Recommend me some monitors for around 200 quid...

osk · Post by **osk** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 3:45 pm

Hi. Am willing to spend 200 or more on active or passive monitors. You can't beat experience so I thought I'd seek help from those in the know and those who have used various things before... Poor monitoring is responsible for some of my cack-sounding music right now...

Many thanks...

__________ · Post by **__________** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 2:35 pm

i'd say spend that money on a top-notch pair of headphones rather than monitors. £200 monitors would probably sound pretty shabby. if you've got your heart set on speakers though, i believe alesis do some monitors within that price range. good luck!

osk · Post by **osk** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 4:00 pm

ok, clearly i'm gonna need to spend more. say 400 quid.

what would you do or monitoring with 400 quid to burn?

Sub Shifter · Post by **Sub Shifter** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 4:27 pm

im in the same boat im torn between these krk rokit'shttp://www.htfr.com/more-info/MR166708
and these alesis mk1http://www.htfr.com/more-info/MR168063
any one no which is better

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ozeb · Post by **ozeb** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 6:19 pm

I've had my M1s for about 5 years now and love them. Still best to test everything in multiple environments but they're fine for the initial mixdown.

__________ · Post by **__________** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 7:04 pm

yeah for that budget, krk rokits, alesis, or tapco would be a good choice. you could get tapco s8s and the tapco sw10 subwoofer for about £360. i got the s8s and they are mean, so im guessing with the sub added, it would be an even meaner setup.

__________ · Post by **__________** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 7:05 pm

blaze wrote:im in the same boat im torn between these krk rokit'shttp://www.htfr.com/more-info/MR166708
and these alesis mk1http://www.htfr.com/more-info/MR168063
any one no which is better

I'd say the krks would be better, from what i've been hearing.

edit: i checked that link for the alesis, and believe me, those monitors are SHIT! they have a set at college and they are really really pussy. go for the KRKs, those alesis sound dead.

ether · Post by **ether** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 7:53 pm

ive got the tapco s8's as my ears where starting to get fucked from always working on headphones, there ok, my senheisser (HD25) headphones are alot better with a flat and broad frequency response and i find them good for djing also.

a mastering engineer recently told me that a decent pair of headphones are equivalent to most expensive near field monitors,

personally ive found this to be the case, stick to really good pair of headphones unless you've got about a grand to spank on dynaudios or some genelecs.

ikonika · Post by **ikonika** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 8:12 pm

i think computer music magazine has a feature on some monitor & sub packages, only saw it briefly but has some stuff on a budget, may help

Sub Shifter · Post by **Sub Shifter** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 11:24 pm

£10 Bag wrote:
blaze wrote:im in the same boat im torn between these krk rokit'shttp://www.htfr.com/more-info/MR166708
and these alesis mk1http://www.htfr.com/more-info/MR168063
any one no which is better
I'd say the krks would be better, from what i've been hearing.

edit: i checked that link for the alesis, and believe me, those monitors are SHIT! they have a set at college and they are really really pussy. go for the KRKs, those alesis sound dead.

yeh thought so im going to go for the rokits and get the sub to go with them.

Sub Shifter · Post by **Sub Shifter** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 11:25 pm

ozeb wrote:I've had my M1s for about 5 years now and love them. Still best to test everything in multiple environments but they're fine for the initial mixdown.

are they the same as the ones posted in my link

Sub Shifter · Post by **Sub Shifter** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 11:26 pm

ikonika wrote:i think computer music magazine has a feature on some monitor & sub packages, only saw it briefly but has some stuff on a budget, may help

il take a peek

ozeb · Post by **ozeb** » Wed Aug 01, 2007 1:19 am

blaze wrote:
ozeb wrote:I've had my M1s for about 5 years now and love them. Still best to test everything in multiple environments but they're fine for the initial mixdown.
are they the same as the ones posted in my link

They're the Alesis M1 Active MK2s

They don't look as robot-techno as the ones you posted, no.

Sub Shifter · Post by **Sub Shifter** » Wed Aug 01, 2007 12:20 pm

ah seen thanks

escapee planes · Post by **escapee planes** » Wed Aug 01, 2007 1:04 pm

Event TR8s £329
http://www.dolphinmusic.co.uk/page/shop ... ct_id/3636

They're great for the price , I then aded a Tannoy TS12 (£400 ish) sub once I could afford it, and lets face it, you need a sub when making Dubstep

Sub Shifter · Post by **Sub Shifter** » Wed Aug 01, 2007 3:33 pm

Escapee Planes wrote:Event TR8s £329
http://www.dolphinmusic.co.uk/page/shop ... ct_id/3636

They're great for the price , I then aded a Tannoy TS12 (£400 ish) sub once I could afford it, and lets face it, you need a sub when making Dubstep

yeh man they look nice im going to save up more money i think and get them ive read great reviews on them aswell.

thenapking · Post by **thenapking** » Thu Aug 02, 2007 4:49 pm

I'm quite happy with my Alesis M1 Active MK2s. I've had them for about a year and a half. Slightly worried that i may be wearing the bass out on them though.

Recommend me some monitors for around 200 quid...

Recommend me some monitors for around 200 quid...

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