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Poulsbo Slim
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Hi all,
After doing just about all the research I could online, I decided to go actually LISTEN to some different monitors today at the store. What a blast! I listened to some familiar songs I think are mixed really well, and tried them through about fifteen pairs. Wow, there is some variation out there in the world of reference monitors. I went there thinking I would buy a pair of KRK's Rokit 6. They sounded great. Smooth, great bass, just how I like music to sound. But, then I listened to some other brands and models and I found that after listening to some very clear-sounding monitors like M-Audio's BX5a's, the Rokit 6's sounded like there was a hole in their spectrum. The Rokit 6's had more "space" to their sound, and WAY better bass response, but they lacked a great deal right in the area where the BX5a's were strong and true. By comparison, the BX5a's were making the Rokit 6's sound muddy and hollow, and the Rokit 6's were making the BX5a's sound narrow in the range they could produce. They both had their strengths where the other lacked. The only sound I loved and I thought was representing the mixes extremely evenly and well was when I had BOTH pairs on at the same time. Which leads me to the question of this thing- Do people do that? Can you, and "should" you, have your monitoring setup include more than one pair of monitors at the same time? Are there problems involved with a setup like that, or is this something that pro studios do all the time and I just didn't know it? Thanks for any advice, since this will be my first time working with actual (although entry-level) studio monitors.
After doing just about all the research I could online, I decided to go actually LISTEN to some different monitors today at the store. What a blast! I listened to some familiar songs I think are mixed really well, and tried them through about fifteen pairs. Wow, there is some variation out there in the world of reference monitors. I went there thinking I would buy a pair of KRK's Rokit 6. They sounded great. Smooth, great bass, just how I like music to sound. But, then I listened to some other brands and models and I found that after listening to some very clear-sounding monitors like M-Audio's BX5a's, the Rokit 6's sounded like there was a hole in their spectrum. The Rokit 6's had more "space" to their sound, and WAY better bass response, but they lacked a great deal right in the area where the BX5a's were strong and true. By comparison, the BX5a's were making the Rokit 6's sound muddy and hollow, and the Rokit 6's were making the BX5a's sound narrow in the range they could produce. They both had their strengths where the other lacked. The only sound I loved and I thought was representing the mixes extremely evenly and well was when I had BOTH pairs on at the same time. Which leads me to the question of this thing- Do people do that? Can you, and "should" you, have your monitoring setup include more than one pair of monitors at the same time? Are there problems involved with a setup like that, or is this something that pro studios do all the time and I just didn't know it? Thanks for any advice, since this will be my first time working with actual (although entry-level) studio monitors.
! Something I forget too often I guess is that it's all about experimenting. That was my main concern- phase, and loss of clarity therefore. So, thanks for the advice on the cones in alignment. I think I'm going to go for that setup. Now, any good thoughts on how to get your typical two outputs to monitors into four equal outputs?
) is irrelevant, because my ears may not be the same as yours. You gotta pick what works for you.
