he had searched for a long time and finally had found them. (the type was ALS40II)
I'd never even heard about IMF speakers and searched the web.
Now I have four pairs of IMF monitors and the number is growing. I have the Compact 2, the Compact Monitor II, the ALS40II and the huge RSPM's.
Even the small Compact II will beat most nearfield monitors in detail, freq response and stereo placement. This small monitor sounds big and can be found in good condition for some $50.
The Compact Monitor II sounds like a NS10 should. :p
The ALS40 is a later design in the transmission line principle, sounds very detailed and warm, great monitor for acoustical music like jazz. Can be found in near mint condition for $150-200.
The RSPM is another story, these speakers were worldfamous in the early eighties, they sound so very detailed that it's scary, like most IMF speakers, the freq response is an almost flat line (the freq response of the ADAM S3A is a pretty flat line too)
The RSPM can go from 17hz to 40khz and like I said, any little detail can be heard.
I bought the RSPM's in pretty good shape for 300 euro, which is $357.
So, if your budget is limited, why not try a used great monitor of yesteryear?
FYI: http://www.imf-electronics.com/
Have a nice day!
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#989695 - 10/26/04 05:53 PM
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I use JBL S38's, which are 10" 2-way ref monitors, along with a sub. Pretty good response and sound..
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#989696 - 11/04/04 05:02 PM
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I have a pair of Mackie HR624's and I like them, but they aren't really cheap persay. Well actually the 824's are the spendy ones. But the 624's are pretty nice.
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#989697 - 11/09/04 01:55 PM
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I've got the KRK V8s which I llike a lot. Nice electronics you can tailor the sound with.
Yesterday I bought a pair of Alesis M1 MK2 to use as a home stereo with a mini-berringer mixer. I a/b'd them to about 8 speakers and aside from the expensive Mackies and a couple other pairs that cost over 6 bills, I though the alesis won hands down (at least to my ears, in that room, at that time). I ended up plugging both ports to tame the bass (as is recommended in the manual under certain conditions). For $350 (including tax) these are a great deal.
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#989698 - 11/11/04 01:10 AM
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zele
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Originally posted by jentobs:
I'd like to stick with a pair under 1K,...under 600 is better,...
Im pretty much doing mixdown...
thanks for your help.
Jen
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