OT : Studio Monitor Recommendations ?

[Dizzy]

For all you current recording gurus :

Anyone got any recommendations for some good powered Studio monitors ?

Brands ? Models ?

The M-Audios, Alesis, & Samson seem to pretty popular from a quick web search.

I had some great passive Yamahas 10+ yrs ago.
What's good these days ?

Thanks fellas !

 

[ivanmihaljevic]

I'm using a pair of passive Alesis Monitor One Mk2 speakers and I like them. There's an active version too, so you might want to check that out.

 

[jagged]

Hey Dizzy,

Check out the Wharfedale Diamond Series... they aren't monitors, but they are audiophile quality speakers. Also check out B&W speakers... they're very nice as well

 

[roburado]

Yamaha still makes great monitors with great flat frequency response.

 

[INMT]

For a good price/value combination I suggest the Event TR6. Great frequency response very little coloration, active (built in power amps) and are RF/ magnetically shielded.

 

[acwild]

Good is relative to your budget. I'm liking my M-Audio BX-8s, but if I had more cash, I probably would have went another route.

 

[dwells]

you cant go past Genelec any of them would do but they are expensive
every major studio in the world has a pair i use them all the time so so natural there insane

 

[Tim O'Sullivan]

Mackie do some really good quality ones too.

 

[uvacom]

I use some Dynaudio BM5As which I really like, I got 'em used for about $800. Right now the hot home/project studio monitors are the ADAM A7s, though - they run about $1k/pair new. You don't have to spend that much, and you can certainly spend more, but about $800-1500k/pair seems to be the sweet spot in terms of price/performance for home/project studio nearfield monitors.

One thing is that somehow, the better your monitoring equipment, the more any flaws of your monitoring space will be revealed - so as part of your budget, plan on spending a decent amount on acoustic treatment, and take care in the placement of your monitors. Try to keep them as far as possible from walls, mount them on stands if possible, or use some kind of damping if you must rest them on a desk, and try to mount them such that they will form two corners of an equilateral triangle with your head at the third corner, ideally at ear-level or directed at your ears if placed above or below. This is all really important, so don't blow it off - the flatness of the monitors' frequency response means nothing if your acoustic space is changing the sound's characteristics in between the transducers and your ears.

 

[Boy Oldigs]

I Am using since 4 years a pair of active Samson resolv 65 a.
SOUnDS great and are really cheap
Check it out SAMSON RESOLV 65A - U.K. International Cyberstore!

 

[Luiz Gustavo]

I'm using 1 pair of old Yamaha NS10 (still got 2 more of them brand new)
1 pair of Genelec 8040
1 pair of Yamaha HS80M (active),

I prefer Genelec and HS80M for tone (the last is like an NS10 but more modern) and NS 10 for "positionig" things in the mix.

Keep it in mind this:

Theres some aplications tips to use monitors like distance between them,walls, positioning angle, highs dispersion and some more...

Stay with eyes open when buying, some monitors are suitable better for adjust deep/wide positioning in the mix, others for tonal/"color" adjustments.

Ahhh, mix with a floor @ 85db is important too. Monitors needs to be excited.

Sorry for my bad english, hope that helps you.

 

[Dizzy]

Thanks Fellas,

Some really valuable advice here.