Ben Kassai
New member
Hello everyone!
I am currently in the process of putting together a small home recording studio and I am a bit stuck on the issue of choosing the right studio monitors, so I decided to ask a more experienced crowd !
Since the mixing room is quite small, I've been looking only at near-field monitors (they tend to me more pricey though than just your run-of-the-mill monitors.(I am wondering if there is a reason for that technically, or it's just a marketing strategy by manufacturers) Active / passive monitor wise, I have no preference, since the Scarlet Mini I am so far looking to buy would be able to power passive monitors as well for the size range I'm looking at.
Size wise, since I am certain I will need to work on low-end parts of mixes, I'd like to be able to hear down to about 30-35 Hz at least until I can gather some money for a small subwoofer. So for now I thought for starters to buy a pair of monitors with at least a 5.5" woofer. This is mostly where I am lost, since I monitors with larger woofers tend to be getting way more pricey as the diameter gets larger. And also I'm not sure if it would just be too overpowering for a small mixing room, even one that is properly acoustic treated.
So my main question is basically: what relatively budget studio monitors would you guys recommend that are near-field, have at least a foot in the door when it comes to low-end mixing. (Bonus points if they can also be cranked up a bit without them struggling a lot!)
Thanks in advance !
I am currently in the process of putting together a small home recording studio and I am a bit stuck on the issue of choosing the right studio monitors, so I decided to ask a more experienced crowd !
Since the mixing room is quite small, I've been looking only at near-field monitors (they tend to me more pricey though than just your run-of-the-mill monitors.(I am wondering if there is a reason for that technically, or it's just a marketing strategy by manufacturers) Active / passive monitor wise, I have no preference, since the Scarlet Mini I am so far looking to buy would be able to power passive monitors as well for the size range I'm looking at.
Size wise, since I am certain I will need to work on low-end parts of mixes, I'd like to be able to hear down to about 30-35 Hz at least until I can gather some money for a small subwoofer. So for now I thought for starters to buy a pair of monitors with at least a 5.5" woofer. This is mostly where I am lost, since I monitors with larger woofers tend to be getting way more pricey as the diameter gets larger. And also I'm not sure if it would just be too overpowering for a small mixing room, even one that is properly acoustic treated.
So my main question is basically: what relatively budget studio monitors would you guys recommend that are near-field, have at least a foot in the door when it comes to low-end mixing. (Bonus points if they can also be cranked up a bit without them struggling a lot!)
Thanks in advance !