Active NearField Monitors

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Hi. I'm currently looking for a pair of active monitors.
My budget is very tight, so I can't afford buying geneltec 1031a
or Mackie.

I'm looking for a monitor who is linear and accurate,
as deep as possible in the bottom and plays as loud as
possible. (I know this is alot to ask from monitors in this
price-class)

Where I live (norway) there are some monitors who are
cheaper than others for some reason. I've been looking for
a while now and there are two monitors who caught my
attention..

Studiophile sp 5b
Yamaha MSP-5

I know you guys probably want me to go down to the store
and listen, And I will do that. But I just want your opinion about
what you think..

I don't want a monitor that plays "good", I want
a monitor who tells the truth..
And I don't want to fall in love with a pair in my local store
because they sound Good, I need the most objective
monitor :)

Have any of you guys compared them both with a cd?
I've heard that Studiophile goes alot deeper in the bass area
and plays louder. But the yamaha msp-5 is more accurate ..

-Roma (rooma@online.no)
 
I picked up a pair of the Studiophile SP-5B monitors and am very pleased. I did the A/B comparisons and thought they were the best deal under $400.

They are extremely accurate and improved my mixes right away. They have 42 Watts dedicated to the 5" speaker and 33Watts to the high frequency tweeter so overall 75 Watts per side. The thing with nearfeilds is you need to sit in the sweet spot when checking their sound. If you stand up or do not line your ears up in between the woofer and tweeter than you are not getting the full effect of the monitor. Actually this is true for any monitors you check out. Make sure you sit in the same spot and use the same music track so you can hear the sonic differences.

I have covered this in several other places here on HR.com so will leave it at that. You will not be disappointed in the SP-5Bs and actually the monitors I compared did not sound significantly better until I tested the >$400 per side price point.

My 2 cents..
 
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