Not a question, a statement: KRK RP-8 Monitors

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I recently went through the long and painful process of once again chosing monitors. I looked at the Event 20/20's, SP8's, KRK RP-5, RP-6 and RP-8, M-Audio BX5, BX8, Alesis MkII, Yamaha bla bla bla...

I settled on the KRK RP-8's, and I couldn't have made a better choice for ME. I have always had trouble learning my monitors and rooms to get mixes to translate well to other systems. I spent the past week "learning" the RP-8's, which didn't take much learning at all. Everything I played through them sounded how I personally would have mixed it. Thus when I recorded some drum, guitar and bass tracks and did a quick mix, by God the FIRST time out my mix translated exactly the way I wanted it to. I had to go back and roll off a bit of 63hz on the kick, but other than that I was just floored!!! The only thing I'm working on is getting my room treated with some bass traps and putting in a dual 31 band equalizer to MILDLY tweak the response of the low end (reference the kick drum issue). I know this is a practice frowned on by many, but hey, it's a free country and it works for me when used with cautious moderation. Long story short, for the money the KRK RP-8's were the perfect selection and I wouldn't trade them (at least right now) for a 3k pair of (insert fancy-smancy monitors here).

I'm out... :D
 
Good for you!

I went thru the same process and settled on KRK RP5's for my home studio, and I actually prefer the mixes I get from them to the mixes I am able to get at work thru the Adams and the Genelecs. Sometimes.

Sounds like you three (you and the two monitors) are a happy trio and I wish you all the best!


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how did you review them?
im going thru the same procces of finding monitors under $250.
theres a few more entry level monitors out now, just makes it harder.
 
I have been using a pair of W-803 speakers from Deadalus Audio. I use a Hafler amp with them and the sound is phenomenal! Translates absolutely perfectly to other speaker systems. Also, they are great for live acoustic music.
 
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I reviewed them by going down to my local Guitar Center and playing CD's of mixes that I was very familiar with. I spent about 5 hours over the course of a week listening to multiple discs on several speakers. They had about a dozen monitor pairs set up and I just went back and forth, eliminating the ones I didn't like and really A-B'ing the ones that made the "final cut". In the end I just kept coming back to the KRK RP-8's. Once I realized I was comparing all the others to them, I knew I had found the right pair. You can read advice and reviews all day long, but the fact is you must find the speakers that will allow YOU to mix on them. The KRK's aren't nearly as "flat" as other monitors out there, but their imperfections in hyping certain frequencies suit my personal taste and ears to a T. My best advice is to listen to a bunch of monitors as I did, and pick the pair that makes the music sound the way YOU would mix the song yourself. Then it's just a matter of making sure they perform reasonably well in your room at home. I would add the following to your "must audition list".

Event 20/20's
KRK RP-5
Yorkville YSM1
Tannoy ProtoJ
M-Audio BX_ series

If you're searching for posts that will give you advice on which monitors to buy, stop searching. This is the only thing you need:

Go listen. Pick what sounds the most natural to you within your budget.

Any other advice is crap and 1000 people on this board will back me up on that. Good luck!! :D
 
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