monitor Specs.

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I was wondering what is a good range for speakers being used as monitors? also what is a good SNR. I would prefer 3 ranges as follows.....

1) this range is GREAT
2) this range is budget but acceptable for cost restraints.
3)avoid anything lower than this

if someone could list these three questions for both range (hz-khz)
and also for SNR, i would be very thankful.

The reason i ask this is because i was looking at budget monitors and trying to find the best bang for my buck...however, I found that many of them match up in spec with CREATIVE 2.1 computer systems that cost 3/4 of the price.

PLEASE shed some light. ALL opinions are welcome.

(feel free to add any preferences on input types or brands that have caused you problems in the past. etc etc)
 
Well then go with the specs, heck those creative sound real nice cause of their specs make the sound right??????

In the words of a teenager, whatever......
 
Your one sentence responses are useless, and this BBS does not thrive because of useless responses. If you dont think specs. are useless then thats your opinion, but if you dont elaborate on why, then noone cares about your opinion. If you do not wish to elaborate and make some sort of educational response than please stop posting on this thread.
 
You have to take into account three things:

1) The specs themselves
2) How the measurements were done
3) The sound

- The specs are very important. They define the quality of the engineering that took place while designing.

- If the specs are poorly written, undetailed, not well documented, they mean NOTHING. You have to back the proof of what you write by establishing what were the test conditions, providing clear graphs (and well labeled ones!) providing as much info as possible.

Example of bad written specs that NOBODY should trust:

These monitors have 15Hz to 50kHz frequency response. Power output is 200 W. Power consumption is 250W.

Example of better written specs (you can begin to trust):

These monitors exhibit a 50Hz to 22kHz frquency range ±1dB while tested at full power (200 W). The useable frequency range, however, is 35Hz to 25kHz ± 3 dB at full power. For a test signal of 1 vrms at the input while feeding a sine wave at 1kHz, the maximum continuous power was 200 W. The maximum SPL for this test was 115 dB at 1m (A weighted). Power consumption is 250W while feeding a continuous 1kHz sinewave at 1v peak input (normal use condition). Idle power consumption is 10 W. + provides clear on and off axis frequency response and phase graphs.

- You also should listen to the monitors for lack of power (if the drivers used are unsentive, lots of power means nothing!), flabby low end and gritty high-end.

However, IMO, the better the specs, the better the monitor will sound. Period. Those who really think specs mean nothing are trying to avoid the technical nature of monitors.
 
Thank you very much for your help. I noticed that usually when i look at studio monitors although sometimes the range seems similar, the specs are written differently. Much like you explained. I will take this into consideration when shopping around. would anyone care to rate their best picks for monitors ( or computer speakers ) in the $100 dollar range?
granted i dont expect miracles, but for $100 dollar speakers, what is the best bet?
 
dmbfan1981 said:
Thank you very much for your help. I noticed that usually when i look at studio monitors although sometimes the range seems similar, the specs are written differently. Much like you explained. I will take this into consideration when shopping around. would anyone care to rate their best picks for monitors ( or computer speakers ) in the $100 dollar range?
granted i dont expect miracles, but for $100 dollar speakers, what is the best bet?
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Seriously and honestly, you should save up at least $300 and even then.
But again, this is only if you are really serious about mixing.
Otherwise, I'm sure many other might suggest a few $100 speakers.
Basically, all this stuff is made overseas and is very cheap. You won't notice much difference between $90 speakers and $120 speakers.
 
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