Couple of monitor questions

[Tiger Blood]

hey guys

Couple of question i had about monitors quickly:

1. What are the best monitors to go for in an untreated room. I use krk rokit 5's for djing but for production i wanted another set of better ones, i can get genelec cheap but dont know if its worth spending that kind of money without sound treatment.

2. Are there any headphones that can be used reliably for production? I current again use my DJing Senn HD-25's which do an okish job but i wanted a pair i can use all the time as a lot of the time i can use monitors and have to use headphones and so wanted a pair that can recreate the sound as well.

Dont really have a price limit at the moment its just what i think i can justify on them really.

Cheers for any help !

[virks]

save money and get adams,its worth it.

[Tiger Blood]

any specific ones in the range? im not familiar.

also anyone help on the headphones question?

[nnny]

Very curious about the headphones as well. Plenty of time that monitor's can't be used for me...

Been looking at the HD-600's, they're about 200+

[Tiger Blood]

Very curious about the headphones as well. Plenty of time that monitor's can't be used for me...

Been looking at the HD-600's, they're about 200+

They look good, i thought open back werent good for production though?

Hopefully someone can give us an idea.

[Ayatollah]

open back are ideal for production, as long as you're not using them when recording stuff

[nnny]

open back are ideal for production, as long as you're not using them when recording stuff

Cheers for clarifying that bro

[Tiger Blood]

hey guys

just wanted to push this back up again, anyone got any names of good headphones to go for? Ive recently been looking at the freq charts of headphones I own and non of them are idea for production so just wanted opinions on what to go for.

as for monitors ill probably go with genelecs

[Ayatollah]

hey guys

just wanted to push this back up again, anyone got any names of good headphones to go for? Ive recently been looking at the freq charts of headphones I own and non of them are idea for production so just wanted opinions on what to go for.

as for monitors ill probably go with genelecs

I got the AKG K240's. cost me like 100€ and they're great.

[Tiger Blood]

hey guys

just wanted to push this back up again, anyone got any names of good headphones to go for? Ive recently been looking at the freq charts of headphones I own and non of them are idea for production so just wanted opinions on what to go for.

as for monitors ill probably go with genelecs

I got the AKG K240's. cost me like 100€ and they're great.

They are probably ok for the money but looking at the freq range graphs there are better ones to go for.

http://www.headphone.com/headphones/akg-k-240-mk-ii.php

[Nixti]

Beyerdynamic DT 770 Pros are great for producing on. They're closed back but very comfortable and the sound quality is fantastic.

[Tiger Blood]

Beyerdynamic DT 770 Pros are great for producing on. They're closed back but very comfortable and the sound quality is fantastic.

they looks pretty amazing from the graphs, ill look into them a bit more. is pro better than the premium version? or are they the same.

[Nixti]

To be honest i've never used the premium version - but a mate of mine has just got them so i'll let ya know. I've been using the DT 770s for a good 5 years and never looked back. Great for DJing too when you can't hear shit!

[Tiger Blood]

To be honest i've never used the premium version - but a mate of mine has just got them so i'll let ya know. I've been using the DT 770s for a good 5 years and never looked back. Great for DJing too when you can't hear shit!

yea i have senn hd25s for dj'ing due to greater bass for beat matching but those DT770s look awesome, you have the 80ohm version?

[AxeD]

Wouldn't get new monitors.

[Nixti]

yea i have senn hd25s for dj'ing due to greater bass for beat matching but those DT770s look awesome, you have the 80ohm version?

I've got the 250 ohm ones - the 80 ohm version give you more bass, but I found that the it was a bit too overpowering in them compared to the 250 ohms. The 250 ohms sound more balanced which I thought was better for producing on.

[Ayatollah]

hey guys

just wanted to push this back up again, anyone got any names of good headphones to go for? Ive recently been looking at the freq charts of headphones I own and non of them are idea for production so just wanted opinions on what to go for.

as for monitors ill probably go with genelecs

I got the AKG K240's. cost me like 100€ and they're great.

They are probably ok for the money but looking at the freq range graphs there are better ones to go for.

http://www.headphone.com/headphones/akg-k-240-mk-ii.php

Thing is, if you have a lot of money then you'll be better off investing it in even better monitors. That's what I would do anyways

[AxeD]

Disagree completely, Krk's are fine. If your tracks get a lot of exposure it's worth it to get them
mastered professionally, creating a decent mixdown for a mastering engineer can easily be done
on those rp5's.

[Ayatollah]

Disagree completely, Krk's are fine. If your tracks get a lot of exposure it's worth it to get them
mastered professionally, creating a decent mixdown for a mastering engineer can easily be done
on those rp5's.

whoops, didn't see the part where he said he already had monitors.