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Recommend me some monitors for around 200 quid...
Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 3:45 pm
by osk
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...
Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2007 2:35 pm
by __________
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!
Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2007 4:00 pm
by osk
ok, clearly i'm gonna need to spend more. say 400 quid.
what would you do or monitoring with 400 quid to burn?
Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2007 4:27 pm
by Sub Shifter
im in the same boat im torn between these krk rokit's
http://www.htfr.com/more-info/MR166708
and these alesis mk1
http://www.htfr.com/more-info/MR168063
any one no which is better
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Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2007 6:19 pm
by ozeb
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.
Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2007 7:04 pm
by __________
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.
Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2007 7:05 pm
by __________
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.
Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2007 7:53 pm
by ether
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.
Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2007 8:12 pm
by ikonika
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
Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2007 11:24 pm
by Sub Shifter
£10 Bag wrote:
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.
Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2007 11:25 pm
by Sub Shifter
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
Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2007 11:26 pm
by Sub Shifter
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
Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2007 1:19 am
by ozeb
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.
Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2007 12:20 pm
by Sub Shifter
ah seen thanks
Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2007 1:04 pm
by escapee planes
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
Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2007 3:33 pm
by Sub Shifter
yeh man they look nice im going to save up more money i think and get them ive read great reviews on them aswell.
Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2007 4:49 pm
by thenapking
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.
