powered studio monitors

[rutledj]

Can anyone suggest some good economical powered speakers to use just for recording/playback of electric/acoustic guitars? I'm using Audition for recording, maudio 24/96 sound card, 4 channel mixer.

Thanks
Rut

 

[Nothingface]

Hey Rut, I'm not sure how "economical" you want to get, but I bought a pair of KRK Rokit 5 monitors for about $150 each. I use them with my Digi002, and as far I can tell, (compared to the monitors I had before), these sound pretty decent. Just a thought.

 

[drossfile]

The best $300/pr powered monitor I've heard is the M-Audio Bx5a. The best thing to do is to go to your local guitar center (or whatever) and try a bunch of them out--GC has a console hooked up to several sets so you can throw in a reference cd and A/B the various monitors. Happy hunting!

 

[Riverdog]

Two Sets

I use the Bx8a's from M-Audio which have great bass response and are relatively inexpensive....

I also have the Alesis Monitor One MKII's which have come down in price and sound good as well...

Good luck...

 

[studiomaster]

KRK RP6's or 8's are pretty nice. Event TR8 is also something you might look into.