Monitor selection

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Which monitor do you reccomend

  • Yorkville YSM1p

    Votes: 43 15.8%

  • Event PS5

    Votes: 24 8.8%

  • Tannoy Active Reveals

    Votes: 29 10.6%

  • DynAudio BM5 plus Alesis RA150

    Votes: 20 7.3%

  • EMES Pink

    Votes: 6 2.2%

  • Behringer Truth

    Votes: 41 15.0%

  • Other (please specify)

    Votes: 110 40.3%
  • Total voters
    273
Umm, ........Nady?

Okay, I know, I know, I've read, I've considered, I'm learning..., but is there anything redeeming about Nady sm250 for $180?

I am literally just as of this morning dabbling my feet into the homerecording waters and have now spent many hours looking at reviews, prices, specs, and I'm googled out. I want to set up to record, become more proficient, and grow into it over time. I'd love to get the Yorkville YSM1p pair, and my budget says, uh, wait a minute. Not that they're outrageous, but there are a few things I need to get set up, and, well, money's a big consideration. So, again...

Nady...any redeeming qualities?...

Thanks in advance for being gentle...

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Hey, I haven't heard the Nady's sorry.

I did however really get a chance to hear the Truths from behringer. For 299 a pair, they are quite nice. I am thinking about buying them as a backup (or another point of view) to my KRK V-8s.

There are quite a few good low-budget options out there. Fostex has a decent setup, and Alesis has the M1s.

Try them out at Guitar Center or something
MIKE
 
Doink said:
This is one of them threads that just won't die, huh.
I'm wondering why no one has mentioned the Yamaha MSP 10. I love 'em!
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Love mine as well. :)
 
When I can find the space I plan to use my old Quad ESL57's as they are the most transparent speakers I've ever heard :)

Unfortunatly they are huge and won't fit into the tiny room I'm recording in :(
It's always interesting to listen to mix-downs on them though.

Currently I'm just using a pair of Wharfdale Diamond Pro's through an old NAD 3020i. Not too bad actually - but nowhere near the Quads ;)
 
Holy S* you guys are making me F'ing CRAZY!! I have no friggin clue what to get for studio monitors. I've been reading about them for over a year here and I still have no clue, but one thing I see that makes total sense. You learn what you are listening to and figure out that your setup has a response for which you correct in your head.

And the other point I like is that you have to like what you are hearing so you can dig it for a long time and deal with working at it for hours. The other problem is that it would be nice to have a few pairs $$ like most pro studios. but this is 'home' rec bbs, so it's got to be a comprimise.

And that leaves me with wanting a pair that has the widest freq. response, and not too far from flat, and that I can put up with and that I can afford.

scooped mids or not I'll get used to it and adjust for it, so if the scooped mids are cheaper, I'm there :)

But even if I do go out there with my favorite CD's and some stuff I produced, what the hell is it being reproduced on, something I bring or their gear and how is that going to effect the sound before it even makes it to the monitors? You can't tell me that their signal chain components are identical to anything I have been listening to..............
 
Has anybody had a listen to the new Behringer B2030A's yet? They are the Truth monitors in 6.75" woofer size instead of the original 8.75". I like the idea of these because otherwise I would only really be able to afford the Fostex PM05's. 5" drivers just seem small to me... If these didn't have the low end I want I would probably consider using them or something like that with a sub, I would probably build it myself using Jaycar gear.....
 
I don't think spending less then 300,- will get any good result. and teh Behringers are 300,- for the larger ones.

AN to junplugged; bring your CDplayer, and test active monitors. That way you'll have everuthing under control. (not that it helps me, but it might help you... )
 
Hey, there you go. good idea, I'm shopping for actives anyway. and $300 is a nice price, I can deal with that and pretty much accepted that it's my budget. Good to see there are actually a few choices around there. Truth's, Tr5, and some others...
 
