Hi all
I'm struggling to find much information on my monitoring predicament.
I've been mixing nearfield for sometime on Yamaha NS10's in my fairly small rectangular room. I had a JBL sub hooked up as well and sometimes i've gotten a great mix out of them but I always felt the bass was innacurrate with the sub. Which meant that the kick drum and bass had a tendency to come out a bit weedy on other systems.
Just lately, i've found the sub 'off putting' in mixing so tuned it a bit more so it gently extended the response and not overpowered it.
I must say the NS10's are getting a bit tiresome on the ears now and find them fatiging and pretty nasty to listen to. Also my mixes are very bass heavy as these NS10's don't have much since i've backed off the sub.
I think it's time to get some 'proper' less fatiging monitors.
I have a budget of £700. I need some monitors that aren't fatiging to listen to and some that accurately represent bottom end so my mixes don't come out bottom heavy. I also want to get rid of the JBL sub I use at the moment and just use full range monitors.
I've looked around the market and the Mackie HR624 MK2 seems like it might do the job. I thought about Genelecs too, but I fear they maybe too small (in this price range) to accurately represent bottom end. i.e I have a feeling that my mixes would still come out bass heavy.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated as my next set of monitors have got to do the job well. I also can't afford to buy another pair if I get it wrong. They've also got to be much less fatiging than the NS10's
I mix all kinds of stuff, but mainly Funk, Jazz, and Rock.
Once I have a list of possibles I'm going to audition them all. However, i'm not sure how usefull this is as monitors sound different in different rooms.
Thanks for you advice in advance