I'm amazed with Behringer Truth...

[gilwe]

I must say this is VERY surprising... well, actually it's not.

I'm on a research for monitors and had the chance to work with KRK (v8 and older models), Alesis Prolinear, Event 2020 and Genelecs... Well, the behringer *sounds* the crappier - the Behringer *gave* the best results !!

I guess this works on the same principle the NS-10 seems to use - by exaggerating some frequencies, you must compensate them , resultnig in better response on as different audio systems on the market...

I must say it feels "hard" to get a good sounding mix on the Behringer than on the Genelecs for example, but than take your beautiful sounding mix you just did on the "beutiful" genelecs and discover how much highs you just put in when listening through crappy car systems.

I don't know but I got the feeling that they just do the right job.

 

[chessrock]

Monitors work differently for everyone. A lot of it depends on how your ears hear things ... what your room sounds like ... I'm sure the size/shape of your head even plays a factor. There's just no telling what's going to make a given speaker work for you better than another one. Or what's going to make something else work better for the next guy.

The reason Genelecs are so popular ... is because they're common. If that makes any sense. If a studio is serious about attracting outside work, they'll install a pair of Genelecs because they know most engineers will at least have a frame of reference they will be familiar with. At least it seems to be that way around these parts.

But I've listened to Truths, Genelecs, Mackies, etc. ... and there's really no reason why one can't "learn" the Truths, or why mixes can't translate with them. They're a very simple and straight-forward monitor. You hit play and sound comes out of them. I don't think there's really anything funny going on that'll throw your ears way off to any significant degree that a good set of ears can't compensate for (as long as your room and the rest of your monitoring setup is up to snuff). Although I'm not convinced they're a true nearfield -- I'd call them more of a midfield, if such a thing exists. That would be my only worry.

 

[gilwe]

What I mean is that I find that there's a reason why there are monitors out of which you'll hear a "crappy" sound. While you just hear the "correct" sound out of a pair of Genelecs, most of what you're going to hear out of these Behringers for example is total crap, if they would considered as listening hi fi speakers.

The reason is that you should rellay tweak some frequencies and balances which you won't so easily notice on "beautiful" sounding monitors, like the Events for example.

This would let you make a mix that will translate better on most -evarage- audio systems.

 

[chessrock]

That makes some sense.

20/20's are pretty forgiving in some ways, but then again they do kinda' sound like your average home stereo ... so in that sense they're relevent to what a lot of people will be listening back on.

But yea, I'd have to say you're right about the Truths, for the most part. When I play something back on another system that's been mixed with the Truths, I've done a few double-takes over how much better it actually sounds playing back over something else. That may just be because the Truths sound so ugly, but then I guess that's a lot better than being disappointed, isn't it?