Monitors under $400

[lilboypeat]

Ok, I'm in the process of getting some monitors. I'm stuck on the Behringer Truths($299) and the Alesis MIAKMKII($399). Help me out y'all.

[chessrock]

Listen to them both, and pick the ones you like best.

[guido #2]

And . . .
listen to source material that you know WELL

your fave CD, for example, and mabye some of your mixes.

[The Green Hornet]

Yo Peat: [you don't have a brother named "moss" do you?]


Ears are the best test; however, for the $$ you indicated, a pair of Yorkville passives will do a good job. Alesis? Not recommended by too many folks. I had a pair and someone bought them after I got the Yorks -- some group in Seattle got them, named: SOUP'S ON or something like that.

You can find the nearest Yorkville dealer by getting Yorkville on the net.

I'm thinking of upgrading to a pair of KRK 8's if the price is right.

Happy St. Patrick's day.

Green Hornet

[ChristopherDawn]

Go for $450 with a pair or Yorkvilles.

[chessparov]

There are some advanced members on this thread already.
If you are more specific on what you want to accomplish, they can better guide you.

Chris

[Gannon]

what's so bad about the alesis m1 actives?

i've been doing some research on active monitors (plan on getting a pair soon), and until now i haven't even heard of the yorkville ysm-1's... i guess i need to do more.

[CMEZ]

That was about the buget I had.

I listened to:
The Alesis actives
The Event 20/20's
Some Roland Digitals
The Behringer Truths
Foxtex PM-1's.

I bought the Fostex. The reason I did so was that I felt the low end was better on them.

One of the big differences I seem to hear from 'home studio' set-ups is that they often lack solid low end, so I was hoping to combat that by getting some monitors that would show me what was happening down there.

Don't get me wrong; these aren't the super accurate monitors they claim to be; the mids are a little less pronounced, and they lean towards a lot of lows and a lot of highs. I usually do a lot of guitar rock, country, and soul and don't EQ guitars much if at all, so I just don't worry about the mid-range too much other than vocals. I just mix it to have a lot of low-end and it comes out fairly balanced.

For the money, I like 'em.

Chris

[Middleman]

You should also check the M-Audio LX4 2.1 System. It comes with a sub and two 4 inch monitors. It's about the same price and might offer a better image because the sub is included.

Most nearfeilds under $500 are going to be great at midrange and highs but lack significantly in the low end.

I have not heard the LX4 system but would probably compare it to other systems in that price range.