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From: John Royle [mailto:jroyle@...]
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Subject: RE: [xl7] Good monitorsJust out of interest, does anybody know what the difference (if any) is between Monitors and just regular HIFI speakers. I mean, if you buy some monitors for £500 and some normal speakers for £500 what would you expect to find different between them??
I've heard some people say that monitors are supposed to have a 'neutral' sound, ie. without too much mid, bass, or treble, but surely HIFI speakers should sound like this anyway??
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Subject: [xl7] Good monitors
> I'm looking to get some good monitors for my setup. I've been using
> crappy stuff for a long time. While I'd really like to get a pair
> of Mackies or Event's, I won't be able to afford it.
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> What do you all think? M-Audio's seem pretty good. They say "this
> is the most important part of your studio setup." And I've been
> slackin for a long time.
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RE: [xl7] Good monitors
2002-05-10 by Andre Lewis
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stereo speakers are sweetened, they are designed specifically to flatter most
types of content, especially lower midrange and vocal areas. They are not
good for finding out your looppoints suck, or that you have a gnat sound
happening in the chorus. IMHO the ratings as far as pro near field are in
this order from decent to best: Yamaha NS10v2, Event 20/20, Alesis monitor
1 Mk 2, KRK V8, Mackie HR824, JBL LSR28p, Genelec 1031A. The
Yamaha's are used to see what it will sound like in a worst case scenario, like
a cheap radio. Make it sound good on those and you should be fine.
Backup speakers only. The JBL's and the Genelec's are close, many
producers are down as saying they make better mixes with the JBL's. ; That's
my next purchase. I've heard em and they are dead accurate. The
mackies are a direct knockoff of the Genelecs, but not as high of quality.
Much better than anything else under a grand though. Best suggestion is to
take a CD that you are intimate with, listen to it in the home stereo then the
car and then on a bunch of monitors at a GC or your local music shop.
Compare how the different monitors change the sound. Look for good stereo
imaging and be carefull if it sounds TOO sweet on a set of monitors.
Listen for bass response and keep an ear out to see if the bass gets really
boomy at a particular frequency. You should look at www.sospubs.co.uk and do a search on monitor
articles, they have many on the art of getting a good nearfield monitor, and
what to listen for. I'll stop rambling now,
Andre