Here's a quick one: Edirol monitor

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Preface: I am nearly broke. I have no job. I'm 17. I can't afford the good stuff. Don't tell me to buy $1000 pro monitors, 'cause I can't do it. No gear-snobbery, please!

Question: Are the Edirol MA10DBK monitors okay? Not good, but are they reasonably functional so that I can get decent sounding mixes? All I'm looking for here is a modest entry into the world of software recording, and I need monitors on a budget.
 
Progger said:
Preface: I am nearly broke. I have no job. I'm 17. I can't afford the good stuff. Don't tell me to buy $1000 pro monitors, 'cause I can't do it. No gear-snobbery, please!

Question: Are the Edirol MA10DBK monitors okay? Not good, but are they reasonably functional so that I can get decent sounding mixes? All I'm looking for here is a modest entry into the world of software recording, and I need monitors on a budget.
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Yeah, they're servicable. Actually, they're pretty good sounding if you don't crank them up too loud. Not a bad place to start.
 
I don't know how much those Edirols go for, but I just saw some new Roland monitors at the NAMM show that might interest you as well. They are called the DM-20 and the list price is $289 for a pair, so obviously the street price is less. They sounded pretty good from what I could tell.
 
I have the Edirol MA-10A's, they can be a bit bassy/boxy but you can adjust the built in EQ for that (just play your favourite CD through them). I have mine on stands at ear level and well away from the wall.
 
i have the ma 10d. they are a great little pair of nearfield monitors for the money 140 buck at musicians friend. the 10dbk are 130 and are the same just black. with digital in's they should sound great on pc recording. just don't turn them up too much. they are only 10 watts. for even less money you could by a really nice headphone for monitoring.
 
How loud am I likely to get the Edirols before they start to distort? I don't know how loud I'm going to go, but it probably won't be too quiet.

BTW, I have some nice headphones (Direct Sound Isolation and Audio-Technica ATHm-40s), but it has been said around here pretty unanimously that mixing shouldn't be done on headphones, and I think I would have to agree. The speaker is just too close to the ear for that.
 
since they are nearfield meaning you should be fairly close to them when listening they should be fine. as for headphones, it is true that when mixing it is better to use speakers, you also said you didn't have much money. i was simply giving you another choice. mixing with good headphones is better than some cheap ass comp speaks. having said that. checking your mix thru headphones is a very execptable practice. in fact a lot of studios use a number of different monitors for checking mix. from very large down to car speakers. the more monitors to check a mix on the better. but that is in big studios. i use the ma10d, bose am5ii, and headphones. when doing my final mix i switch back and forth listening to the mix. it works pretty good. but hey that just me.
 
Okay. Hey, thanks all for the info. Gonna make my purchase soon (I hope).
 
I'm pretty sure they're both the same thing, just a different cabinet.
 
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