What are you using the monitors for?
If you're looking for pleasing reproduction of the sound, you may be
happier with home speakers than monitors. Good studio monitors are
designed to be accurate, so they don't hype the bass or treble. They
also tend to be a lot more expensive than good sounding speakers.
On the other hand, if you're doing mixing or mastering, then the
monitors are the way to go. In that case, you might want to consider
some nearfield monitors. They can provide flat and accurate response.
Their main limitation is that they aren't designed to generate the
volume necessary for larger spaces.
A nice set of nearfields to consider are either Mackie 824's or 624's.
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motm@yahoogroups.com, "osthelder <osthelder@n...>"
<osthelder@n...> wrote:
> Hi all!
>
> I realize this has been covered in the past, but I wanted some
> subjective input on studio monitors. I had been cosidering a pair
of
> large JBL's (4311's or L55's)to ensure solid bottom end-especially
> when listening to my MOTM! While saving for the big speakers, I
> refurbished an old pair of AR's with new drivers and crossovers.
I'm
> very pleased with the results and am now considering going with a
> decent subwoofer/amplifier/active crossover. Before I do, what are
> the pros and cons that the group would share? Even though the ear
> can't detect direction much below 400Hz, is there a perceived
imaging
> problem when you mix (or just listen to your new groovy patch)? Am
I
> just too 70's? What?
>
> Chub
>
> ps-and why are these hip huggers so tight?