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pk- · Post by **pk-** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 4:52 pm

any of you knowledgable producer types know if these are any good?

KRK Rokit RP- 6 Powered Studio Monitor

apparently they involve a 6" Glass Aramid Composite Woofer and a 1" Neodymium Soft Dome Tweeter with Ferro Fluid, which sounds evocative and vaguely sexual.

if not, do you know of any powered monitors for a similar price (don't want to spend more than £300) that do the job nicely?

cheers!

ludofuzz · Post by **ludofuzz** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 5:02 pm

yep theyre pretty good -get the rockit 8s if feeling flush.Or Tannoys at simaar price are good too. I use Tannoy n/field monitors,then 2x15"sub cabs and tops for 'checking the tune' Best of both worlds!

pk- · Post by **pk-** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 5:38 pm

then 2x15"sub cabs and tops for 'checking the tune'

what are these foreign things of which you speak

scaramanga · Post by **scaramanga** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 5:42 pm

yes I would say they are one of the best "budget" monitors out there

oceanzen · Post by **oceanzen** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 8:17 pm

You could always add the Tapco SW10 for some sub £99 on eBay new used to be £279

decklyn · Post by **decklyn** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 11:40 pm

oceanzen wrote:You could always add the Tapco SW10 for some sub £99 on eBay new used to be £279

Yep I would have no problems recommending KRK gear. I've got the RP5s and a sub and I'm really really happy with them.

Go for the 8s tho, and get a sub later, cause no monitor will fill out the bass for you.

dirty · Post by **dirty** » Fri Apr 27, 2007 7:33 am

These are exactly what I have. Swear by them!!

Quality speakers for good value, might get the sub at some point though

octave_noize · Post by **octave_noize** » Fri Apr 27, 2007 11:45 am

yes mate, i got the RP8's recently, very impressed, sound faaakin heavy!

j_trex · Post by **j_trex** » Fri Apr 27, 2007 12:36 pm

I want to buy some 2nd hand Genelec 1029 and wondering if it would be better to buy this KRK new or the Genelec which are three years old.

victorxray · Post by **victorxray** » Fri Apr 27, 2007 1:07 pm

I have M-audio BX8 Studiophiles which I am very happy with. I put them up head to head with some KRKs (not sure what model though), Behringer, and Alesis and easily won, when I bought them some years ago.

pk- · Post by **pk-** » Fri Apr 27, 2007 2:51 pm

I have M-audio BX8 Studiophiles which I am very happy with.

yeah I've got DX4 Studiophiles at the moment. They're very crisp but I'm going to use them as sattelites for my tv, and i wouldn't mind something beefier for music.

cheers for all the replies, can any of you suggest a sub to go with these KRKs? do they make one themselves?

pk- · Post by **pk-** » Fri Apr 27, 2007 3:03 pm

aha!

the answer is yes:

http://www.dolphinmusic.co.uk/page/shop ... ct_id/8292

is that any good?

batfink · Post by **batfink** » Fri Apr 27, 2007 3:32 pm

you don't have to buy a 'matching' sub tho. If the sub is a good one it'll sound good with any suitable monitors.

for 200 quid odd you'd want to look here:

http://www.bkelec.com/HiFi/Sub_Woofers.htm

they make some very well regarded subs for bargain money.

having said that, the Tapco sub at soundcontrol looks like a goo deal for 100 quid. god knows what it sounds like though.

izc · Post by **izc** » Fri Apr 27, 2007 6:00 pm

take at the yamaha hs80 as well ;)
a friend of mine's working on them, and i think he's quite happy with them

chris

decklyn · Post by **decklyn** » Fri Apr 27, 2007 11:50 pm

Used monitors are a gamble.
Monitors can become unresponsive if exposed to smoke, or pushed excessively.

pompoushit · Post by **pompoushit** » Sun Apr 29, 2007 8:43 am

anybody got some info on these goodies?

Alesis M1 Active MKII

it seems to be the best pruchase for me cos it's cheap considering that it has 6.5" woofer and I have a very little room (approx. 4x4meters) so I guess I wouldn't need a bigger one. Or Is this already too big for such a small room? So anybody has some experience with these monitors?[/img]

batfink · Post by **batfink** » Sun Apr 29, 2007 8:45 pm

i think theyre pretty good. bass is a little overenthusiastic but if theyre booming too much for you, stick a sock in one of the bass ports and they tighten up nicely. i hear the KRK's are damn good altho ive never heard em myself.

pk- · Post by **pk-** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 6:48 am

cheers for all the advice, i'm going to get the RP-6s next month and the sub the month after.

legend

pompoushit · Post by **pompoushit** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 8:40 am

Is a sub really that essential? even in the case of a bigger speakers like one with a 8" woofer? Cos on DOA in the Noisia Q&A they say that they are not using sub at all.

batfink · Post by **batfink** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 9:42 am

pompoushit wrote:Is a sub really that essential? even in the case of a bigger speakers like one with a 8" woofer? Cos on DOA in the Noisia Q&A they say that they are not using sub at all.

Well, it's not essential. ~Most good monitors easily drop down to 40/50hz and Noisia basslines probably dont go much lower than that anyway.

thing is, even though your basslines might be centered around 50hz a sub lets you feel those frequencies more, and for dubstep, the physicality of a tune is a big factor in getting a crowd lively (i'd imagine matty g has a sub or just huge fecking monitors for example) .

I;d say you'd be fine with monitors for now though. If you really find them lacking then you can always add a sub in the future.

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