Studio Monitors???

shinto · Post by **shinto** » Thu Dec 14, 2006 7:26 am

hey guys...what's a good pair of cheap but decent sound quality studio speakers??? i am a little scared to buy them used for obvious reasons...eBay doesn't exactly let you hear the quality over the internet...thanks

flippo · Post by **flippo** » Thu Dec 14, 2006 10:04 am

bose lifestyle

dirty · Post by **dirty** » Thu Dec 14, 2006 12:05 pm

I've got KRK Rokit powered 6 inch monitors, think they were about £300 - 350.

Very happy with them!

bowzer · Post by **bowzer** » Thu Dec 14, 2006 5:50 pm

I have pretty much the same thing, only with 20% more beefy

KRK Rokit 8's (Also called KRK RP-8 )

http://www.krksys.com/v3/rokit_rp8.asp

Great sound / specs for the price... paid $680 Canadian for the pair after tax, which is 300 pounds, or $590 USD

ekstrak · Post by **ekstrak** » Thu Dec 14, 2006 11:54 pm

I use Dynaudio.

As for "cheap but decent".. I'd pretty much recommend that if there is just *one* thing you save and save and save for in your studio.. let it be your monitors. they are your singlemost imortant tool.

shinto · Post by **shinto** » Fri Dec 15, 2006 1:56 am

thanks for those words of wisdom...good lookin' out;)...

dirty · Post by **dirty** » Fri Dec 15, 2006 2:09 am

bowzer wrote:I have pretty much the same thing, only with 20% more beefy

KRK Rokit 8's (Also called KRK RP-8 )

http://www.krksys.com/v3/rokit_rp8.asp

Great sound / specs for the price... paid $680 Canadian for the pair after tax, which is 300 pounds, or $590 USD

Damn You!

struggle · Post by **struggle** » Fri Dec 15, 2006 6:07 am

DIRTY wrote:
bowzer wrote:I have pretty much the same thing, only with 20% more beefy

KRK Rokit 8's (Also called KRK RP-8 )

http://www.krksys.com/v3/rokit_rp8.asp

Great sound / specs for the price... paid $680 Canadian for the pair after tax, which is 300 pounds, or $590 USD
Damn You!

damn you both! i could only afford the 5's. they're plenty loud for my space though.

little boh peep · Post by **little boh peep** » Fri Dec 15, 2006 8:41 am

shinto wrote:eBay doesn't exactly let you hear the quality over the internet...thanks

Yeah I'd never buy monitors sight unseen. Or ears unheard.

IMHO, the best thing to do is go to a brick-and-mortar store to audition your monitors of choice, then buy them over the internet if you can get them less expensively. Some stores will also cut you a deal if you make them an offer; say you've seen a better price on the internet, no sales tax, with free shipping, etc, and if they can match that, you'll buy them on the spot.

I fell in love with these today. (Tall dark and intelligent, who wouldn't.)

scaramanga · Post by **scaramanga** » Fri Dec 15, 2006 8:43 am

Dynaudio BM15A or stfu :bins:

i have a pair of BM6A's perfect for small to medium studios

best monitors are made by either Dynaudio,Genelec or PMC

like said before if you are gonna spend money on one thing in your studio it should be your monitors.

random trio · Post by **random trio** » Fri Dec 15, 2006 9:30 am

i was thinking about getting them krk's. suppose 2 be the nutz.

Im using tannoy reveals ( active ) sound very nice.

dirty · Post by **dirty** » Fri Dec 15, 2006 10:38 am

I needed mine for video editing but they end playing dubstep most the time!

Random Trio if your based in London there is a shop about 45 mins south in Guildford.

Guildford Sound and Light

www.djdeals.co.uk

They have the whole range of KRK monitors you can test!

marty · Post by **marty** » Fri Dec 15, 2006 1:30 pm

i'm very satisfied with my pair of alesis m1 active mk2.
i think i paid about € 350 and they're worth every cent.

izc · Post by **izc** » Fri Dec 15, 2006 1:39 pm

i'm currently using fostex, but i wouldn't really recommand them

in case you can afford it, i'd recommand dynaudios (but not the bm5s!) - if you can't, then i'd take a look at the yamaha hs80, i think they're a lot better than the fostex at the same price (€250 each), and there's also a sub available for €420... not the worst deal i think...
chris

molemachine · Post by **molemachine** » Fri Dec 15, 2006 1:46 pm

genelecs 8030a 's are good and have an accurate sound.. they're about £300 each. pair this up with their sub 7060a and its killa.. but total cost of system reaches 1k

dirty · Post by **dirty** » Fri Dec 15, 2006 2:55 pm

struggle wrote:
DIRTY wrote:
bowzer wrote:I have pretty much the same thing, only with 20% more beefy

KRK Rokit 8's (Also called KRK RP-8 )

http://www.krksys.com/v3/rokit_rp8.asp

Great sound / specs for the price... paid $680 Canadian for the pair after tax, which is 300 pounds, or $590 USD
Damn You!
damn you both! i could only afford the 5's. they're plenty loud for my space though.

insine · Post by **insine** » Sat Dec 16, 2006 8:33 pm

dont forget to back them up with the powered 10 inch subwoofer, krk rp10s.

dramatik · Post by **dramatik** » Mon Dec 18, 2006 4:09 pm

happy i saw this, i assume most monitors cost people roughly around £300

scaramanga · Post by **scaramanga** » Thu Dec 28, 2006 5:23 pm

Dynaudio BM15A's are $2500 USD standard

worth every penny though!

two oh one · Post by **two oh one** » Thu Dec 28, 2006 7:14 pm

Dynaudio BM6As. Absolutely fantastic, accurate and gritty monitors. You don't need sub to understand what is going down in the low end if your room is properly treated. I prefer these to the 'pretty' sounding Genelecs.

Get something that fits your room. Don't get too bassy in a small space. I actually had big, 'impressive' monitors before I got the BM6As and although they were loud and my mates thought they were good, they overpowered my room and my mixes were always shat.

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