Shopping for monitors. - Any suggestions?

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Hey Emeric,

You have probably heard this a thousand times, but I think for the money, the non powered Event 20/20's would be an excellent compliment to some NS-10's. When I am working on very critical stuff I borrow the NS-10's from a buddy and go to work.

The Events have a much more extended low end in comparison. At $350 for a pair, not much will compare.

Ed
 
Thanks Ed,

Actually, I don't have any reference monitors at the moment, so it's a toss up between buying monitors I've used in the past and am somewhat used to, or springing for something new and unfamiliar - but possibly better overall. I'm using pardigm "monitor series" consumer hi-fi speakers at the moment. I think between these and a decent, flat pair of small reference monitors I could mix a little better.
 
All the big studio cats that were asked to review the Event's said that if they had to start over with a pair of monitors to get familiar with, the Event's would be what they would pick. You may need to get used to a bit different sound, but, they are really nice sounding. Not as much hearing fatigue as the Nasty 10's you are used to.

Good luck man.
Ed
 
If you are recording Freedom Rock or Country and Western then the Event 20/20's will do just fine... If you are producing Hip-Hop, Hardcore, or Heavy Metal then you might want some monitors that reproduce low end...
The 20/20's will do if you want to shell out the extra $500 for the subwoofer...
Personally, I'd look into building my own if I had it to do all over again...
Event has introduced a new line of Bi-amped monitors that are designed to overcome the low-end problem... but they run in the $700 range...
Build your own...
There's a link here somewhere to an article about how to do it... I think it is in "Dragon Cave" under my post about building home stereo speakers...
 
The Alesis Monitor 2 is pretty good and you can find them new for just under $500. I think they have great low end. I would stay away from monitors that require a sub. You can get a false sense of low end from them.
 
Fishmed:
I feel the same way regarding subs in the control room for home studios. I doubt nearly any of us could use them effectively in our compromising rooms.
 
What's the diameter of the hole to stick the speaker wire through on the back of the Events? (I'm assuming it's the standard screw down knob/banana combo) Will 10 or 12 Gauge wire fit? I'm not too fond of those banana connectors.

I would test these things out at a music store, but I can never tell with someone in the background wailing away on a marshall stack. I'm leaning towards the 20/20's, not too concerned about the low-low-end, I can reference that with the paradigm's. The NS10M's are $480 and the 20/20's are $500, Canadian dollars.

Thanks,

Emeric



[This message has been edited by Emeric (edited 01-20-2000).]
 
I was wondering why you guys believe that a sub is not a good idea for home recorders? It is that you don't believe that most people will adjust the level of the sub correctly, or set the crossover point right or something like the walls will rattle too much?
I was thinking I would eventually buy a sub (actually maybe in a few years) and the alesis s1 seemed pretty cool. I liked the fact that it had a high pass filter set at 80Hz so that you send the right amount of information to the correct place. Any thoughts?
 
All I know is I need a sub for my little room. I get my mix sounding tight on the Events and then I check out the mix on my home system and the bass is booming and muddy.
Event has the Tria system that includes a sub... I heard that they sound awesome but I dont think that they went over too well.
Events newest line looks to be almost identical to the BAS...
 
I really don't think that most people have the space and the resources at home to effectively use a sub. It tales a pretty good sized room to pull it off. If the room is too small, standing waves will kill you at the mix position, and you are right back where you started from.

Also, you need to be able to treat the room with diffusers and the like to keep low frequency resonance from building up and making the room sound funny.

My Events sound fine. I have really good D/A converters on all my digital gear, and a top of the line power amp, great wiring, and a room that is pretty flat. I can hear the low end about the same on my Events as I do most mid quality home systems.

Sub speakers are more hype than actual use, unless you have the facilities to use them right.

Also, you are not going to get a great sounding sub and a crossover for less than aobut 1k. All the cheap stuff out there sound cheap, and doesn't really reproduce the low end very accurately.

A friend that owns another studio that I work at sometimes bought the Genelec 3 way system. After using it in his room, I had to go back to the Events because he had so many problems with the room itself that I could not trust what I was hearing at all. At the back of the room, the bass was really big. But at mix position, the bass sounded hollow and non responsive.

Remember that low frequencies take longer to develope a full sound wave. If you want to hear your low end a bit better, move back to about 10 ft. from your good near field monitors. You will definately hear better bass response. I use this technique to see if I am mixing with too much low end. It is especially helpful for stuff that is below 80Hz.

Ed
 
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