Wow, I can't believe that people are talking about Mackie 824's and natural flat low end response. I thought the Mackie's sounded good, but were WAY to hyped in the low end and low mids to make me want to mix on them. I wouldn't mind a pair in my house though. Personally, I do think that if I had to buy Mackie monitors I would get the 624's before I bought the 824's. Even if they were the same price. However, I greatly prefer my Dynaudio's. I have not heard the BM5's, so I cannot comment on those, but I own BM6's and have worked on BM15's, M1's and M2's. Beautiful stuff. I like the Genelec's, but not for rock. What I love about my BM6's is that I can listen really loud, or really quiet. Either way things translate well, and my ears don't get fatigued, even after 12-16 hour days. Also, the high end on the BM6's seems really really smooth. It gets out there, but isn't harsh at all. The Dynaudio BM6's continually surprise me at the extended low end response. If I had to pick a weak point, I would say that its the midrange between about 400 and 800 hz. Seems a little underemphasized to me, but I learned really quickly how to work around that issue. To anyone looking onto Dynaudio's, I would actually reccomend buying pasives and then getting a used Bryston amp for them. Bryston has a 20 year fully transferable warranty on their amps, and sound really good. Not the greatest amp out there, but a good high quality option. IMHO, none of the amps in the previous posts in this thread even hold a candle to a Bryston. Just get it used or it will break the bank:)
 
Well I guess everything I research before buying drives me crazy. I finally got to vote and it's "other." So I have the BX5 by M-audio. I never really hear of m-audio, but nice active speaks. I have to check with my headphones to set the independent levels, the knobs don't match up for the same volume on each, but as long as I have another reference to check it it's ok.

I did a mix on these and took it to my girlfriend's house and she's got a nice jbl setup w/ subwoofer and 2 bookshelfs. I was shocked how awesome it sounded, it was all even and popping out where I wanted it to and I was freakin out. I have played other stuff before my monitors on her system and was let down a lot.

I also had to re-learn my ears to hear mid and highs. This started it but it really is important and there's no other way I could have done it. Or at least no other way i would've known that i had to do that. My old stereo had a boost in the low mids and lows and high highs, scooped out mids, so al my mixes souded like middy crap.

I sure didin't like them at first, and I had post purchasing depression syndrome, but that's b/c i never hear anything right. now i do, next. next is mics, pres, mixers, processors, effects, and shouldn't I also have ns10's? that's what seems to be used in so many studios? maybe someday....
 
I use the S2As... haven't heard the newer passives.... hard to go wrong with any of the Adams though... they're an excellent monitor, IMO!
 
Blue Bear Sound said:
I use the S2As... haven't heard the newer passives.... hard to go wrong with any of the Adams though... they're an excellent monitor, IMO!
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Exactly what I thought. Maybe I'm wrong, but with those passives and a correct amp, I'll have to spend a good amount of cash to get something significantly better. And I don't think the passive vs actives is really an issue (bi-amplification with most actives, amps designed for the speaker, etc) if the speakers are well designed, which I hope is the case here.
Obviously, I was influenced by the people raving about them here and at the musicplayer.com forums...

And about Adam Audio, not many people seem to know the brand (anyway here in Europe...)
 
I wonder if i can add a subwoofer to my bx5 setup or would I just be asking for trouble?
 
junplugged said:
I wonder if i can add a subwoofer to my bx5 setup or would I just be asking for trouble?
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Yeah, a sub will help out, since the BX5s are on the bass shy side.
 
I'm planning on the M-Audio BX8's being fearful that the 5" driver in the BX5's won't deliver enough bass. Will I be satisfied with bass response in the BX* or will I still want the SBX? IF I'll still need the SBX I'd just get the BX5 for now and the SBX later.
 
Thanks for that link, the sub is a bit too much for me right now.

When I heard the 8's I didn't like them. I liked the 5's better. They just seemed like they were more harsh or something, yes more bass, but it seemed like too much bass and I had been listening to too much bass for way to long, and for my mixes it wasn't good. Also those 8's are really big.

But the other thing is that they are adjustable. You have a bunch of switches on the back and maybe the 8's are ok if adjusted....

The 8's were also more dough. Also, in my room I'm really close to the monitors and room is small and shelf room tight, so that also limited my choices.

And I think home stereo users seem lately to have smaller speakers and a sub woofer anyway, so it might help to have a similar setup. May be considerations or not, I don't really know.

BTW, do you remember what tunes we were jammin on? there was a lot going on those days wasn't there?!
 
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