Inexpensive studio monitors that don't suck?
- Thread starter Mark Wein
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I really like the Alesis stuff.
Like this. http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/Elevate5/
But I'm no expert.
Like this. http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/Elevate5/
But I'm no expert.
I don't really want to spend a ton of money since I'm not really doing any real recording through them and my PA speakers also need replacing
baimun
Funkasaurus Rex
I was going to recommend the alesis also.
http://www.sweetwater.com/store/det...g&matchtype=&gclid=CIHY68bG5r0CFQ5gMgodiDsAQg
http://www.sweetwater.com/store/det...g&matchtype=&gclid=CIHY68bG5r0CFQ5gMgodiDsAQg
Peeker
jerkass
okay, osmeone explain these monitors to me...
I read the ads and still don't get it.
I can't plug them into my "speaker out" on the pc, right?
so I need a board for that?
is that right?
if so, it just sounds like one more thing getting in the way of the sound...and more money to spend on something that doesn't earn it back
like, on my recording PC, I use that Hannah Montana thing for sound output
I set things based on how a particular album should sound.
I use Motorhead as a default as I know it well. and works with the majority of stuff I do.
if the Motorhead album sounds good (like I know it should), then I figure it's good enough for me
is this wrong?
I read the ads and still don't get it.
I can't plug them into my "speaker out" on the pc, right?
so I need a board for that?
is that right?
if so, it just sounds like one more thing getting in the way of the sound...and more money to spend on something that doesn't earn it back
like, on my recording PC, I use that Hannah Montana thing for sound output
I set things based on how a particular album should sound.
I use Motorhead as a default as I know it well. and works with the majority of stuff I do.
if the Motorhead album sounds good (like I know it should), then I figure it's good enough for me
is this wrong?
Kerouac
weird musical dildo
I'm hearing REALLY good things about the new Tannoy 402a monitors... Pete Thorn did a brief video about them and the initial responses at Gearslutz have been positive. They were announced at Winter NAMM and are hitting stores now. Looks like a pair comes in just under $300.
Tig
Fucktangular
Tannoy 402a $139.99 at Sweetwater, but they are not in yet. From experience, if you order something like this they will be in the process of shipping it to you before you get the email. They then update the website status.
http://www.sweetwater.com/store/det...g&matchtype=&gclid=CLasyoLg570CFYhaMgod7hEAKw
http://www.sweetwater.com/store/det...g&matchtype=&gclid=CLasyoLg570CFYhaMgod7hEAKw
I tried the Tannoy 502's as well as a bunch of other speakers from Presonus, Yamaha, Mackie, KRK and JBL. The Tannoys sounded awful and very hyped with my album played through them. The worst were the Presonus. SHITSONUS. The Mackies and JBL's were not bad but not awesome. The winners were the Yamaha speakers I tried although they were a little more than I wanted to spend. When the salesguy at GC couldn't stay in the room long enough to hold a conversation with me or complete the sale with me I walked out without buying anything.
The Yamahas I almost bought were these: http://www.amazon.com/Yamaha-HS5-Po...cal-instruments&ie=UTF8&qid=1397766382&sr=1-1
I kinda wish they had a little more low end (I think the next size up is more of an NS-10 sized speaker and would have done the trick) but it had the flattest resonse and the music from my CD (especially the drums) sounded more like what I heard on El Borrachito's monitors in his studio.
Those were great speakers. They didn't have any small ones for me to try at GC today. I got a lot of use from my two sets.