Monitor size

[digitone]

Looking to get some new monitors soon. Right now I just have Rokit 5s but I want something maybe a bit bigger that can reproduce the low end better. How big of a monitor do you think is needed to reproduce the low end accurately without getting a subwoofer? Thanks.

 

[phriq]

Are you going to just be using this for mixing and studio work? What size is the room that you are working in as well?

 

[elbandito]

I've got rockit 8s and the problem is that i really have to crank the monitors to hear the bass well. I think that having a sub would allow you to isolate the bass frequencies without needing a lot of volume.

 

[guitaristic]

I've got rockit 8s and the problem is that i really have to crank the monitors to hear the bass well. I think that having a sub would allow you to isolate the bass frequencies without needing a lot of volume.

Haha really? I have the 6s and can hear it fine without cranking What genre?

 

[elbandito]

What I mean is that the bass is a bit undefined. I'm usually mixing rootsy stuff or rock and funk. An upright bass doesn't come through as well as an electric bass in these monitors, it seems - especially in a live context. Not without the speakers being pushed a bit, anyway.

 

[RAMI]

Do you guys have your rooms treated at all? I don't know the KRK's, but often, a problem with the low end has more to do with the room than anything else.

 

[guitaristic]

Do you guys have your rooms treated at all? I don't know the KRK's, but often, a problem with the low end has more to do with the room than anything else.

Yeah, I was thinking the same thing...Although I'm not technically one to talk since I don't have any official treatment. Just 4 large bookshelves (with books ) that seem to act like decent bass traps

 

[elbandito]

Do you guys have your rooms treated at all? I don't know the KRK's, but often, a problem with the low end has more to do with the room than anything else.

Nope. Just a bunch of hanging guitars and other instruments on shelves above a couch directly behind my mixing space. But I do play my mixes thru multiple different speakers (cars, headphones, stereos, friend's basement studio) to ensure that they come across well. Treatment is a great idea but it's gonna have to wait, for me.

 

[guitaristic]

Nope. Just a bunch of hanging guitars and other instruments on shelves above a couch directly behind my mixing space. But I do play my mixes thru multiple different speakers (cars, headphones, stereos, friend's basement studio) to ensure that they come across well. Treatment is a great idea but it's gonna have to wait, for me.

Yeah dude, if you got some bass traps that'd be a MAJOR improvement for the low end. Bet you it'd clear up in no time

 

[digitone]

What I mean is that the bass is a bit undefined. I'm usually mixing rootsy stuff or rock and funk. An upright bass doesn't come through as well as an electric bass in these monitors, it seems - especially in a live context. Not without the speakers being pushed a bit, anyway.

That's what I have going on too I feel like. They are just used for mixing and studio work for mostly rock genres of music. The room is not treated and the shape is a bit awkward. Floor is also rug and it is furnished. Front of the room is roughly 8 ft in width and the back is roughly 11 ft in width. The length is probably about 11 ft as well. One side of the ceiling is also slanted. Above my right speaker it is probably 6 ft high and above my left speaker the slant ends and it's about 8 ft high.

But I am also looking to get into a room a bit bigger to mix in next year, maybe 14x14ish ft, so maybe a better question to go along with this is what would be a good monitor size for a room about that size?

Thanks!

 

[guitaristic]

That's what I have going on too I feel like. They are just used for mixing and studio work for mostly rock genres of music. The room is not treated and the shape is a bit awkward. Floor is also rug and it is furnished. Front of the room is roughly 8 ft in width and the back is roughly 11 ft in width. The length is probably about 11 ft as well. One side of the ceiling is also slanted. Above my right speaker it is probably 6 ft high and above my left speaker the slant ends and it's about 8 ft high.

But I am also looking to get into a room a bit bigger to mix in next year, maybe 14x14ish ft, so maybe a better question to go along with this is what would be a good monitor size for a room about that size?

Thanks!

Dude, that's one weird room

But that's good, cause those are the ones you want for recording/mixing purposes! The 14x14 room would be a death trap. You want to try and get rooms where the dimensions have a very high common denominator or none at all (like the one you have now). Just put some bass traps in that bad boy and you'll have quite an awesome set up

 

[digitone]

Dude, that's one weird room

But that's good, cause those are the ones you want for recording/mixing purposes! The 14x14 room would be a death trap. You want to try and get rooms where the dimensions have a very high common denominator or none at all (like the one you have now). Just put some bass traps in that bad boy and you'll have quite an awesome set up

Cool I'll have to look into getting some, thanks.

 

[dkelley]

the sound you're hearing of undefined bass is, truly, just the sound that your room is generating. you can't improve it with bigger monitors. krks have a ton of punchy bass anyhow by design, even if it's not the deepest around it will be plenty for you if you fix your room.

it's lots of work and possibly lots of money. but it's an absolute requirement. fix the room. your voice will sound differnet when you talk. your instruments will sound different. and mostly your monitors will sound completely different. it'll all be much more accurate, quick, dry and detailed. then you could put a ghetto blaster in there and mix on it and be happy... that's how important the room is compared to what monitors you choose.