What monitors do you use when producing?

JamesHanvey · Post by **JamesHanvey** » Mon Oct 06, 2014 7:16 pm

Unfortunately I've known nothing other than producing with slightly above average IEM's/headphones and shit speakers. I'm saving up for some rokit G3's. Do you use a range of playback devices when producing (not mastering etc.), and how essential are they?

ChrisPlatow · Post by **ChrisPlatow** » Mon Oct 06, 2014 7:24 pm

Honestly bro I got rokit 8s and i love em. But its taken me a year or more to learn how to mix well on em. They arent exactly a flat response speaker, which is in my opinion what you should look for

test_recordings · Post by **test_recordings** » Mon Oct 06, 2014 10:13 pm

I got Yamaha NS-20Ms ready for hooking up when my DAC finally gets here. If you want good monitors at good prices buy second hand imo.

Also, if you're seriously in to it, buy passive speakers with a separate amp so you can upgrade over time. I can also use my amp to play my bass because I can connect direct to the power amp by bypassing the pre.

fragments · Post by **fragments** » Tue Oct 07, 2014 6:20 pm

Equator Audio D5s

forbidden · Post by **forbidden** » Tue Oct 07, 2014 7:43 pm

fragments wrote:Equator Audio D5s

legend4ry · Post by **legend4ry** » Wed Oct 08, 2014 4:43 am

forbidden wrote:
fragments wrote:Equator Audio D5s

fragments · Post by **fragments** » Wed Oct 08, 2014 3:31 pm

Heh. Didn't know Equator was gaining a popularity foot hold around here. Nice one fellas.

JamesHanvey · Post by **JamesHanvey** » Wed Oct 08, 2014 7:31 pm

So they're good?

test_recordings · Post by **test_recordings** » Wed Oct 08, 2014 10:20 pm

I think everyone bought Equators after Distance rated them

fragments · Post by **fragments** » Wed Oct 08, 2014 10:42 pm

test_recordings wrote:I think everyone bought Equators after Distance rated them

Didn't even know Distance rated them...when did that happen? They've been around for quite a while.

@OP: At the price point of 400 a pair in the US I'd say you won't find as detailed and accurate a pair of active monitors for the same money anywhere else. Honestly, they make KRK Rokits sound like middle of the road hifi speakers.

test_recordings · Post by **test_recordings** » Thu Oct 09, 2014 4:15 am

Last year or the year before

legend4ry · Post by **legend4ry** » Thu Oct 09, 2014 5:32 am

For 400 quid though, can't get much better. They're higher mid-end monitors for standard mid range price.

audiowaves · Post by **audiowaves** » Thu Oct 09, 2014 8:04 am

yamaha hs 7

fragments · Post by **fragments** » Thu Oct 09, 2014 3:41 pm

legend4ry wrote:For 400 quid though, can't get much better. They're higher mid-end monitors for standard mid range price.

Yea. Nothing in the price range even touches them from all the monitors I've listened to or worked on. Though the PreSonus Eris series is interesting, I still don't think they sound as detailed. Your only issue is going to be lack of low end response, but honestly...how many people here are treating their rooms anyway? I was way better off with smaller speakers in my untreated room after I switched from the Rokit 6's to D5's.

Equator D series or spend more money IMO.

JamesHanvey · Post by **JamesHanvey** » Thu Oct 09, 2014 7:05 pm

How do you get them in the UK?

legend4ry · Post by **legend4ry** » Fri Oct 10, 2014 3:06 am

JamesHanvey wrote:How do you get them in the UK?

Buy them online, they ship internationally.

m8son666 · Post by **m8son666** » Sun Oct 12, 2014 11:37 am

benjam · Post by **benjam** » Tue Oct 14, 2014 8:33 pm

D8s and love em

kaili · Post by **kaili** » Sun Oct 19, 2014 12:40 am

adam f5

samurai · Post by **samurai** » Sun Oct 19, 2014 10:51 am

I usually use a pair of Audio-Technica ATH-M50s to produce and mix on. I occasionally test my mixes on a pair of Pioneer SDJ-05s (bedroom studio) but I'm mostly on the headphones...

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